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GW Travel is the world's leading operator of exclusive, long-distance rail tours. GW's philosophy is to provide fully escorted private rail tours for the adventure traveller who is drawn to the excitement of visiting fabulous, and often remote, destinations but wants to appreciate them in style, comfort and safety. Guests are offered first-class customer service, a romantic ecploration of the world's most remarkable sites and a room with a constantly changing view. GW Travel is represented in Australia by Guidepost Rail Tours. |
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A rare new addition to the ranks of great railway journeys, our tours between Hong Kong and Tibet’s capital Lhasa take in an extraordinary sweep of natural wonders and culture. We will enjoy everything from Lhasa - Tibet’s holiest city but until recently virtually inaccessible in its remote Himalayan location - to China’s spectacular sights including the Three Gorges, Li River, the Terracotta Warriors, the world’s highest railway and beginning with the stunning international city of Hong Kong. Contact Guidepost Tours for reservations in Australia. HERITAGE CLASS STILL AVAILABLE - also ask about our 3 night extension in Shanghai including World expo tickets (GptGW)
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Travel from Hong Kong to Lhasa on the luxurious Shangri La Express. Hong Kong - Guangzhou - Guilin - Yunnan Stone Forest - Kunming - Chengdu - Chongqing - Three Gorges Cruise - Yichang - Xian - Tianshui - Lanzhou - Xining - Golmud - Lhasa (Tibet). This 17 day jouney commences on 17 October 2011. (GW) |
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Carefully designed to take in the very best of northern India, the ‘Darjeeling Mail’ tour covers everything from India’s most important cities to spectacular UNESCO-listed sights such as the Taj Mahal, the ‘ghost city’ of Fatehpur Sikri and of course, the unique Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Travel on the luxury Deccan Odyssey Train through most of the tour. Contact Guidepost Rail for pricing and availability. Sept 13 SOLD OUT - additional departure westbound Sept 17 VICEROY CLASS AVAILABLE (GW)
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Join the Darjeeling Express travelling on the luxurious Deccan Odyssey Train. From Bombay (Mumbai) travel to Udaipur, Jaipur, Delhi, Fatephur Sikri, Agra (for the Taj Mahal), Varanasi, Darjeeling (including travel on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway) and on to Calcutta (Kolkata) This fabulous journey take 15 days starting on 12 September 2011. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for prices and availability. (GW) |
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Join the Deccan Odyssey in Calcutta (Kolkata) for our Darjeeling Mail private rail cruise. Visit Darjeeling (including travel on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway), Varanasi, Agra (for the Taj Mahal), Fatehpur Sikri, Delhi, Jaipur, Udaipur and Bombay (Mumbai) over 15 marvelous days. Tour starts 16 September 2011. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for prices and availability. (GW) |
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Rail tours of India are truly unique and offer a real flavour and insight into this fascinating country. This first-class train journey takes you from Delhi to Mumbai over 9 days. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for prices and reservations. LIMITED AVAILABILITY REMAINING (GW)
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Naadam is the one and only Big Event in Mongolia –a lively national festival, held every year in July. Naadam means “three manly games”. Known as the world’s second-oldest Olympics, it celebrates what defined civilisation in the Steppes eight centuries ago - archery, wrestling and horse riding. Travel from Moscow to Mongolia on the luxury Golden Eagle Trans Siberian Express. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability. GWTravel
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For a full insight to life in Mongolia, why not experience one of our Naadam Festival Trans-Siberian departures – a journey across Russia onboard the Golden Eagle Private Train combined with a visit to the lively Mongolian national festival. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability. (GW) |
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Retracing one of the most important trading routes of ancient civilisation, this remarkable tour follows in the footsteps of such legendary figures as Alexander the Great and Marco Polo. Crossing both Russia and China as well as some of the remotest former Soviet republics – Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – our journey will take in some of the most magnificent yet little visited sights from the ancient world. The Kara Kum desert is followed by the amazing 2,500 year-old cities of Khiva and Bukhara – considered so important by UNESCO that it supported their restoration. Journeys operate between Beijing and Moscow and in the reverse direction. A luxury train voyage aboard the Shangri La Express. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability. September 19 eastbound - SILVER & GOLD CLASS AVAILABLE
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Our journey will take in some of the most magnificent yet little-visited sights from the ancient world. Eastbound trips start in Russia’s capital Moscow where we have plenty of time to explore. We travel on to Volgograd – better known as Stalingrad – where the Soviets turned the course of the Second World War, before heading to far remoter places that owe their importance to a time much further back in history. Travel the Silk Road Moscow - Volgograd - Kara Kum - Khiva - Ashgabat - Merv - Bukhara - Samarkand - Tashkent - Almaty - Urumchi - Turpan - Dunhuang - Jiayuguan - Xian - Beijing (21 days) . Contact Guidepost Rail Tours in Australia for pricing and availability. (GWTravel) |
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Travel on the Golden Eagle luxury private train. Moscow - Volgograd - Kara Kum - Khiva - Ashgabat - Merv - Bukhara - Samarkand - Tashkent - Almaty. This 13 day day journey starts on 20 September 2011. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for prices and availability. (GW) |
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Travel on the shangri La luxury private train through China. Urumchi - Turpan - Dunhuang - Jiayuguan (Great Wall of China) - Xian (Terracotta Warriors) - Beijing. This 9 day journey starts on 2 October 2011. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for prices and availability. (GW) |
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Undisputedly the world’s greatest railway journey, the Trans-Siberian Railway runs from Moscow over the Urals, across the magnificent Russian steppes and alongside the shores of the world’s largest freshwater lake. Travel in luxury on the Golden Eagle Private Train from Moscow to Vladivostok and reverse journeys. We have several dates to choose from so contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability. August 22 eastbound & September 3 westbound LIMITED AVAILABILITY REMAINING - earlier journeys SOLD OUT
