A luxury train operator looking to work more closely with the UK trade is promising a unique Orient Express-style experience with a Brazilian flavour.

The Great Brazil Express will officially start operations next June, although is currently running on a trial basis.

It offers a range of itineraries of up to nine nights starting from Rio and visiting Iguassu Falls on the Argentina/Paraguay border. It claims to be South America’s only luxury tourist train.

Jasing Chu, sales and marketing director, was promoting the tours at World Travel Market.

“We want to show them Brazil in complete luxury, and have a lot of interest from operators, particularly luxury and South American specialists, and even small travel agencies,” he said.

The two-carriage train can take up to 50 passengers. Guests do not sleep onboard but in four or five-star hotels in the towns on the tours.

Prices for the full nine-day tour start at €3,510 including internal flights, hotels and excursions.