Seek out Africa’s Big Five+, savour an opulent Rovos Rail journey and cherish a stunning Silversea voyage on this luxury holiday.
Following an overnight in Johannesburg, you’ll venture into Pilanesberg National Park for your spectacular three-night safari escape. Here, you’ll join adrenaline-inducing twice-daily guided game drives in search of Africa’s world-famous Big Five+.
Next, you’ll delight in a one-night stay in Pretoria before joining the iconic Rovos Rail. Relish exquisite service, luxury accommodation, fine dining, and off-train excursions before spending four wonderful nights in Cape Town. Finally, you’ll join Silver Spirit for a beautiful round-trip discovery voyage. On board, you’ll enter Namibia through Lüderitz and admire native wildlife in Walvis Bay and Port Elizabeth, before exploring a melting pot of cultures with calls in East London and Durban.
Your Imagine Holiday Includes
15 night all-inclusive luxury cruise on board Silver Spirit
Complimentary premium shore excursions included at every port*
Pre-paid gratuities and complimentary WI-FI on board
In-suite butler service and fully stocked fridge for all suites
All-inclusive beverages including fine wines, beers and premium spirits
3 night all-inclusive luxury Rovos Rail journey from Pretoria to Cape Town in a Pullman cabin with off train excursions
1 night five-star stay in Johannesburg at the Peermont D’oreale Grande Hotel with breakfast
3 night five-star hotel stay in Pilanesberg at the Ivory Tree Game Lodge with breakfast, lunch and dinner
1 night five-star stay in Pretoria at the Sheraton Pretoria Hotel with breakfast
4 night five-star hotel stay in Cape Town at The Table Bay with breakfast
Pilanesberg National Park Game Drives+
Overnight flights
Your Voyage
Your Itinerary
Your holiday begins as you fly from Australia to your destination.
Today you’ll fly into Johannesburg, for the start of your epic adventure. One of the youngest of the world’s major cities, Johannesburg was founded in 1886 following the discovery of gold and is today, South Africa’s largest city.
Overnight: Peermont D’oreale Grande Hotel
More excitement awaits at Pilanesberg National Park, home to abundant wildlife and bird species. During your three-night stay, you’ll join twice-daily game drives, a thrilling way to experience the incredible African wilderness and wildlife.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Overnight: Ivory Tree Game Lodge
Often called the Jacaranda City due to the abundance of the indigo flower, Pretoria is also one of the best places in South Africa to see grand architecture and monuments surrounded by immaculately landscaped gardens.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Overnight: Sheraton Pretoria Hotel
Board the Rovos Rail for your journey to Cape Town, travelling across the goldfields of the Witwatersrand, the vast wilderness of the Karoo and the scenic winelands of the Cape.
Meals Included: All-Inclusive Board Basis
Overnight: Rovos Rail
Stop for a tour of the Kimberley Mine Museum and the Big Hole. It’s a place where up to 50,000 miners once toiled with little more than picks and shovels in their arduous search for the precious gemstone.
Meals Included: All-Inclusive Board Basis
Overnight: Rovos Rail
Wind your way through the Karoo, a vast semi-desert, before disembarking at Whitehill Siding and walking to Matjiesfontein. Enjoy an off-train excursion in the historic village, with its collection of vintage cars and railway carriages.
Meals Included: All-Inclusive Board Basis
Overnight: Rovos Rail
Your rail journey ends in the cosmopolitan city of Cape Town. From here, you’ll transfer to your hotel where you’ll spend the next four nights exploring this world-renowned city.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Overnight: The Table Bay
For a real sense of this city, you could hop on a cable car to Table Mountain’s summit, or head to bohemian Long Street, where you’ll find a variety of cosy bookstores and culturally diverse restaurants and bars.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Overnight: The Table Bay
Today, you’ll embark the luxurious Silver Spirit for your spellbinding voyage. Now with eight superb dining options, an improved health and fitness centre, and larger pool deck, Silver Spirit guarantees world-famous standards of service.
