The Outeniqua Choo Tjoe

The Garden Route Tourist Train or 'the Choo Tjoe 'is a steam train that’s become an icon in the Garden Route: it ran for many years between George and Knysna, but flooding damaged that line and it’s never been repaired. In an effort to save steam for the Southern Cape, the train was diverted to the Mossel Bay line, and Mossel Bay Tourism, recognising the uniqueness of the product, began marketing the service as ‘The Outeniqua Choo Tjoe’s Museum-to-Museum Tour.’

The Outeniqua Choo Tjoe is back on track and is presently running between George and Mossel Bay on its quiet season schedule - three times a week, departing from the Outeniqua Transport Museum at 10:00 a.m., and from the Dias Museum Complex in Mossel Bay at 2:15 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - and it’ll be running every day (except Sundays and Christmas Day) from mid-December to mid-January.