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GW Travel is the world's leading operator of exclusive, long-distance rail tours. Private train journeys operate worldwide through Russia, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Canada, India and Africa. Flagship tours use the 'Golden Eagle' Trans Siberian Express, the first privately owned, fully ensuite private train in Russia. GW Travel pioneered tours to Lhasa in 2006 travelling over the world's highest railway, and India between Bombay and Calcutta. Guidepost Rail Tours are agents for GW Travel in Australia and New Zealand.
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.
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. (GW)
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: The best way to see this extraordinary country is by rail, and in particular on board our private train the Shangri-La Express. Beijing - Xian - Chengdu - Chongqing - Three Gorges Cruise onboard the Yangtze Explorer - Guilin - Hong Kong (12 days). Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability on these great tours.
Tibet has been virtually inaccessible - until recently. That changed with the building of the awesome Golmud to Lhasa railway. More than 600 miles (965 km) is at an altitude of more than 13,000ft (4,000 m) and much of this magnificent line runs over permafrost, and with the summit, the Tangula Pass, at 16,640ft, (5,072m) it is also the world's highest railway. This special journey on the Shangri-La Express fully inclusive of all sightseeing. Guidepost Rail Tours are agents for GW Tours in Australia and New Zealand.
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 or from Mongolia to Moscow on the luxury Golden Eagle Trans Siberian Naadam Express. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability. GWTravel
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Formed from what was once a large inland sea – the Gobi desert stretches 3000 miles across two thirds of Mongolia and Northern China. Discover this amazing region by travelling on the Golden Eagle Trans-Mongolia Express - visiting Beijing, Erlian, Ulaan Baatar (Mongolia), Ulan Ude, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Vladimir, Suzdal and Moscow. Journeys operate in both directions during June 2012. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for reservations.
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.
Travel on the Golden Eagle luxury private train through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to Western China. Yeravin - Mtskheta - Gori - Baku - Turkmenbashi - Darvasa - Urgench - Bukhara - Samarkand - Tashkent - Almaty. Journeys operate in both directions. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for prices and availability. (GW)
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 between May and September 2012 so contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability.
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In association with the Mariinsky Theatre Trust, this brand new tour on board the Golden Eagle luxury train is a must for theatre goers. It will include tickets for performances at world famous venues including St Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre and Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. We have several dates to choose from so contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability. (GW)
Discover the Winter Wonderland as you travel across Russia in February or March. 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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Carefully designed to take in the very best of Southern India, the Madras Mail 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 Maharaja's Express. 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 travels between Yalta - Sudak - Feodisiya - Balaclava - Sevastopol - Odessa - Kishinev - Lvov - Kiev - Minsk - Moscow - St Petersburg or in reverse. Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for pricing and availability.
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Travel on the luxury Golden Eagle Express from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea and right through to Moscow. Journeys operate in both directions. Yerevan - Lake Sevan - Tbilisi - Kutaisi - Borjomi - Gori Uplistsikhe - Telavi - Mtskheta - Baku - Pyatigorsk - Kislovodsk - Tagenrog - Tanais - Azov - Rostov - Starocherkassk - Moscow (15 days). Contact Guidepost Rail Tours for availability and pricing on the Crimean Express. (GW)
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. GW)
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An incredible 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 on some sections combined with modern-day onboard facilities and comfortable accommodation on this unique rail voyage. (GW)
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