Meals Included: All-Inclusive Board Basis
Overnight: Silver Spirit
Journey to Lüderitz, Namibia’s coastal gem. Immerse in its rich history, German influence, and stunning landscapes. Let the vibrant allure of the South Atlantic captivate you in this spellbinding destination of wanderlust.
Meals Included: All-Inclusive Board Basis
Overnight: Silver Spirit
Escape to the coastal paradise of Walvis Bay. Embrace stunning landscapes, from serene lagoons to towering dunes. Explore diverse marine life and relish the tranquility of this Namibian gem.
Meals Included: All-Inclusive Board Basis
Overnight: Silver Spirit
Discover Gqeberha’s golden beaches, azure waters, and vibrant culture. Immerse yourself in thrilling wildlife encounters and create lifelong memories in this captivating South African city.
Meals Included: All-Inclusive Board Basis
Overnight: Silver Spirit
Embrace the vibrant energy of East London, a melting pot of culture and creativity. From trendy markets to cutting-edge art scenes, this dynamic district invites you to explore its eclectic streets and immerse yourself in its pulsating rhythm.
Meals Included: All-Inclusive Board Basis
Overnight: Silver Spirit
Explore Richards Bay, South Africa’s coastal gem. Discover golden beaches, mesmerizing wetlands, and breathtaking wildlife encounters. Let its natural wonders and vibrant culture rejuvenate your soul and ignite your sense of adventure.
Meals Included: All-Inclusive Board Basis
Overnight: Silver Spirit
Durban, South Africa’s coastal gem, boasts golden beaches and a melting pot of cultures. From vibrant markets to historical sites, it offers a lively fusion of urban energy and Indian Ocean beauty.
Meals Included: All-Inclusive Board Basis
Overnight: Silver Spirit
Your holiday complete, today you’ll disembark your ship and head to the airport for your flight home.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Your Tour Highlights
Silver Spirit
Silver Spirit has been completely refurbished to create extra space and exciting new features that offer an even more luxurious experience at sea. Now with eight superb dining options, an improved fitness centre, a larger pool deck, together with Silversea’s world-famous standards of service, you’re guaranteed the cruise of a lifetime on Silver Spirit.
With one of the highest space-per-guest ratios in the business, the grand Silver Spirit, offers its guests one of the most complete cruise experiences available.
While on board you could discover exquisite dishes bursting with Asian essence at Indochine, meet new friends at Dolce Vita, or unwind in the Zagara Spa. Stretch out with the largest suites in the Silversea fleet and enjoy a lively, convivial atmosphere that caters to cosmopolitan travellers.
- Tonnage 39,519 tons
- Length 692 ft (211.00 m)
Life on board Silver Spirit
Delicious dining, fascinating enrichment activities and an award-winning spa, Silversea ensures that your happiness is guaranteed from the very first moment you step on board.
dining
Featuring eight dining options, including the line’s signature restaurants Spaccanapoli – reflecting Silversea’s Italian heritage, and La Dame – the epitome of French fine dining, there’s plenty to delight all palates.
- The Grill
- Seishin
- Silver Note
- La Terrazza
- La Dame
- Indochine
- Atlantide
- Spaccanapoli
Bars & Lounges
- Connoisseur’s Corner
- Dolce Vita
- Panorama Lounge
Facilities
Marvel at the superb exhibitions in the Arts Café or browse the luxury boutique, enjoy a dip in the pool, relax in one of the whirlpools or take part in fitness classes.
- Zagara Beauty Salon
- Card Room
- Boutique
- Pool Deck & Jacuzzi Area
- Arts Café
- Observation Library
- Zagara Beauty Spa
- Fitness Centre
entertainment
From full-scale theatre productions to feature films and dazzling cabaret performances, entertainment is traditional and elegant.