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Undisputedly the world’s greatest railway journey, the Trans-Siberian Railway runs from Moscow over the Urals, across the magnificent Russian steppes and alongside the shores of the world’s largest freshwater lake. Travel in luxury on the Golden Eagle Private Train from Moscow to Vladivostok also visiting Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Ulan Ude and Ulaan Baatar in Mongolia. We have several dates to choose from so contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability. (GW)
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Our Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express tours take a leisurely two weeks for the journey from Vladivostok to Moscow, making sure you get plenty of time to take in and enjoy this Voyage of a Lifetime. As a highlight, our train will branch off the Trans-Siberian main line to take a trip into Mongolia for a visit to the capital, Ulaan Baatar. Other stops include Khabarovsk - Ulaan Baatar (Mongolia) - Ulan Ude - Lake Baikal - Irkutsk - Novosibirsk - Yekaterinburg - Kazan - Moscow. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability. (GW) |
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Discover the Winter Wonderland as you travel across Russia in February. An exciting and unbelievable experience as you travel in comfort and luxury. The 12 new fully en-suite sleeping cars on the golden Eagle feature state of the art amenities. Huge Gold Class cabins are well-proportioned and have everything from power showers and underfloor heating to a DVD/CD player, LCD screen and individual air-conditioning. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability. (GW)
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Long cloaked in mystery, Russia is only now revealing its magnificent treasures to outside eyes: from the monumental buildings of Moscow to the magnificent Ural mountains, the endless Steppe and the clear waters of Lake Baikal (the world’s largest freshwater lake), this extraordinary country never ceases to amaze. Travel westbound from Vladivostok to Moscow on the luxurious Holden Eagles over 14 nights. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours fro pricing and availability. (GW) |
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Carefully designed to take in the very best of Southern India, the Madras Mail, our new tour available from 2010, covers everything from India's most important cities to spectacular World Heritage Sites and stunning coastlines. The gateways of Bombay and Madras are key ports of call in the South. They open the door to a more tropical India, slower, tranquil and even more exotic. A remarkable opportunity waits for you to discover the mysteries, diversity and traditions of Southern India in style on board our private train, the Deccan Odyssey. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability. GW Travel
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Steeped in history and with an incredible legacy of art, music and literature, this is the land of Catherine the Great, of Tchaikovsky, Tolstoy and the Communist revolution. Today’s Russia wears its history with pride, as shown by a recent resurgence of interest in the pre-Soviet past. The Crimean Express (Northbound) travels Yalta - Sudak - Feodisiya - Balaclava - Sevastopol - Odessa - Kishinev - Lvov - Kiev - Minsk - Moscow - St Petersburg (15 days from April 26). Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability.
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Travel on the luxury Golden Eagle from Moscow to Kiev. Discover St Petersburg, Minsk in Belarus, lvov, Odessa and Sevastopol in the Ukraine, Kishinev in Moldova, as well as Balaclava, and Yalta. Long cloaked in mystery, this region is only now revealing its magnificent treasures to outside eyes. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for availability and pricing on the Crimean Express. |
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Just as symbolic of mankind’s efforts is the Cape to Cairo railway – the 19th Century dream of empire-builder Cecil Rhodes. He never saw the great project finished (there’s still a 500-mile gap in the rails even today), but what has been built is an extraordinary tribute to man’s ingenuity and it is the inspiration for our very own unique route northbound from Cape Town to Cairo. It is also the perfect way to see this remarkable continent at first hand, in luxury. The epic journey over 6,000 miles from one end of the Africa to the other is now possible and to complete this immense voyage we use a combination of the Pride of Africa train, a private jet and a five star Lake Nasser cruise ship. Book early for this tour. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours in Australia and New Zealand.
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The "Pride of Africa" train has all you need to live in fine style as Africa's splendid scenery unfolds outside the windows. Our tour starts in Pretoria from where you fly to Vicotia Falls and on to Ondangwa and Etosha National Park. You then join our private train for 8 nights as we explore the spectacular sights of Namibia. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for enquiries and reservation from Australia and New Zealand. January 11 DELUXE CLASS AVAILABLE - January 20 ROYAL CABINS AVAILABLE (GW)
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An incredible predominantly steam-hauled 7,000km journey during the Russian "White Nights" travelling from Moscow to Imperial St Petersburg and onto Murmansk, inside the Arctic Circle. Followers of rail travel will delight to the sight and sound of steam engines and the re-creation of a bygone era of rail travel combined with modern-day onboard facilities and comfortable accommodation on this unique rail voyage. (GW)
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From the wide open spaces and deep river valleys to the peaks of the snow capped mountains, much of Canada is even today a true wilderness. Eagle, deer, beaver and bear are common sights. Yet the rugged scenery of the Rockies is only part of the story: despite having one of the lowest population densities in the world, Canada is home to dynamic cities like Vancouver and Calgary and this tour visits all this and more. Check the full itinerary and contact Guidepost Rail Tours for reservations.
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The remarkable Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). For the men who built this incredible engineering feat in the 19th Century, the extraordinary scenery it had to penetrate was a huge challenge. For today’s visitors it means that riding the CPR is one of the world’s greatest experiences…and especially when you do it by private train hauled by a magnificently restored steam locomotive. Travel from Calgary to Vancouver. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours. |
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From its remotest to its busiest parts Canada is a remarkable country. A leisurely rail journey through the Rockies is something you’ll never forget. This luxury journey takes you from Calgary to Vancouver through Banff and the spectacular Icefields. On the return you travel the southerly route through Crows Nest. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for more details and pricing. |
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