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Luxury Train Journey Through South Africa
Read about our our main Gay South Africa Tour!
The Blue Train has an aura of mystique about it. Kings and presidents have travelled on this magnificent moving five-star hotel. Its very name has become synonymous with the ultimate in luxury and personal service.
The routes of The Blue Train - both scheduled and chartered - take guests through some of the most breathtaking countryside to be found anywhere in the world.
Luxury takes on a new dimension with The Blue Train. You'll feel it the moment you step into our pre-departure lounges in Pretoria or Cape Town.
A warm-hearted South African welcome begins a journey that is defined by personal attention and devotion to detail.
An hour before the train departs, you are ushered into a world which is made effortless by the ease of checking in. Enjoy a welcoming cocktail and appetising delicacy served from a butler's silver tray while your luggage is labelled and whisked away.
The stage is set; step on board and settle into your private suite. Bon voyage. The experience is about to begin.
Day 1 - Monday, December 1, 2014
7:50 – 08:30
Register and check-in at The Blue Train Lounge,Pretoria Station.
Guests enjoy pre-departure snacks and drinks.
08:30:
Boarding starts. Butlers usher guests to their suites.
Suite orientation done by butlers.
08:50:
The Blue Train departs from Pretoria Station.
10:30 – 12:30:
First sitting for Brunch
12:30 – 14:30:
Second sitting for Brunch
15:30:
High tea is served in the Lounge Car.
17:10:
The Blue Train arrives at Kimberley Station.
Guests disembark and assemble at the railway museum, from where they will be ushered to a bus, which transfers them to the Kimberley Open Mine Museum.
17:45:
Guests arrive at the Open Mine Museum
for a tour of the mine.
Guests are first taken to view interesting and historical sites. Guests are also taken onto an enclosed ramp on the edge of the Kimberly hole.
18:35:
Guests depart from the Open Mine Museum for Kimberley Station.
At Kimberley Station guests are greeted with a glass of sherry. The sherry glass engraved with The Blue Train logo is a memento for guests to keep.
19:05:
The Blue Train departs Kimberley Station for the journey Southbound to Cape Town.
After this exciting tour, guests are free to refresh themselves and enjoy pre-dinner drinks served at any one of our lounges.
Remember, dinner is an elegant affair and men are requested to wear a jacket and tie and ladies elegant evening wear.
19:30:
First sitting dinner
21:15:
Second sitting dinner
Day 2 (next morning) - Tuesday, December 2, 2014
07:30 - 10:00:
Breakfast is served on a first come first serve basis. Breakfast can also be served in-suite
at the guests' request.
12:00:
The Blue Train arrives at
Cape Town Station. Butlers usher guests to the Blue Train Lounge
• Gay South Africa, Cape Town, Luxury Safari and Victoria Falls - December 4 - 14, 2014
• Marine Gay Safari - December 2 - 4, 2014
• Botswana Adventure - December 15 - 17, 2014 (Dates are Flexible)
• Pamper Yourself in Mozambique - Flexible Dates
Each suite has its own bathroom with either a shower or bath. There are two luxury coaches which both have three suites with bathrooms fitted with tubs. The luxury suites have hi-fi, audio CD and VHS video systems. The other nine De Luxe coaches have four suites per coach. One of the four suites has a bathroom with a bath, while the other three have showers.
The beds have been custom-designed for The Blue Train. A butler pulls them out, already made, from a space in the suite wall, converting the lounge into a comfortable bedroom. White cotton sheets and down duvets are the standard linen throughout the train. Ten of the suites feature double beds on the first train, while there are nine on the second.
Guests on The Blue Train receive special branded gifts at the end of the journey.
Dining
The dining car provides seating for 42 people. There are two sittings for lunch and dinner. Lunch is smart-casual, dinner is jacket and tie for the men and elegant wear for the ladies, while breakfast is casual.
Lounges
Each of The Blue Trains has two lounges: the main lounge car in which high tea is served each afternoon, and the club car where guests can relax over a post-prandial cognac. The club car is the only public area available for smoking.
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