Rovos Rail to Hwange National Park

Dear Mr Beck Edwards

Between 1994 and 2000 we ran our train from Pretoria to Victoria Falls travelling through Zimbabwe via Bulawayo. In March 2000 we changed our journey to exclude the trip through Zimbabwe and transferred our guests from Polokwane (Pietersburg) to Livingstone by air after a 48 hour train journey in South Africa.

The main reason for this correspondence is to make you aware that we will be reinstating the direct service by rail between Pretoria and Victoria Falls. This will be a three day, two night itinerary each way. The first journey will commence on 27 July out of Pretoria and will operate every second week after that. Our train will remain in Victoria Falls for the night so our crew and management can prepare the train for the new group embarking on Sunday for the trip back to Pretoria.

Please would you introduce Rovos Rail and this journey to your front office staff and guest relations department. We would also appreciate you advising prospective guests and agents booking your product that Rovos Rail can now be used as a mode of transport to and from Victoria Falls.

We need your help for this project to be successful.

We sincerely hope this initiative will be mutually beneficial and look forward to enhancing tourism business to Zimbabwe.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely

Rohan Vos

Rovos Rail 'The Most Luxurious Train in the World'

Tel: +27 12 315 8242
Fax: +27 12 323 0843
Email: estee@rovos.co.za
Website: www.rovos.com

ROVOS RAIL 4 ROVOS AIR

Head Office, P O Box 2837 Pretoria 0001 Gauteng, South Africa
Tel: (+27 - 12) 315 8242 Fax: (+27 - 12) 323 0843

Cape Town Office, P O Box 50241 Waterfront 8002, Cape Town
Tel: (+27 - 21) 421 4020/421 4021 Fax: (+27 - 21) 421 4022

Lanseria Office, P O Box 1203, Lanseria 1748, South Africa
Tel: (+27 - 11) 701 3366/701 3367 Fax: (+27 - 11) 701 3800

Email: reservations@rovos.co.za
Website: www.rovos.com
Updated 20 Feb 2006

The Victoria Falls

A Leisurely Sojourn By Luxury Train

1 July 2006 – 30 September 2006

This is the new itinerary from 1 July 2006 onwards – contact reservations@rovos.co.za for 2007 rates

This two-night adventure begins as the train departs Rovos Rail’s gracious station at Capital Park in Pretoria.
This special journey departs in the morning and slowly meanders north towards Warmbaths, crossing the Tropic of Capricorn just
after the station of Soekmekaar. Once over the Soutpansberg mountains, north of Louis Trichardt we enter Baobab country.
Few sights are more evocative of primeval Africa than the eerie silhouette of a Baobab tree starkly outlined against a ruddy
African sunset. South African border formalities will take place at Messina and then, very slowly over Beit Bridge, the train heads
into Zimbabwe. A visit will be made (time permitting) to the interesting Museum of Natural History in Bulawayo. The train will
continue in a north-westerly direction passing through Thompson’s Junction and Hwange Game Reserve
to journeys end, the incomparable Victoria Falls on the mighty Zambezi River

Visas to be purchased and paid for prior to departure for Africa.
Visas are available through booking agents; please check with the relevant embassies for visa requirements.
Passengers are advised to take anti-malarial precautions as might be prescribed
Trip insurance is strongly advised

A Leisurely Sojourn By Luxury Train

01 October 2006 – 30 September 2007

This is the newly introduced all train itinerary from 1 July 2006 onwards

This two-night adventure begins as the train departs Rovos Rail’s gracious station at Capital Park in Pretoria.
This special journey departs in the morning and slowly meanders north towards Warmbaths, crossing the Tropic of Capricorn just
after the station of Soekmekaar. Once over the Soutpansberg mountains, north of Louis Trichardt we enter Baobab country.
Few sights are more evocative of primeval Africa than the eerie silhouette of a Baobab tree starkly outlined against a ruddy
African sunset. South African border formalities will take place at Messina and then, very slowly over Beit Bridge, the train heads
into Zimbabwe. A visit will be made (time permitting) to the interesting Museum of Natural History in Bulawayo. The train will
continue in a north-westerly direction passing through Thompson’s Junction and Hwange Game Reserve
to journeys end, the incomparable Victoria Falls on the mighty Zambezi River.

Visas to be purchased and paid for prior to departure for Africa.
Visas are available through booking agents; please check with the relevant embassies for visa requirements.
Passengers are advised to take anti-malarial precautions as might be prescribed
Trip insurance is strongly advised

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