DEPARTURE POINTS
Where are the departure and arriving locations for Namaqua Tours?
- The 8 day Namaqualand flower tours depart from Pretoria Station, stay over in Upington the first night, 5 nights in Vanrhynsdorp, the last night in Kimberley and arriving back at Pretoria Station the last day of the tour.
- The 6 day Namaqualand flower tours depart from Cape Town (Bellville and Road Lodge Airport), 5 nights in Vanrhynsdorp and depart the last day for Cape Town (Cape Town International Airport, Road Lodge Airport and Bellville).
- We can help with arrangements if tour members want to fly from anywhere in South Africa or Namibia. For this service we charge R100.00 per person. The airline costs are paid into the airline bank account by the tour member. There are also facilities available to pay the flight costs per credit card.
- If you are travelling by train from Johannesburg to Cape Town we can also assist with the arrangements. For this service we charge R100.00 per person. We only make bookings on the Premier Class or the Blue Train. Namakwa Tours will not make bookings on the cheapest train transport from anywhere to Cape Town.
- The estimated train tariffs are as follows:
Shosholoza Mey:- Tariffs per person for one way only. No meals or bedding are included in this tariff. Bedding is available at extra cost. Meals are served at extra costs in the dining car. We don’t do any bookings on this train.
Johannesburg – Cape Town R350.00 This train route is 24 hours and you sleep 1 night on the train. Durban – Cape Town R460.00 This train route is 48 hours. You sleep 2 nights on the train.
Premier Classe:- Tariffs per person and for one way only. All meals (3 goods meals) and bedding are included in this tariff.
Johannesburg – Cape Town R1500.00 – R1 900.00 Port Elizabeth – Cape Town R1 100.00 – R1 350.00 Unfortunately no Premier Classe train available from Durban to Cape Town.
- In case you want to travel from Gauteng, you should consider flying down or travelling via train and back. You can for example fly down and enjoy a train ride back to Gauteng or vice versa.
- If you are driving with your car from elsewhere to Cape Town, you are welcome to leave it at the hotel in Bellville. Please remember to arrange this with us first.
- If you want to depart the same night the tour ends, you have to book your flight from Cape Town after 19h00. Our bus will drop you off at the airport in time for your flight home.
- Our tour will not depart from the airport this year. For this reason you cannot fly into Cape Town on the same day the tour starts. We’ve experienced great difficulties in the past with delayed flights with tours consequently starting much later than planned.
- If you have to fly to Cape Town, you have to depart the day before.
Is there accommodation available if I have to arrive in Cape Town a day in advance?
- Tour members that want to come to Cape Town earlier or stay for longer can be accommodated. We have negotiated a special tariff at two different hotels in Cape Town, where our tours depart and conclude. This tariff is only valid if the booking is done via our office. No commission is received upon this booking and it is purely a service that we can and want to deliver our customers.
- Contact us for tariffs at the following hotels:
- Hotel in Bellville Parc du Cap – The Lodge
- Hotel at the airport – Road Lodge Airport
- We suggest that you make use of this offer and arrive in Cape Town the previous day. These special hotel offers are only available if there are rooms available. This tariff is also available if you want to stay in the hotel for longer than one day.
Is there transport available to the hotel if I arrive in Cape Town via airplane/train?
- We can assist if you arrive in Cape Town before the start of the tour or after the tour have ended and need transport to or from the hotel.
- Contact us for the tariff of the many transport operators:
- Transport from airport or train station to the Lodge in Bellville.
- Transport from airport or train station to the Road Lodge Airport.
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