{"id":296252,"date":"2019-02-03T18:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=296252"},"modified":"2019-02-01T16:03:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T14:03:33","slug":"these-are-the-top-luxury-trains-in-the-world-including-two-from-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/296252\/these-are-the-top-luxury-trains-in-the-world-including-two-from-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the top luxury trains in the world &#8211; including 2 from South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New World Wealth has published its latest report on the travelling trends of the wealthy &#8211; including the world&#8217;s best luxury trains.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa stands out in this area with\u00a0two of the five most popular luxury train services in the world, frequented by the super-wealthy.<\/p>\n<p>The famous Blue Train ranks as the fourth most popular luxury train service in 2019, just above the pan-African Rovos Rail&#8217;s Pride of Africa journey, ranked as the fifth most popular.<\/p>\n<p>Other luxury trains on the list include the Eastern &amp; Oriental Express in Europe, the Royal Scotsman in Scotland, and The Orient Express, in Europe.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> Eastern &amp; Oriental Express &#8211; Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belmond.com\/trains\/asia\/eastern-and-oriental-express\/search-results?adults=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from $270 per person<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220505 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-01.jpg 750w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-01-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220503 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-02.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-02-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-02-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-02-1024x453.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-02-1200x531.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220501 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-03.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-03-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-03-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-03-1024x453.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EOE-03-1200x531.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Royal Scotsman &#8211; Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belmond.com\/trains\/europe\/scotland\/belmond-royal-scotsman\/search-results?adults=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from \u00a32,850 per person<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220493 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-1024x453.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-1200x531.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220491 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-01.png 623w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-01-300x249.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220487 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-03.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"816\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-03.png 816w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-03-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Royal-Scotsman-03-768x503.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The Orient Express &#8211; Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belmond.com\/trains\/europe\/venice-simplon-orient-express\/search-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from\u00a0\u00a32,200 per person<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220499 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-01.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-01-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-01-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220497 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-02.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-02-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-02-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-02-1024x453.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-02-1200x531.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220495 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-03.jpg 960w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-03-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Orient-Express-03-768x534.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Blue Train &#8211; South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluetrain.co.za\/?page_id=601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from\u00a0R16,430 per person<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Blue-Train-Dining.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88108 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Blue-Train-Dining.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Train Dining\" width=\"1200\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Blue-Train-Dining.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Blue-Train-Dining-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Blue-Train-Dining-1024x533.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Blue-Train-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296256 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Blue-Train-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Blue-Train-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Blue-Train-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Blue-Train-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Blue-Train-Luxury-suite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88112\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Blue-Train-Luxury-suite.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Train Luxury suite\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Blue-Train-Luxury-suite.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Blue-Train-Luxury-suite-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Blue-Train-Luxury-suite-1024x580.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Pride of Africa (Rovos Rail) &#8211; Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rovos.com\/journeys\/special-packages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from\u00a0R15,550 per person sharing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ravos-Rail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88158 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ravos-Rail.jpg\" alt=\"Rovos Rail\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ravos-Rail.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ravos-Rail-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rovos-Rail-Loung.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88166 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rovos-Rail-Loung.jpg\" alt=\"Rovos Rail Lounge\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rovos-Rail-Loung.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rovos-Rail-Loung-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rovos-Rail-Bathroom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88182 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rovos-Rail-Bathroom.jpg\" alt=\"Rovos Rail Bathroom\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rovos-Rail-Bathroom.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rovos-Rail-Bathroom-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/295164\/how-much-you-need-to-save-for-retirement-in-your-20s-30s-40s-and-50s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How much you need to save for retirement in your 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New World Wealth has published its latest report on the travelling trends of the wealthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":296262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9880],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-296252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wealth","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296252"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296898,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296252\/revisions\/296898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}