- Rovos Rail
Rovos Rail is a private railway company operating out of Capital Park Station in
Pretoria ,South Africa .
Rovos Rail runs cruise trains to a regular schedule on various routes throughout Southern Africa. The trains consist of beautifully restored South African coaches with all the usual tourist facilities - lounge, restaurant, private sleeping compartments and showers. cite web|url = http://www.seat61.com/SouthAfrica.htm#cruise| title=Train travel in South Africa |publisher = www.seat61.com |accessdate = 2007-07-02]
The company was started in 1989 by Rohan Vos.cite web|url = http://www.rovos.com/train.html| title=Rovos Rail Official Website |publisher = www.rovos.com |accessdate = 2007-07-02]Routes
Rovos Rail operates the following routes:
Pretoria toCape Town Pretoria toDurban Pretoria toVictoria Falls Cape Town toDar Es Salaam Pretoria toSwakopmund Cape Town toGeorge
as well golf safaris and private train charters.Rovos Rail also ran a Cape to Cairo route for the first time in 2008 and will be repeating this trip in 2010. cite web|url = http://www.capetocairo.com| title=Cape to Cairo with Rovos Rail|publisher = www.capetocairo.com |accessdate = 2007-07-02]
References
External links
* [http://www.rovos.com Rovos Rail Official Website]
* [http://www.rovos.co.za/rovos-club-history.html History of Rovos Rail]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
