| Day 1: |
First Day |
| 07:50 - 08:30 |
Register and check-in at The Blue Train Lounge, Cape Town Station.
Guests enjoy pre-departure snacks and drinks. |
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| 08:30 |
Boarding starts. Butlers usher guests to their suites. Suite orientation done by butlers. |
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| 08:50 |
The Blue Train departs from Cape Town Station |
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| 11:30 – 13:00 |
First sitting for Brunch |
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| 13:00 – 14:30 |
Second sitting for Brunch |
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| 14:35 – 15:15 |
The Blue Train arrives at Matjiesfontein
for a 45 minute 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 traveller, the uncanny sense of entering a colonial time warp – an oasis suspended in a different age. |
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| 15:20 |
The Blue Train departs for its northbound journey to Pretoria. |
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| 16:00 |
High tea is served in the Lounge Car. |
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| 17:00 |
After an exciting interlude guests are free to refresh themselves and enjoy pre-dinner drinks at any one of our lounges. |
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| 18:30 |
First sitting for dinner. |
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Remember, dinner is an elegant affair and men are requested to wear a jacket and tie and ladies in elegant evening wear. |
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| 20:30 |
Second sitting for dinner |
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| Day 2: |
(Next morning) |
| 07:00 - 10:00 |
Breakfast is served on a first
come first serve
basis. Breakfast can also be served
in-suite
at the guests' request. |
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| 12:50 |
The Blue Train
arrives at Pretoria Station.
Butlers usher guests to
The Blue Train Lounge |
