Renate Engelbrecht A list of train trips or stays worth saving for if you re a fan of experiential travel and once-in-a-lifetime moments. Kruger Shalati s bespoke deck and swimming pool. Picture: Kyle Lewin
The experience of a train trip or staying in a train on its tracks is certainly something worth saving for, so here are South Africa’s top three trains and track stays to consider checking out.
Rovos Rail
Although only semi-operational due to the Covid-19 pandemic, family business Rovos Rail is still running its Cape Town and Victoria Falls train trips.
Rovos Rail in the Hex River Valley.
There are all sorts of reasons for not being on a lonely Karoo road after dusk. Huge cross-country trucks with sleepy eyes behind the wheel suddenly appear in your lane. A little
bakoorjakkals (bat-eared fox) becomes roadkill in your headlights. A midwinter kudu smashes into your windscreen with disastrous results all round.
Or a ghost appears out of the inky blackness and then what? I tend to roam the Karoo by day and park indoors at night, which is probably why I’ve never really seen a spectre while sober. But, simply judging by legend, one knows they’re out there.
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