AFRICAN GOLF COLLAGE

AFRICAN GOLF COLLAGE

African Golf Collage

This panoramic nine-day sojourn winds its way from Pretoria to Cape Town and includes a golfing and non-golfing itinerary. After a game drive in the famous Kruger Park*, guests head to Zululand for game viewing at Hluhluwe – the oldest reserve in Africa. The train then travels the coast along St Lucia Wetland Park to Durban* for a city tour and through the Valley of a Thousand Hills to Ardmore Ceramics. Enjoy a tour of Bloemfontein then continue overnight along the imposing Drakensberg Mountains to Port Elizabeth* for Addo Elephant Park. Then it’s on to Oudtshoorn for an ostrich-farm visit followed by an impressive rail descent through the Outeniqua Mountains to George*. After visiting the natural paradise of Knysna*, the train traverses the spectacular Garden Route to the winelands for a brandy distillery visit and across the Cape Fold Mountains before this magnificent expedition ends in Cape Town. *Golfers play Leopard Creek at Kruger, Durban Country Club, Humewood in Port Elizabeth, Fancourt in Knysna & Ernie Els Oubaai in George. Available in reverse.

Day1

09h00 Check-in at Rovos Rail Station in Pretoria for departure at 10h00.
Lunch and dinner are served as the train travels east towards Mpumalanga.
(Breakfast 07h00-10h00 • Lunch 13h00 • Tea 16h30 • Dinner 19h30)

Day2
Golfers: 09h00 Tee off at Leopard Creek near Kruger with lunch.
Non-golfers: 08h00 Game drive in the Kruger Park with lunch.
17h00 Rejoin the train at Komatipoort and depart for Zululand.

Day3
09h30 Game drive in the Hluhluwe Reserve in Zululand.
13h00 Lunch is served as the train travels south alongside the St Lucia Wetland Park to Durban for the overnight stop.

Day4
Golfers: 08h00 Tee off at Durban Country Club.
After lunch, enjoy a one-hour scenic drive along the Midlands Meander to join the train at Lions River.
Non-golfers: 08h00 Disembark for a short city tour of Durban.
10h00 Traverse the Valley of a Thousand Hills to Ardmore Ceramics for a two-hour afternoon visit.
16h00 Return to the train for dinner and overnight. Traverse the Drakensberg.

Day5
09h00 Disembark for a city tour of Bloemfontein.
13h00 Travel to Coerney/Alicedale across the Drakensberg Mountains.

Day6
Golfers: 07h00 One-hour transfer from Alicedale to Humewood Course.
Enjoy a game and lunch before joining the train in Port Elizabeth.
Non-golfers: 08h00 Game drive at Addo Elephant Park.
11h30 Rejoin the train and depart for Port Elizabeth.
14h15 Experience the train being turned around then depart for Oudtshoorn via Willowmore.

Day7
Golfers: 07h00 Arrive Oudtshoorn. Transfer to George along Montagu Pass.
10h30 Tee off at Fancourt followed by dinner at the estate.
Non-golfers: 09h00 Two-hour ostrich-farm visit in Oudtshoorn. Traverse the Montagu Pass to George.
18h30 Disembark for dinner at Fancourt Estate.

Day8
Golfers: 07h00 Transfer to Ernie Els Oubaai for tee off at 08h00.
Non-golfers: 08h00 Morning at leisure in Knysna or ferry ride to Featherbed.
13h00 Depart George and travel along the Garden Route via the Outeniqua Mountains to the coast for Riversdale.

Day9
11h00 Two-hour tour of the KWV Brandy Distillery, Worcester.
17h00 Arrive at Platform 23 at Cape Town Station.