- Venetian Lounge
- Casino
Rovos Rail
Crossing Africa’s most iconic landscapes in elegant style, this wonderful train and its beautifully restored carriages travel between Pretoria and Cape Town, the wide deserts of Namibia and the powerful tumbling morass of Victoria Falls, the vast plains of the Great Karoo and the battlefields of KwaZulu-Natal.
During the journey you’ll enjoy excursions, game drives and guided tours by historians to further illuminate your journey, as well as bush lunches and suppers under a million-tog duvet of African stars. The fleet of locomotives is rich in history, with even the oldest and smallest engine, called Tiffany, still seeing occasional use. Each carriage, cabin, kitchen car and locomotive has been painstakingly restored, and Rovos Rail now operate four trains across its fabulous choice of journeys.
Life on board Rovos Rail
Travelling on board a Rovos Rail service is like stepping back in time, while keeping the most comfortable technological additions of the 21st century with you.
Carriages
Each train is generally made up of a club lounge, an observation car with vast windows and an open-air platform for enjoying the views, two dining cars and 36 spacious cabin suites, with further upgraded accommodation available. The stunning Edwardian-era carriages have been painstakingly restored to showcase their elegant period details, while adding all the modern comforts that today’s travellers desire on cross-continental journeys. Put simply, it feels like stepping back into a bygone era, but with discreet luxury touches.
Even more beautiful are the pre-1940s dining cars, which were also restored into service with the addition of button-trimmed leather seats, wooden marquetry and other added embellishments. When the train was expanded from 42 to 72 guests, the addition of a lounge car provided a convivial space to come together and share stories of the day’s adventures over fine beverages. Today, the lounge cars still have comfortable wingback chairs and deep sofas for prime afternoon snoozing, and a small gift shop. Some of the train windows can be opened to let in the sights, sounds and smells of Africa in.
Food
All meals on board are served over one sitting in the dining cars; it’s a sociable time of the day when all the guests come together to celebrate the diversity of dining across the continent, sampling delicious cuisine complemented by fine South African wines. A fleet of experienced chefs is tasked with creating innovative and beautifully presented meals for the maximum of 72 guests on board, with a focus on fresh, local ingredients including speciality game.
Breakfast is a leisurely affair and served until 10am, with lunch at 1pm, afternoon tea served in the late afternoon and your formal dinner service at 7.30pm. The bar service runs until 1am, but you might want to get an early night if you’re taking a game drive the following day. What’s certain on board Rovos Rail journeys is that you’ll never go hungry. That, and that every lunch and dinner service is announced with the sounding of a gong.
Suites
The suites on board offer one of the highest space-per-guest rations of any luxury cruise accommodation, plus cruising on an all-inclusive basis means that everything is taken care of.
Vista Suite Prices from $18,999pp
The Vista Suite boasts a generous expanse of interior comforts – elegant décor, a stunning marble en-suite bathroom and ample seating. Accompanied by a large picture window, it’s the perfect backdrop for breakfast in bed.
- Dedicated butler
- Twin beds or queen-sized bed
- Down duvets
- Pillow Menu
- Luxury bath amenities
- Plush bathrobes & slippers
- Marbled bathroom with vanity, separate wet room with shower seat
- Unlimited Standard Wifi
- One 40” / 102 cm flat-screen HD TV
- Refrigerator and bar setup stocked with your preferences
- Large picture window
- Sitting area
- Champagne on arrival
- Walk-in wardrobe with personal safe
Classic Veranda Suite Prices from $20,999pp
The suite’s finest asset lies just outside, as floor-to-ceiling glass doors open onto a private veranda. Enjoy sumptuous comfort and attention to detail – both inside and out.
