South Africa Cup matches travel

7 Jun 2010

If you've just woken from a coma, you'll want to know that South Africa play Mexico at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg on the 11th June. Here's where Bafana Bafana are playing their first round matches. For fun, in addition to the travel prices, I've included some of the bookies forecasts:

	Johannesburg Soccer City 11 Jun 16h00	Pretoria Loftus Versfeld 16 Jun 20h30	Bloemfontein Free State Stadium 22 Jun 16h00
	South Africa v Mexico	South Africa v Uruguay	France v South Africa
Odds of SA winning	2.75	2.85 / 1	4.50 / 1
Most likely outcome	Draw	Draw	France wins
Most likely to score	Javier Hernandez Katlego Mphela	-	-
Accommodation on night of match	Airport Inn from R1,800	Purple Olive Guest House from R550	Couldn't find any (hire the 4x4 with tent)
4x4 hire with tent	$440	$440	$440
Compare Car Hire	R550	R550	R550
First car rental	R632	R632	R836
Europcar	-	-	R682
Flight from Cape Town	Mango Airways R1,398	Mango Airways R1,406	South African Airways R3,179
Flight from Durban	1time Airline R1,559	Mango Airways R744	South African Airways R3,379
Flight from Johannesburg	-	-	South African Airways R2,174
Flight from Port Elizabeth	Kulula Airways R1,656	Kulula Airways R1,716	South African Airways R4,646

Flight prices are for flights leaving the day before the match and returning the day after. For matches in Pretoria car rental is from Johannesburg Airport and flights are to Johannesburg airport. Car rental is from day before the match to the day after the match. Prices subject to change.

Johannesburg accommodation from R1,800

Here's some accommodation in Johannesburg which can be booked on our accommodation booking engine (prices subject to change). Prices were for the evening of the 11 June 2010

Airport Inn	from R1,800
Shaka Guest House	from R2,000
Van Riebeeck Lodge	from R4,000
Highland View Executive Guesthouse	from R5,000

Prices and conditions are subject to change.

Other accommodation in SA & Namibia

Amanzimtoti accommodation from R390 Sandcastle 031-903-4820 cinderella6@mweb.co.za	Amanzimtoti accommodation from R300 Wade Estate 031-903-4800 denine@chooseskillafrica.co.za
Durbanville, Cape Town from R330 per person sharing Ruslamere Guest House (has a Spa) 021-975-5677 info@ruslamere.co.za	Gordon's Bay, Cape Town from R375 per person per night Vosa Rosa Guest House 076-464-6082 harry@vosarosa.co.za
Gugulethu, Cape Town from R650 per person sharing Kaya's Home to Relax: Bed & Breakfast 021-638-7109 reagela@vodamail.co.za	Kuilsriver, Cape Town from R300 per person sharing 3 Palms Bed & Breakfast 021-906-3588 www.3palmscape.co.za 3palmsbandb@telkomsa.net
Stellenbosch, Cape Town from R590 per person sharing Stellenbosch Lodge 021-888-0100 sales@stblodge.co.za	Bluff, Durban All Seasons Guest House 031-466-2923 allseasonsbandb@telkomsa.net
Norvalspont, Gariep Dam from R100 Glasgow Pont Hotel 051-755-5010 info@glasgowponthotel.co.za	to advertise here costs R100/month, email cheapflights@southafrica.to
Morningside, Durban from R250 Flatcrown 082-368-6685 flatcrowncottage@gmail.com	Hazyview accommodation from R125 per person Nie-Zel Loghomes 082-492 2460 elmamalan@vodamail.co.za
Alberton, Johannesburg from R550 Le Cozmo 011-867-2987 bookings@lecozmo.co.za	Boksburg, Johannesburg from R750 Afrique boutique hotel (near Airport) 011-918-8001 info@abhotel.co.za
Boksburg, Johannesburg from R250 Matsway Guesthouse (near Airport) 082-562-7573 metilda@lantic.net	Kempton Park, Johannesburg (near Airport) from R350 per person sharing B&B The African Rose (Self catering unit also available) 079-037-9688 phoenixrose2009@yahoo.com
Kimberley acommodation from R260 Hadison Park Guest House hadisonpark@kimberley.co.za ph 053-861-5929	Knysna hotel accommodation from R450 per person per night Bayhouse Self Catering 082-574-7047 info@bayhouse.co.za
Nelspruit accommodation from R495 per person per night Nomndeni Celokuhle Lodge ph 013-744-9189 Stephan@nomndeni.co.za	Swakopmund, Namibia from N$310 Duneside Guest House 081-127-7240 runge@iway.na
Upington accommodation from R750 Sun River Kalahari Lodge ph 082-855-7757 reception@sunriverlodge.co.za	Witbank accommodation from R320 Lala 4mula 082-874-3040 guesthouse@lala4mula.co.za

Fly Johannesburg from R1,398

These are the cheapest prices we could find for return flights to Johannesburg. Prices will be different on other dates, and all prices are subject to change. Book at www.southafrica.to/bookings.php5 (except where there is a link to a specific airline below).

