Day 1: Pretoria

• 15h00 Depart Rovos Rail Station in Pretoria and travel south towards the goldfields of the Witwatersrand.
• (Breakfast 07h00-10h00 - Lunch 13h00 - Tea 16h30 - Dinner 19h30)

Day 2: Upington

• 09h45 Arrive Kimberley for Big Hole and Diamond Museum.
• 12h30 Depart for Upington and travel the Karoo semi-desert.

Day 3: Enter Namibia

• 08h00 Optional two-hour walking tour of Upington.
• 23h00 Arrive at Holoog after border formalities at Nakop.

Day 5: Fish River Canyon

• 08h00 One-hour transfer to visit the Fish River Canyon.
• 11h00 Depart for Keetmanshoop.
• Traverse the Kalahari.
• 15h00 Optional two-hour walking tour of Keetmanshoop.

Day 5: Sossusvlei

• 09h00 Arrive in Windhoek for a city tour.
• 11h00 Depart in light aircraft for 1-hour flight to Sossusvlei for lunch, desert drive, bush dinner and overnight.

Day 6: Tsumeb

• 06h00 Sossusvlei drive with breakfast in the vlei.
• 12h00 Depart Sossusvlei for a one-hour flight to Windhoek.
• 14h00 Depart Windhoek and travel north towards Tsumeb and the game-rich Etosha National Park.

Day 7: Etosha National Park

• 11h00 At Tsumeb, transfer to Mokuti Lodge and Etosha National Park for lunch, game drive and overnight.

Day 8: Halfway between here and there

• 06h00 Early morning game drive in the Etosha National Park.
• 13h00 Enjoy lunch on board en route to the Atlantic.

Day 9: Safari ends in Swakopmund

• 07h00 Enjoy breakfast as the train traverses the Namib.
• 12h00 Arrive at journey’s end in Swakopmund, Namibia.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ITINERARY ALSO RUN IN REVERSE