Rovos Rail has a fleet of six full trains traveling 11 different itineraries throughout Africa. That first morning aboard the Rovos Rail, opening the blinds of my cabin to see nothing but bush as far ...

This story is part of Iconic Train Journeys, a spotlight on the world's most legendary railway adventures, from luxury trains that evoke old-world glamor to historic routes that have rebuilt nations ...

Reporting from Cape Town, South Africa — There I was, paddling down the Zambezi River in Zambia, surrounded by hungry hippos and crocodiles with a predatory gleam in their yellow-green eyes. This was ...

Robert and Adam Cronin are not your average Rovos Rail passengers, but they are the nattiest. Rovos Rail, billed both by the company and many fans as the most luxurious train on Earth, generally ...

You may roll your eyes when grandpa gears up for one of his many “things were better back when I was your age” stories, even though they feature uphill adventures sans shoes, but when it comes to ...

Of all the modes of travel, I suspect that more books have been written and more films have been made about trains—yes, even more than ships, cars, and airplanes. And if you take the remarkable Rovos ...

Travellers and tourists will have to wait until next year before one of the most luxurious railway tours in the country is expected to be fully operational. Rovos Rail communication manager Brenda Vos ...

Sometimes, there’s something to be said for slow travel. Sure, a plane ride between South Africa’s Cape Town and Pretoria will take two hours, but it won’t have the same romance as a two-day train ...

Who hasn’t fantasized about an old-time Orient Express-style adventure, a luxurious vintage train journey through majestic landscapes (sans the murder mystery, of course)? Enter Rovos Rail, for 29 ...

Rovos Rail follows the original Cape to Cairo routing through Botswana and Zimbabwe and it is hard not to be touched by the history that unfolds along the route - and it's well worth a trip... What a ...