Train Journeys

Travel onboard the Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Jasper in the Canadian Rockies to Kamloops, in the heart of British Columbia's interior. Highlights include Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockes at 3,954 metres (12,972 feet), Overnight in Kamloops. Your journey ends on arrival in Jasper this evening.

Travelling on board the Rocky Mountaineer train is The Only Way to See the Canadian Rockies®. The two-day rail journey offers an unforgettable Canadian train experience considered by many to be a trip of a lifetime. Recapturing the romance of rail travel, the Rocky Mountaineer follows the historic route constructed over 100 years ago through Canada's West and the Canadian Rockies, uniting the country. The entire train ride takes place during daylight hours to ensure you enjoy every minute of the breathtaking scenery of glacier-fed lakes, majestic mountains ranges and ferocious rivers. The Rocky Mountaineer train travels in both eastbound and westbound directions between the beautiful coastal city of Vancouver, British Columbia, the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia and Jasper or Banff and Calgary, Alberta.

Turn your journey into a once in a lifetime holiday experience when you travel on the Indian Pacific from Adelaide to Perth. Discover the incredible scenery and natural beauty of Australia whilst travelling in comfort through some of our most dramatic landscapes.

Experience the extravagant elegance of rail travel on Rovos Rail, one of the most luxurious trains in the world, combining the opulence of pre-war travel with subtle modern innovations. Rovos rail offers two beautifully rebuilt Classic trains which date back to the twenties and thirties.

Each train can accommmodate up to 72 passengers in 36 superbly appointed suites. The use of traditional furnishings and period decor ensure an atmosphere of elegance and grandeur throughout.

The Ghan is one of Australia's iconic train journeys, starting in Adelaide and finishing in Darwin. The train stops in Alice Springs giving the traveller the opportunity to explore Australia Red Centre (Addon/Upsell). Marvel at the spectacular Australian landscapes from fertile countryside surrounding Adelaide to the rusty hues of the Red Centre, onto the tropical splendor of the Top End. The Ghan is the ultimate journey through the heart of the continent.

RUSSIA + MONGOLIA + CHINA

These journeys are our ‘Experiential’ tours offering you an alternative to conventional touring. It includes local guides in each city but no appointed Group Leader and no Local Payment. The sightseeing program will also include a range of alternate activities and sights not found on other tours and is designed to give you greater contact with local people and their daily lives while still allowing for time to visit other highlights in each city.

Prices start from $2149* per person, twin share. Airfares are additional and can be arranged by your Travel Associates consultant to suit your travel plans.

CHINA + MONGOLIA + RUSSIA

These journeys are our ‘Experiential’ tours offering you an alternative to conventional touring. It includes local guides in each city but no appointed ‘Group?Leader’ and no Local Payment. The sightseeing program will also include a range of alternate activities and sights not found on other tours and is designed to give you greater contact with local people and their daily lives while still allowing for time to visit other highlights in each city.

Prices start from $2219* per person, twin share. Airfares are additional and can be arranged by your Travel Associates consultant to suit your travel plans.

RUSSIA + MONGOLIA + CHINA .

Outer Mongolia! Proverbial remoteness, an extraordinary place to be and the train the best way to get there - doing so enroute from Moscow to Beijing.

Prices start from $2965* per person, twin share. Airfares are additional and can be arranged by your Travel Associates consultant to suit your travel plans.

Eastern & Oriental Express One Way Luxury Rail Journey from Bangkok to Singapore, plus 2 nights pre train accommodation in Bangkok in a 4-star hotel and 1 post train accommodation in Singapore in a 5-star hotel.

The Eastern & Oriental Express: A quarter of a mile in length, the Eastern & Oriental Express luxury train recaptures the golden age of rail travel through one of the world's most beautiful and exotic regions. Gourmet cuisine, personal service and luxuriously appointed cabins come together in delightful harmony whilst the train gently travels through the sounds and sights of tropical forests close to the earth's equator. Accommodating 132 passengers in 66 air-conditioned cabins, the Eastern & Oriental Express is a truly unique way to explore South East Asia and a remarkable celebration of any special occasion.

Bangkok-Singapore: Travel from Bangkok through the beauty of Thailand, to the infamous River Kwai and onwards to Malaysia, colonial Georgetown and Fort Cornwallis, before crossing the causeway over the Straits of Johor to the elegant city of Singapore.

Day 1 - Bangkok; The Eastern & Oriental Express departs Bangkok early evening. Having been welcomed onboard the gleaming carriages, settle into your comfortable cabin. Dinner is served as the train travels from city into the countryside with its rice-fields, villages and water buffalo. Retire to your cabin, transformed into a cosy bedroom by your steward.

