Rovos Rail: Pretoria to Cape Town – Pullman Suite

We travelled to Africa as our once in a lifetime visit to experience a cross section of Southern and Eastern Africa. As a couple travelling with a good friend on single supplement, the three of us were totally impressed with Katelyn's ability to ensure that our requested 'in country' travel itinerary was arranged perfectly. We booked our own international flights before we chose Bench Africa to complete the 'in country itinerary'. Our trip involved a mix of various tours and independent requests/arrangements all booked through Bench Africa. All of these worked perfectly, with the accommodation, meals and transport (land and air) very well coordinated by Katelyn such that there were no problems with this relatively complicated itinerary. The standard of accommodation, meals and travel exceeded our expectations. Our 5 weeks included South Africa (rail, road and air), Kenya / Tanzania (12 day Safari), Zambia/ Zimbabwe and Botswana (land and air). Whilst we paid more than what we initially thought, Katelyn expanded our horizons on what was possible with the result that we achieved more than that we wanted to achieve for this adventure. This journey was faultless, value for money and a credit to Katelyn and Bench Africa. We highly recommend Bench Africa.

Fantastic experience from the booking all the way through to returning home!

Great experience with this Company. They looked after my travel plans and being a world traveller I would count this as one of my best travel experiences. The sarfari at the Black Rinho Lodge was just the amount of animal contact I wanted. The Rovos train from Pretoria to Cape Town was out of this world . While the accommodation I had in Cape Town was excellent. Karen McKilliam, the agent at Bench Africa locked into what I wanted to experience and her professionalism was excellent. Ask for Karen as she is outstanding in communicating and her travel plans for me was spot on. No worries in the whole of my trip. Would love to travel with this Company again

I headed ott to travel via the Rovos train from Pretoria to Cape Town. A remarkable trip in itself but further enhanced with the help of Karin from Bench Africa. Karen organised all my internal travel by car and train within South Africa. When the schedule said car pick up , there was a car to pick me up. My ten day trip entailed a safari and train trip. All went so smoothly that as a world traveler I would consider this adventure as one of the best I've experienced. I organised my flights with frequent flyer points but everything else was done by Karen from Bench Africa Would recommend this company without hesitation. John