Kimberley

It was a bit of a rough ride over night & I didn’t sleep very well. We made a stop around 11:00pm to refill the water tanks on the train and then again about 3:30am for the driver to have a break until 6:30am. We continued on for an hour before we stopped once again to change drivers.

Breakfast was from 7:00 – 10:00am. We went down about 7:30. There was cereal, fresh fruit, fruit salad as well as hot meals from the menu. Very nice indeed.

We continued having another 4 course lunch before we slighted the train at Kimberley where we viewed the Big Hole from the Kimberley Diamond mine. This hole was entirely hand dug by the workers with no machinery involved. We had a 2 hour guided tour which was really too long. I didn’t go down the mine as I thought it would be a bit claustrophobic.

We were back on the bus at 4:15pm to return to the train to continue our journey. We passed the wetlands where there are usually thousands of Flamingo but because it is dry there were none there. During the wet season the water reaches the rail tracks.

 

The skies came over very cloudy which made for a beautiful sunset.

 

Dinner was at 7:30pm – yet another 4 course meal. I was extremely tired so went to bed early.