Railway journeys offer a different perspective on South Africa. Travelling by train reveals landscapes, settlements and industrial areas that developed around the country’s railway network. Some routes pass through mountain valleys and agricultural regions....
Most travellers plan a South African holiday around destinations. Cape Town. Johannesburg. Pretoria. The Winelands. The Karoo. Perhaps a safari further north. Getting between those places is usually treated as a practical question rather than part of the holiday...