- Dedicated butler
- Veranda with patio furniture and floor-to-ceiling glass doors
- Twin beds or queen-sized bed
- Down duvets
- Pillow Menu
- Marbled bathroom with vanity, separate shower and full-sized bath
- Luxury bath amenities
- Plush bathrobes & slippers
- One 40” / 102 cm flat-screen HD TV
- Unlimited Standard Wifi
- Refrigerator and bar setup stocked with your preferences
- Champagne on arrival
Superior Veranda Suite Prices from $21,999pp
Holding an incredible location on the upper deck, you can enjoy majestic sunset views. This spectacular space covers all the features and comforts synonymous with Silversea, making it a cosy home from home.
- Dedicated butler
- Queen size bed
- Pillow menu
- Marbled bathroom with double vanity, separate shower and full-sized bath
- Plush bathrobes, luxury bath amenities & slippers
- Vanity table with hair dryer
- Walk-in wardrobe with personal safe
- Sitting area
- Refrigerator and bar setup stocked with your preferences
- Veranda with floor-to-ceiling glass door
- Unlimited Standard Wifi
- One large flat screen TV
- Champagne on arrival
Deluxe Veranda Suite Prices from $22,999pp
This charming and opulent suite offers a comfortable living space, close to the heart of the ship. Unwind in the sitting area or enjoy the romantic views of the setting sun from your private veranda.
- Dedicated butler
- Queen size bed
- Pillow menu
- Marbled bathroom with double vanity, separate shower and full-sized bath
- Plush bathrobes, luxury bath amenities & slippers
- Vanity table with hair dryer
- Walk-in wardrobe with personal safe
- Sitting area
- Refrigerator and bar setup stocked with your preferences
- Veranda with floor-to-ceiling glass door
- Unlimited Standard Wifi
- One large flat screen TV
- Champagne on arrival
Your Hotel Stays
Johannesburg
Peermont D’oreale Grande Hotel (Or Similar)
Unsurpassed luxury paired with state-of-the-art facilities make the five-star Peermont D’oreale Grande the perfect choice for those seeking supreme comfort and lavish indulgence. All guest rooms have been superbly decorated with warm tones and stunning golden touches, and have been finely furnished, as well as featuring modern conveniences including complimentary Wi-Fi. Dine on sumptuous Afroperial (a classical fusion of imperial Roman tradition blended with modern African cuisine) in Aurelia’s, awaken your senses in the opulent Octavia’s Day Spa and sip a delicious cocktail to the views of the setting African sun at Neptune’s Pool Bar.
Pilanesberg
Ivory Tree Game Lodge (Or Similar)
The five-star Ivory Tree Game Lodge offers a safari experience all with modern amenities for a home away from home. Situated in the crater of a long-extinct volcano, the Ivory Tree Lodge is the perfect location for a monumental safari experience. Rooms are tastefully decorated with African décor and offer spectacular views of the three concentric rings of hills across the Pilanesberg reserve.
Ivory Tree Lodge’s Amani Spa has been the Winner of 4 prestigious awards since its inception in 2006.
Pretoria
Sheraton Pretoria Hotel (Or Similar)
The hotel overlooks the phenomenal sights of the Union Buildings – the official seat of South Africa’s government – and its gardens, which you can enjoy from the terrace. From sumptuous buffets to re-energising body wraps, let the Sheraton take care of you from delicious dining to great relaxation. In close proximity to nearby attractions including the Pretoria Art Museum, the Museum of Natural History and a Cheetah rescue and breeding centre, there’s plenty to enjoy before heading back for a dip in the pool.
Cape Town
The Table Bay (Or Similar)
The Table Bay is an iconic five-star hotel situated in Cape Town, South Africa, overlooking the stunning Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. Known for its elegance and hospitality, the hotel offers breathtaking views of Table Mountain and the Atlantic Ocean. Its luxurious rooms and suites, adorned with modern amenities, provide a comfortable retreat for guests. Dining options range from fine cuisine at The Atlantic Grill to afternoon tea at The Lounge. The Table Bay is also conveniently located for exploring Cape Town’s attractions, making it a perfect base for travellers seeking a blend of luxury and exploration.
