Rovos Rail Golf Safari Information
The Golf Safari begins in Pretoria and travels west to Sun City in the hills of the Pilanesberg for a day at this renowned facility including a game drive for non-golfers. In the foothills of the imposing Drakensberg Mountains, 18 holes await at the Champagne Sports Resort with a guided tour of the battlefields a further highlight for non-golfers. Enjoy a game at Durban Country Club or tour the city. Then it’s on to Zululand for game viewing at Hluhluwe before heading to Swaziland. Tee off at Royal Swazi or enjoy a game drive at Mkhaya and a visit to Ngwenya Glass Factory. Golfers play the challenging Leopard Creek course (dependent) while non-golfers enjoy a game drive in the world-famous Kruger Park, after which this memorable journey ends in Pretoria.

COURSES: Sun City, Champagne Sports Resort, Durban Country Club, Royal Swazi, Leopard Creek course (dependent)

Day 1
Depart Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria

Day 2
Golfers Play Lost City or Gary Player
Non-golfers Pilanesberg Reserve game drive and Sun City visit

Day 3
Day at leisure on board

Day 4
Golfers Play Champagne Sports Resort
Non-golfers Battlefields tour with lunch at Spionkop and shopping or a walk

Day 5
Golfers Play Durban Country Club/Beachwood
Non-golfers Durban city tour and lunch with golfers

Day 6
Game drive Hluhluwe Game Reserve

Day 7
Golfers Play Royal Swazi
Non-golfers Mkhaya Reserve game drive

Day 8
Golfers Play Leopard Creek
Non-golfers Kruger Park game drive and shopping

Day 9
Arrive Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria

Rovos Rail Golf Collage Information
This panoramic 10-day sojourn winds its way from Pretoria to Cape Town and includes a golfing and non-golfing itinerary. After a game drive in Kruger Park*, guests head to Swaziland for game viewing at Mkhaya and along the coast to Durban* for a city tour. Traverse the Valley of a Thousand Hills to Spionkop Lodge*, an expansive game farm that adjoins an 11 000-acre nature reserve and the perfect base for exploring the mountains, bush, birds and battlefields of the region. Continue across the Fish River Valley to Port Elizabeth* for a game drive at Addo Elephant Park, then on to Oudtshoorn for an ostrich-farm visit followed by an impressive descent through the Outeniqua Mountains to George*. After visiting the natural paradise of Knysna*, the train traverses the spectacular Garden Route to the winelands and across the Cape mountains before this magnificent expedition ends in Cape Town.

*COURSES: Leopard Creek Kruger (dependent), Durban Golf Club/Zimbali, Champagne Sports Resort Ladysmith, Humewood PE, Fancourt and Ernie Els Oubaai George.

This journey is available in reverse. As of 2017, the journey will go from nine to 10 days. 

Day 1
Depart Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria

Day 2
Golfers Play Leopard Creek
Non-golfers Kruger Park game drive and shopping

Day 3
Mkhaya Reserve game drive in Swaziland

Day 4
Golfers Play Durban Country Club/Beachwood
Non-golfers Durban city tour

Day 5
Golfers Play Champagne Sports Resort
Non-golfers Spionkop battlefields tour, game drive and lunch

Day 6
Day at leisure on board

Day 7
Golfers Play Humewood Port Elizabeth
Non-golfers Addo Elephant Park game drive

Day 8
Golfers Play Fancourt Golf Estate
Non-golfers Ostrich-farm visit and dinner at Fancourt

Day 9
Golfers Play Ernie Els Oubaai
Non-golfers Morning at leisure in Knysna or lagoon ferry ride to Featherbed Nature Reserve

Day 10
Arrive Cape Town Station