Flight route	Departure date	Return date	Cheapest Airline	Price
Bloemfontein to Johannesburg	10 June 2010	12 June 2010	South African Airways	R3,052
Dubai to Johannesburg	10 June 2010	12 June 2010	Kenya Airways	R6,387
Durban to Johannesburg	10 June 2010	12 June 2010	1time Airline	R1,612
Cape Town to Johannesburg	10 June 2010	12 June 2010	Mango Airways	R1,398
East London to Johannesburg	10 June 2010	12 June 2010	South African Airways	R1,461
London to Johannesburg	10 June 2010	12 June 2010	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	1,049 GBP
Nelspruit to Johannesburg	10 June 2010	12 June 2010	South Africa Airways	R1,485
Paris to Johannesburg	10 June 2010	12 June 2010	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	2,065 EUR
Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg	10 June 2010	12 June 2010	Kulula Airways	R1,656

Car Hire in Johannesburg

We priced the cost of hiring a car from Johannesburg O.R Tambo International Airport from 13h00 on the 23rd Jun 2010 until 13h00 on the 27th Jun 2010 as follows:

	Europcar Johannesburg	First Car Rental unlimited mileage	Comet Car Hire	Compare Car Hire	4x4 hire in Johannesburg
Total	-	1236	1390	1100	$880
Per Day	-	309	348	275	$220

Our last survey of Johannesburg accommodation was on the 25th January 2010.

Football World Cup

Here are the matches at Soccer City:

11 Jun	14 Jun	17 Jun	20 Jun	23 Jun	27 Jun, 8:30pm	2 Jul, 8:30pm	11 Jul, 8:30pm
South Africa v Mexico	Holland v Denmark	Argentina v Korea R	Brazil v Ivory Coast	Ghana v Germany	Winners (B) v Runners up (A)	Quarterfinal	FINAL

Here are the matches at Ellis Park Stadium:

12 Jun	15 Jun	18 Jun	21 Jun	24 Jun	28 Jun, 8:30pm	3 Jul, 8:30pm
Argentina v Nigeria	Brazil v Korea DPR	Slovenia v USA	Chile v Switzerland	Slovakia v Italy	Winner (G) Runner up (H)	Quarterfinal

Fifa World Cup accommodation & services

Dolphin Beach, Cape Town 3 bedroom luxury apartment 24 hour security Fully serviced (cleaned every day) Classic view of Table Mountain On beach, pool available, parking R2000/day (minimum 5 days) Ph 021-557-6880	Parklands, Cape Town 4 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms (house) 24 hour security Fully serviced (cleaned every day) Pool & Jacuzzi bath Double Garage R120,000 for entire World Cup Ph 084-900-1207
Kuilsriver, Cape Town Collect From / Deliver to Cape Town International Airport or Long Distance Bus Terminal.Dinner Bed & Full Breakfast as well as a Lunch Parcel. Transport to and from Kuilsriver Station First Class Train Ticket between Kuilsriver Station and Cape Town Station $130/day/person sharing 3 Palms Cape Bed & Breakfast 021-906-3588 3palmsbandb@telkomsa.net
Johannesburg Entire house for only R30 000 p/mnth, or R1,200 a day. 3 beds (sleeps up to 8 people) plus pool and additional tented accommodation. (sleeps up to 8 ) 2 baths Fully serviced (cleaned every day) Part of an estate 10 min from soccer city +27 78 268 9550 or ngconoc@webmail.co.za
Johannesburg Entire house for only R80 000 p/mnth. 3 beds plus study. ( Sleeps 8 ) 2 baths d/auto garages – in a estate 10 min from soccer city +27 82 412 0356	Cape Town Chauffeur transport for World Cup (including German language) Hire 4x4 landrovers Johannesburg for World Cup (with rooftent to sleep in) Contact cheapflights@southafrica.to