Vast, fynbos-speckled landscapes and remote desert towns steeped in history make South Africa the ultimate destination to discover by train. Gleaming with old-world glamor, your Rovos Rail train is the greatest way to discover the wild landscapes of South Africa as you make your way from Cape Town to Pretoria. Be transported back to the golden era of African exploration with sumptuous suites and nightly four-course dinners, along with cinematic views every second of the day.

Rising from the plains of the north, Jozi is a modern metropolis, the powerhouse of South Africa, its veins coursing with rivers of gold. Yet for all the country’s natural wonders, it is human history that is writ large in Johannesburg: moving museums chart the difficult story of apartheid, while the Cradle of Humankind is home to the largest concentration of ancient human fossils ever discovered, a fascinating glimpse into where human life began.

Forever shapeshifting beneath the sun, the Okavango is Africa’s mercurial wonder, a flooded paradise where oxbow lakes lie still and serene, and islets come and go with the tides. Unlike most deltas, the waters of the Okavango never reach the sea, as if guarded jealously by the land. And what treasures it hoards: from prowling lions and vast herds of wildebeest to hundreds of species of birds, wading and watching from the water’s edge.