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Cape Town to Victoria Falls · Southern Africa

The Zambezi Star

Royal Suite, per guest · $38,000

Spend like a billionaire

A train of polished teak and brass, pulled out of Cape Town by steam, that crosses the Karoo, the diamond fields of Kimberley and the bushveld to arrive, nine days later, on the bridge over the Zambezi gorge in the spray of Victoria Falls. The observation car has an open deck at the back. Between the stations there are game drives, a lunch among the vineyards and nights so dark the whole Milky Way is overhead.

  • Out of Cape Town by steam
  • Game drives between stations
  • Across the bridge at Victoria Falls

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Handled for you

  • A car at your door, and at every door after it
  • Bags collected at home and unpacked before you arrive
  • A concierge on call, day and night, until you are home
  • Your steward briefed on your tastes; a car waiting at every station

Best time to go

April to September

April to September: dry, cool and clear, with the best game viewing and the falls at their fullest in April and May. Summer brings heat and afternoon storms.

In pictures

Table Mountain, where the journey begins
The veld from your window
An elephant at the end of the day
The bridge over the Zambezi gorge
Victoria Falls at sunset
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Your journey

Days
9 days
Guests
2 guests
Can't wait?Your first postcard arrives tomorrow.

Enhancements · 0 added

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A sommelier aboardThe Cape's rarest wines, a different estate each night$14,000
A wildlife photographerFor every stop and game drive$11,000
Lunch among the vinesAt a Franschhoek estate, off the train for the afternoon$6,500
The whole trainEvery carriage, for your party of forty$1,500,000Chartered by a family through 2027
Every enhancement, from arrival to the extraordinaryMore rail, and every collection
$76,000Complimentary
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