Shongololo Express
| Shongololo Express | |
|---|---|
| Hotel Alliance | Rovos Rail |
| city |
Pretoria , South Africa
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| Website | shongololo.com |
| Hotel information | |
| opening | 1952 |
| building | train |
| owner | Rovos Rail |
| Furnishing | |
| room | 36 |
| Restaurants | 1 |
| Bars | 1 |
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Coordinates: 25 ° 43 '7.3 " S , 28 ° 11' 20.4" O The Shongololo Express is a South African luxury train since 1995 in the countries of Namibia , South Africa , Swaziland and Zimbabwe , as well as temporarily in Mozambique wrong. The hotel train was built in 1951/52 and has been part of the Rovos Rail group since 2016. The train is named after the double- legged Shongololo .
The train offers space for 72 people in different cabin categories. It also has a dining car, observation car with an open balcony, a small shop and a smoking compartment.
stretch
It runs on the following three routes (as of March 2019):
Good Hope route (15 days)
(unless otherwise specified, all stations are in South Africa)
Pretoria - Nelspruit - Mpaka (Swaziland) - Hluhluwe - iSimangaliso - Durban - Spionkop - Bloemfontein - Kimberley - De Aar - Port Elizabeth - Knysna - Oudtshoorn - Worcester - Cape Town
Southern Cross route (12 days)
Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls - Dete - Bulawayo - Dabuka - Rutenga - South Africa: Hoedspruit - Malelane - Maputo (Mozambique) - Mpaka (Swaziland) - Nelspruit - Pretoria
Dune Express route (12 days)
South Africa: Pretoria - Kimberley - Upington - Namibia: Holoog - Lüderitz - Keetmanshoop - Mariental ( Sossusvlei ) - Windhoek - Walvis Bay ( Swakopmund ) - Otjiwarongo ( Etosha National Park )
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ With the Shongololo through southern Africa. The travel magazine. Accessed September 5, 2018
- ↑ With the millipede through Namibia. The press. Accessed September 5, 2018
- ↑ Life on Board. Shongololo Express. Retrieved March 28, 2019.