What Rovos Rail Shows You on the Way to Victoria Falls

Nine days aboard Rovos Rail move from vineyard to desert to elephant country, a Victorian village frozen in the Karoo, a diamond mine’s mile deep scar at Kimberley, two nights under Pretoria’s jacarandas, then across the Tropic of Capricorn into Hwange’s baobabs before the Zambezi drops into Victoria Falls. Here is what the nine days actually look like, carriage by carriage.

What to Expect Aboard the Trans-Siberian Express

Thirteen days aboard the Trans-Siberian Express move at a different pace, cabin windows opening onto taiga and steppe, mornings built around Russian breakfast service and evenings settling into the bar carriage. Here is what a day onboard actually looks like, from Lake Baikal to the Moscow Kremlin.