This luxury train in South Africa takes passengers – but it never moves

A view of the Kruger National Park from the Kruger Shalati hotel in South Africa. — Photos: MICHELE SPATARI/AFP

Baboons weave their way under the carriages of a train on a bridge. A hippo wades in the river below, while a lone leopard prowls, sniffing for an antelope to make its dinner.

In the middle of the Kruger National Park, South Africa’s most celebrated wildlife reserve, this luxury train takes passengers – but it never moves.