Embark on an 80-day adventure aboard 7 of the World's Most Luxurious Trains through Canada, Italy, and beyond.

As slow travel gains traction, exploring the world via luxury trains has become a highly sought-after experience. A single journey can transform an ordinary vacation into a dream escape. Train tour operator Railbookers has just unveiled its 2024 schedule for an 80-day global adventure, featuring rides on seven of the world’s most opulent train experiences. 

Officially titled Around the World By Luxury Train, this remarkable journey departs from Vancouver on August 28, 2024, traversing 13 countries across four continents and culminating in Singapore in November. Travelers will enjoy 52 nights in premium accommodations across more than 20 cities, with a standout experience of 24 nights spent in private rail cabins, indulging in the finest of global train travel—all wrapped into one seamless booking.

The itinerary features GoldLeaf Service aboard Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Jasper; a twin cabin on Belmond Royal Scotsman’s Grand Western Scenic Wonders for a round trip from Edinburgh; a historic cabin on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, A Belmond Train from Paris to Venice; a deluxe cabin on Maharajas Express’ The Indian Splendour Tour from Delhi to Mumbai; a deluxe cabin on the Golden Eagle Danube Express from Istanbul to Budapest; a Pullman suite on Rovos Rail from Pretoria to Cape Town; and concluding with another Pullman cabin on the Eastern & Oriental Express, A Belmond Train’s Essence of Malaysia.

“The demand for luxury rail travel among our clients is steadily increasing, prompting us to design the ultimate bucket-list journey,” said Frank Marini, president and CEO of Railbookers, in a statement to Dinogo. “We’ve observed a growing trend towards combining itineraries to include multiple luxury trains, and we’ve meticulously crafted this itinerary along with customizable options that showcase these iconic trains as a centerpiece of our premier luxury rail collection.”

Beyond the rail journeys, the itinerary features iconic experiences such as a night tour of Rome in a vintage car, a seaplane trip to Victoria’s Butchart Gardens in Canada, safari game drives in Kruger National Park, a Moulin Rouge dinner show in Paris, a hot air balloon ride in Turkey’s Cappadocia, and more extraordinary adventures in London, Florence, Edinburgh, Venice, Cape Town, Delhi, Mumbai, Malaysia, and beyond. Throughout the journey, transfers from airports, stations, and hotels are included, though international flights are not part of the package. 

The complete 80-day journey, encompassing all seven train segments, starts at $113,599 per person, based on double occupancy. Bookings can also be made for individual segments. These itineraries represent just a fraction of the over 6,000 Railbookers itineraries available worldwide.

As Gary Franklin from Belmond remarked in a statement: “This is the ultimate, once-in-a-lifetime journey.”