Doubell

Great thanks! will definitely take you up on it!

Thanks for all the advice! It looks like I am not going to make it work on this round, mostly due to train schedules. Due to the schedules, we basically needed to spend 4 days at our location...which seems a bit too long for Matjiesfontein! The Shosholoza Meyl does not stop at interesting stops like Tulbagh. For this you need to use the Cape Metro servicde, which will require more research In case anyone wants to try the trip on the Meyl, here is what we found out: Be at station at least 1 hour (but preferably 1.5 hours) before scheduled departure Go to baggage management to book bike in (not 100% sure of the space where bikes are stored so would have applied some padding for protection.) It costs R90 per bike and it is checked in by your destination. So they know where the bikes need to be taken off the train and will assist. You can already book return of bike on departure

Looking for some advice. I want to take family (3 kids between 6-10) on a train trip to Prins Albert but would like to take our bikes along. We have traveled on Shosholoza Meyl before so comfortable with the conditions, etc I cannot find any info on whether it is possible to do this and how it will work. It used to be possible, but you need to put your bike into a storage carriage, which is risky and tedious. They don't formally allow you to bring your bike into the cabin. A long time ago, we also did a bike/train trip from Jhb to Nelspruit taking our bikes into cabin (folding back bottom bunks) for a ride through Swaziland and back to Nelspruit. I can saefly say that this was not done with the approval of the conductor, but ultimately they did not stop us (and we did book out the full cabin to enable us to do this). With small kids, it may be a bit stressful to try and slip 5 bikes in (and will require 2 compartments). Has anyone done this and have any advice to offer?