Day 2 - Wang Po & River Kwai; Awake early in order not to miss the excitement of the train making its way from Wang Po along the wooden trestle viaduct beside a towering cliff. On arrival at the River Kwai Bridge station, the E&O stops to allow you to disembark. Guides escort you on the short walk down to the jetty to board a local raft for a cruise along the lush greenery of the picturesque Kwai Yai river, passing under the Bridge. On board, a local historian provides a brief overview of the history of the Thailand-Burma railway and the bridge. At the E&O landing point you board a motor coach for a brief trip past the North Temple and Chinese Cemetery to the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre. As you explore the informative museum, the historian is available to answer questions. There is time to visit the Don Rak War Cemetery adjacent to the museum if you wish. Rejoin the coach for the short ride to the Kanchanaburi railway station to board the Eastern & Oriental Express. Later reflect on the day's sights over dinner and relax with a drink in the Bar Car before retiring for the night.

Day 3 - Penang; After brunch the train arrives into Butterworth. Here coaches take you across to colonial Georgetown, capital of Penang, on the local ferry. Enjoy a guided introductory tour with pre-World War II mosques, elaborately-roofed temples, churches, bazaars and colourful shophouses. Take the short ride back to Butterworth and rejoin the Eastern & Oriental Express. Spend the afternoon watching the passing scenery from one of the lounge cars or from the open deck of the Observation Car. Dine again in one of the opulent dining cars and then spend a relaxing evening in the Bar Car with its resident pianist. Spend your last night on board.

Day 4 - Singapore; After breakfast, soon it’s time to leave the train, having crossed the Straits of Johor into Singapore.

Travel Europe in Luxury on board the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. The fabled Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is undoubtedly one of the most famous trains in the world. Glamorous carriages, sumptuous cuisine and the highest levels of personal service are all hallmarks of the Orient-Express - an experience rarely found today. Royalty, celebrities, spies and courtesans have all travelled on the Orient-Express making the train a rich source of evocative inspiration for books and films. Today, the gleaming carriages of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express continue to carry passengers across Europe in exquisite surroundings on some of the most romantic journeys in the world.

London-Paris-Venice 2 days/1 night

Day 1 - As you board the gleaming carriages of the British Pullman train at London Victoria station, your steward will show you to your reserved seat. Sit back and enjoy Brunch served with a Bellini as you travel throughout the Kentish countryside. After crossing the channel board the blue and gold carriages of the Continental Wagons-Lits.

Throughout your journey you will be attended by your own personal Steward. After you have settled into your comfortable private cabin it will soon be time to dress for dinner. Why not sip a pre-dinner cocktail before making your way to one of the magnificent restaurant cars. Here you will be served a delicious four-course dinner, prepared by our skilled French chefs. After dinner you may want to linger in the bar car, listening to the sound of the baby grand piano. When you are ready, retire to your cabin, which has now been transformed into a cosy bedroom.

Day 2 - You awake to the magnificent scenery of the Swiss Alps as breakfast is served in your cabin at a time to suit you. Spend the morning in the Bar Car chatting to fellow guests over coffee. Enjoy a leisurely three-course lunch served in another of the beautiful restaurant cars. While away the afternoon with a visit to the on board Boutique to purchase souvenirs, or relax in your cabin and admire passing scenery as the train travels through the Italian Dolomites. Later, afternoon tea is served in your cabin as you travel through the Brenner Pass. All too soon it is time to prepare to disembark as the train crosses the Venetian Lagoon and pulls into Santa Lucia station.

Please note: the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express route is subject to change without prior warning due to last minute railway engineering works or similar.

RUSSIA + MONGOLIA + CHINA

These journeys are ‘Experiential’ tours offering you an alternative to conventional touring. It includes local guides in each city but no appointed Group Leader and no Local Payment. The sightseeing program will also include a range of alternate activities and sights not found on other tours and is designed to give you greater contact with local people and their daily lives while still allowing for time to visit other highlights in each city.

Prices start from $4049* per person, twin share. Airfares are additional and can be arranged by your Travel Associates consultant to suit your travel plans.

CHINA + MONGOLIA + RUSSIA

These journeys are our ‘Experiential’ tours offering you an alternative to conventional touring. It includes local guides in each city but no appointed Group Leader and no Local Payment. The sightseeing program will also include a range of alternate activities and sights not found on other tours and is designed to give you greater contact with local people and their daily lives while still allowing for time to visit other highlights in each city.

Prices start from $4049* per person, twin share. Airfares are additional and can be arranged by your Travel Associates consultant to suit your travel plans.

