Register and check-in at The Blue Train Lounge, Cape Town Station. 

Guests enjoy pre-departure drinks. Welcome snacks will be served on-board the train

Boarding commences.  Butlers usher guests to their suites. Suite orientation done by butlers.

Boarding concludes at 08:00am

Second sitting for Brunch

OFF-THE-TRAIN EXCURSION
(Weather & time-permitting)

The Blue Train arrives at Matjiesfontein

for an off-the-train excursion.

On arrival at Matjiesfontein guests are invited for a glass of sherry at the bar.  The sherry glass engraved with The Blue Train logo is a memento for guests to keep. The Victoria buildings and original nineteenth century London lampposts impart to the traveler, the uncanny sense of entering a colonial time warp – an oasis suspended in a different age.

The Blue Train departs for its northbound journey to Pretoria.

High tea is served in the Lounge Car.

Breakfast is served on a first-come-first- served basis.

Breakfast can also be served in-suite at the guests’ request.

Register and check-in at The Blue Train Lounge, Cape Town Station.

Guests enjoy pre-departure snacks and drinks.

Boarding commences. Butlers usher guests to their suites.

Suite orientation done by butlers. Boarding concludes at 15:45

The Blue Train departs from Cape Town Station

(will depart earlier once all guests have checked-in)

Second sitting for Lunch

OFF-THE-TRAIN EXCURSION
 (Weather & time-permitting)

The Blue Train arrives at Kimberley Station.

Guests disembark and gather at the railway museum, from where they will be ushered to a bus, which transfers them to the Kimberley Open Mine Museum.

Guests arrive at the Open Mine Museum

For a tour of the mine. Guests are first taken to view interesting and historical sites. Guests are also taken onto an enclosed ramp on the edge of the Big Hole.

Guests depart from the Open Mine Museum for Kimberley Station.

At Kimberley Station guests are greeted with a glass of sherry.

The sherry glass engraved with The Blue Train logo is a memento for guests to keep. After this exciting tour, guests are welcome to refresh themselves and enjoy aperitifs before dinner

The Blue Train arrives at Pretoria Station

Butlers usher guests to the Arrival Lounge