DAY ONE
10:00 - Register and check-in at The Blue Train Station Lounge, Pretoria Station.
- Guests enjoy pre-departure snacks
and drinks.
12:00 - Boarding commences.
- Butlers usher guests to
their suites. Suite orientation done by butlers. Boarding concludes at
12:30.
13:00 - The Blue Train departs from Pretoria Station.
-
(Will depart earlier if all guests have checked-in.)
13:30-15:30 - A five-course gourmet lunch is served in the Dining Car.
16:00 - High Tea is served in the Non-Smoking Lounge Car.
18:00-20:00 - Guests will enjoy pre-dinner drinks served at any of the lounges and are also welcome to refresh themselves prior to dinner.
20:30-22:30 - First sitting for Dinner.
- Guests enjoy post-dinner
drinks, cognacs, and Cuban cigars in the Club Car before retiring to bed.
Second
sitting for Dinner
- Guests enjoy post-dinner
drinks, cognacs, and Cuban cigars in the Club Car before retiring to bed.
Dress
code for the duration of the trip is smart casual or safari wear.
DAY TWO
05:00 - The Blue Train arrives at Numbi Train Station.
- Guests disembark and are
transferred through Numbi Gate in open safari vehicles to a sunrise game
drive conducted by professional tour guides.
After the
sunrise game drive
- Guests will enjoy a bush
breakfast at an exclusive unfenced location inside the Kruger National
Park.
- After breakfast, guests will
return to Numbi Gate using an alternative route back, exposing guests to
more of the Kruger area.
12:00-15:45 - A five-course gourmet lunch is served in the Dining Car.
16:00 - Guests transfer to Numbi Gate.
19:30 - Guests are taken for a sunset game drive conducted by professional tour guides.
- The sunset game drive will
take place on the Nkambeni concession, an area of approximately 11,400
hectares, between the main entrance gates of Numbi and Phabeni, and
stretches past Shabeni Koppie near Pretoriuskop camp.
22:00 - Guests are transferred to Nkambeni Safari Camp.
- Guests will experience a
spectacular boma dinner at Nkambeni Safari Camp, which will include an
interactive cultural experience provided by a local group with
international accolades.
Guests
transferred back to The Blue Train.
- Guests enjoy post-dinner
drinks, cognacs, and Cuban cigars in the Club Car before retiring to bed.
DAY THREE
06:30-09:30 - Breakfast is served in the Dining Car on a first-come-first-served basis.
10:00 - The Blue Train arrives at Pretoria Station.
- Butlers usher guests to the
Arrival Lounge.
END OF A
MEMORABLE JOURNEY