From MOSCOW to VLADIVOSTOK

This is the ultimate rail journey. Almost 10,000 kilometres of discovery aboard the train across 7 time zones. This is the rail journey that spans the world, and to travel it is to experience Russia as few travellers ever do.

Prices start from $4055* per person, twin share. Airfares are additional and can be arranged by your Travel Associates consultant to suit your travel plans.

RUSSIA + MONGOLIA + CHINA

From ST PETERSBURG to BEIJING “Its strength and magic lies not in the size of its giant trees nor in the depths of its deathly silence, but rather in the fact that perhaps it is the migrant birds alone of all living creatures that know its limits”. Anton Chekhov (during his travels across Siberia)

Prices start from $4775* per person, twin share. Airfares are additional and can be arranged by your Travel Associates consultant to suit your travel plans.

CHINA + MONGOLIA + RUSSIA

From BEIJING to ST PETERSBURG See and experience China's "Imperial City", then travel aboard the Trans Mongolian Express, beyond the Great Wall and across the fringes of the Gobi Desert to the grasslands of Mongolia. And so to Lake Baikal and aboard the great Trans Siberian Railway to Moscow and St.Petersburg, Russia's two most exciting cities. Explore Red Square, St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin then north to the magnificent 18th century buildings and palaces of St.Petersburg. A fantastic adventure across Asia in just three weeks.

Prices start from $4945* per person, twin share. Airfares are additional and can be arranged by your Travel Associates consultant to suit your travel plans.

All Aboard! Experience New Zealand on 6 spectacular rain journeys including The Overlander, TranzCoastal, Taieri Gorge Railway, TranzAlpine and the Shantytown Express. There is no better way to see the scenic beauty of this amazing country. All of this plus a cruise on Milford Sound, a Maori Hangi feast, awe-inspiring Franz Josef Glacier and exhilarating Queenstown. Plus enjoy three days in the Bay of Islands.

Embark on an extraordinary voyage through imperial India discovering its fascinating heritage and exquisite architecture. Enjoy Champagne and pay tribute to the world's greatest monument to love, the legendary Taj Mahal. Chase the elusive tiger in Ranthambore National Park. Feel like royalty as you participate in an exhibition Elephant Polo Match followed by dinner in a unique locale.

Soak up the spectacular regal heritage of Rajasthan, with its landscape of hilltop forts and palaces. Discover Champaner, the medieval capital of Gujarat. Explore the charms of the bustling city of Mumbai. This extraordinary journey will leave you with everlasting memories of an ancient land inhabited by an eclectic people, epitomizing a mesmerizing and unique mix of cultures.

Launched in March 2010, the Maharajas’ Express is the last word in luxury train travel and the ultimate way to see India in style. Experience the best of Delhi, Ranthambore, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Mumbai and the iconic Taj Mahal with the Royal India Maharajas’ Express journey.

Embark on an extraordinary voyage through imperial India discovering its fascinating heritage and exquisite architecture. Enjoy Champagne and pay tribute to the world's greatest monument to love, the legendary Taj Mahal. Chase the elusive tiger in Ranthambore National Park. Feel like royalty as you participate in an exhibition Elephant Polo Match followed by dinner in a unique locale.

Soak up the spectacular regal heritage of Rajasthan, with its landscape of hilltop forts and palaces. Discover Champaner, the medieval capital of Gujarat. Explore the charms of the bustling city of Mumbai. This extraordinary journey will leave you with everlasting memories of an ancient land inhabited by an eclectic people, epitomizing a mesmerizing and unique mix of cultures.

CHINA + MONGOLIA + RUSSIA

This is the railway that crosses the Gobi and the grasslands to reach the nursery of the Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan, those long-range plunderers who conquered half the known world. It is the railway that shares these wide horizons with their heirs, for here still are the hardy horsemen and herdsmen, the nomads of the Mongolian Steppe. It is the railway known as the Trans Mongolian, and to travel it, together with the Trans Siberian, is to be on a spectacular journey. Please note: this journey is of a more inclusive nature than other Trans Mongolian journeys within this brochure, devoting more time to each city’s sights, history & culture. It enjoys a higher standard of hotel accommodation in many cities & offers a more comprehensive sightseeing program & more meals throughout.

Prices start from $8969* per person, twin share. Airfares are additional and can be arranged by your Travel Associates consultant to suit your travel plans.

Explore one of the last frontier wilderness' left in the world and experience something truly magic with this great journey. In the north of Russia explore the intriguing region around the Arctic Circle and discover the land of the midnight sun.

Departing Brisbane from $11095*, departing Sydney from $11095*, departing Melbourne from $11095*, departing Adelaide from $11095* and departing Perth from $11095*. Please contact your Travel Associates consultant to suit your travel plans.