ESCAPES & ADVENTURES

VIA RAIL’S CHURCHILL LINE In December 2018, the first passenger train ( RIGHT) in a year and a half pulled into the station in Churchill, Man., which depends on the rail line for supplies and the tourists who make the 1,697-kilometre, 45-hour journey from Winnipeg to see the polar bears that wander the Hudson Bay coasts in the late summer and fall, the northern lights that shine brightest in winter and the beluga whales that crowd the bay’s waters in the summer. Via Rail service resumed after extensive repairs to the track bed, which was damaged by flooding in 2017. Read about the return of train service to Churchill and see more images of the journey at cangeotravel.ca/ss19/churchill. viarail.ca

PRETORIA TO CAPE TOWN, THE BLUE TRAIN Think dining experiences grounded in a locally sourced menu featuring ostrich, Knysna oysters, Karoo lamb and fine South African wines served in delicate crystal. Think personal butlers, rich wood-clad suites and marble- and gold-fitted bathrooms. The Blue Train is a 31-hour, 1,660-kilometre once-in-a-lifetime experience that crosses rolling savannah, national parks and wine country between Pretoria and Cape Town with a stop at the famous De Beers diamond mine in Kimberley. bluetrain.co.za