| Welcome to our fascinating world of tours with trains in them Geoff's Trains is committed to the provision of Luxury Train Travel, Train Holidays and Journeys that promote a more relaxed, refined and thoughtful style of holiday. We also offer Heritage Steam Train experiences both in the UK and Overseas for railway enthusiasts. Whether you enjoy an occasional luxury train journey or the terrestrial equivalent to a cruise ship, we can organize your luxury train travel experience or a railway themed holiday tailored to your individual interests. Trains and Treasures around the world Geoff's Trains offers fully hosted train tours featuring interesting railway experiences together with visits to tourist locations. The trains often create links between areas of great historic, cultural or scenic interest - a wonderful way to experience a country in a well hosted, great value holiday. Geoff has been a keen photographer for many years, and his hosted tours offer excellent opportunities for photographers looking for an interesting, broadly focused photographic holiday. We are currently offering Trains and Treasures tours to Wales and England , Ireland and South Africa. In the planning stage for 2010 are tours to Ireland, Wales and England, South Africa and Zimbabwe. For Steam Enthusiasts Trains are our passion, and we offer tours especially designed for enthusiasts whom would like to travel on and photograph some of the world's best. Geoff is recognised as an Africa expert, and it is no co-incidence that some of the tours feature that continent. The focus is on South African steam with the Steam 2010 Tour that will run in May and a more general tour to South African with a rail theme in September with the Trains and Treasures Tour. All Trains and Treasures tours offer enthusiasts and their partners a well balanced holiday where trains complement, but do not overwhelm, the rest of your holiday. Passion and professionalism Now living in the United Kingdom, Geoff and Sheelagh Cooke spent many years in Zimbabwe where they designed, built and operated one of Africa’s finest safari trains, the first to make scheduled steam operated heritage train safari tours to Victoria Falls. Their rail safaris train polished the tracks in most southern African nations and this unique experience is now harnessed to develop train holidays for individuals, groups, businesses and clubs. Geoff hosts all of Geoff's Trains tours. This limits the number that can be offered, but gives the assurance that you will be cared for by the same person who planned the tour and steered it to success. Holidays in Africa Geoff’s Trains also offers luxury train journeys in southern Africa, with emphasis on South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. You should find these pages filled with good ideas and information, but we would like to talk through the best options and offer you a tour crafted specifically for your interests. Not all services can be featured here, but they can all add immeasurably to your railway holiday experience. If you have not visited South Africa previously but would like to see the best known tourist destinations as well as some wonderful trains, our South African Trains and Treasures Tour is a perfect combination. Charter trains, overnight luxury sleepers, coastal commuter trains and a trolley ride through a mountain pass are all included as we explore the Garden Route, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria, the Panoramic Route and Kruger Game Reserve. You will benefit from Geoff Cooke's wealth of knowledge. Our South African portfolio is completed with a series of tours that can be booked throughout the year for as few as two participants. Called Tracks Across South Africa, the tour includes time in Cape Town, Johannesburg and the Kruger Game Reserve, as well as an overnight train ride on Premier Classe, Rovos Rail or the Blue Train. They can be tailored to your own interests with the inclusion of extra days filled with a broad selection of tours. Geoff's Trains is also a booking agent for Rovos Rail, The Blue Train and Shongololo Express. Find out more about these fine touring trains by visiting our South African page. Namibia offers the Desert Express train, a fun way to travel between Windhoek, Swakopmund and the Etosha Game Reserve. The train can be included in a number of tailor made tours, just let us know your interests and we will propose a tour to suit you. A tour of Britain featuring some great heritage railways Our Wales and the West of England Trains and Treasures Tour offers outstanding scenery, famous castles and walled towns, a wealth of historic buildings, gardens and museums and a lot more. Of course, magnificent heritage railways are also included. A prefect hosted trip if you are looking for a tour of Wales and England that is a lot more personal and a little different. Spanish delights The El Transcantabrico Cruise Train rolls across the historic northern part of Spain, visiting some of the best heritage and scenery on the Iberian Peninsular in unforgettable style. There are regular departures between Santiago de Compostela and Leon. |
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| South African Trains and Treasures Explore South Africa with lots of different trains Hosted by Geoff Cooke 06 to 21 September 2009 South African Steam 2010 The premier African steam event in 2010 Hosted by Geoff Cooke 22 May tom 06 June 2010 Tracks Across South Africa Tours that start in Cape Town and end in Kruger Options include Premier Classe, the Blue Train or Rovos Rail Locally escorted. Multiple departures South Africa's tourist trains feature on our South African page |
| Wales and the West of England Trains and Treasures Tour A relaxed mix of heritage railways and tourism 07 to 17 July 2009 More ideas on our British Homepage |
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Great Britain
Spain
The El Transcantabrico rail cruise
An outstanding way to see the beautiful northern
Spanish coast
Multiple departures
The Spanish homepage
An outstanding way to see the beautiful northern
Spanish coast
Multiple departures
The Spanish homepage
Namibia
The Desert Express
Namibia's own luxury train linking Swakopmund,
Windhoek and the Etosh Game Reserve
Multiple departures. 2010 Dates now available
The Namibia homepage
Namibia's own luxury train linking Swakopmund,
Windhoek and the Etosh Game Reserve
Multiple departures. 2010 Dates now available
The Namibia homepage
Rhodesia Railways
preservation
preservation
The railway preservation homepage
The Beira and Mashonaland Railway and the
Rhodesia Railways operated a railway network
that included South Africa, Bechuanaland, Southern
and Northern Rhodesia and Mozambique. Most of
these names are themselves history, but their
railways are all represented here.
The Beira and Mashonaland Railway and the
Rhodesia Railways operated a railway network
that included South Africa, Bechuanaland, Southern
and Northern Rhodesia and Mozambique. Most of
these names are themselves history, but their
railways are all represented here.
The present political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe
has resulted in a downturn of interest for tours. Our
2009 tour has consequently been cancelled. Geoff's
Trains continues to support the Bulawayo Railway
Museum and we will start running tours again when
this becomes feasible.
has resulted in a downturn of interest for tours. Our
2009 tour has consequently been cancelled. Geoff's
Trains continues to support the Bulawayo Railway
Museum and we will start running tours again when
this becomes feasible.
Ireland
| Irish Trains and Treasures A fun exploration of the Republic of Ireland including a three day mainline steam train experience Hosted by Geoff Cooke 01 to 11 may 2010 |