Cheap Flights from Bloemfontein to Cape Town

You want to get on the cheapest flight from Bloemfontein to Cape Town. The way to make sure that you get on a cheap flight is by comparing the prices of Mango Airlines and SA Express, which fly the route (use the comparison tool on the left).

News & History

• Mar & Apr 2013. Mango Airlines offers free Wi-Fi on its BFN-Cape Town flights.

• 5 May 2012. In Oudtshoorn, police search a bus on its way from Bloemfontein to Cape Town, and find 2 suitcases concealing 19.2kg of marijuana. Two men are arrested.

• Feb 2011. Tim Thabete and Steve Hofmeyr hitchhike from Bloem to CPT to raise cash to prevent farm killings. The background is that when U2 singer Bono toured SA he came out in support of the ANC's song "Shoot the Boer", and a radio listener called Ofm & challenged Thabete (a DJ) to hitchhike to Cape Town to go to the U2 Concert and he would sponsor R10/km: Then "Hundreds of people phoned in and offered a lift. Many promised money." Hofmeyr said that "I’m hiking to Cape Town with OFM to deliver my STOP FARM MURDERS poster at the gates of the U2 show there. We, excluding Malema and the ANC and those arguing for KILL THE BOER, are on the same page. May I remind you, Bono, Zuma and the farmers, that 'KILL THE BOER' was sung again today during the transportaion-workers' strikes? My question to Bono: how many minority deaths qualify for your attention, sir? Three thousand victims in 15 years are ENOUGH. Save our farmers!"

• 1890. A railway line is built connecting Bloemfontein and Cape Town.

Airlines flying from Bloem to Cape Town

As the crow flies (which is not always as the plane flies) it's 909km from Bloemfontein Airport to Cape Town Airport.

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Road trip

It is some 1010km from Bloemfontein to Cape Town (from Europcar at Bloemfontein Airport to Europcar at Cape Town Airport, to be precise) along the N1 National Road, and will take you about 12 hours to drive. Along the way you'll pass Edenburg, Trompsburg, Colesburg, Hanover, Beaufort West and the Karoo National Park, Laingsburg, Touws River, De Doorns, Worcester, and Paarl.

Bus trip bookings to Cape Town

If you don't want to fly, why not make a bus trip booking from Bloemfontein to Cape Town (usually cheaper but takes longer). To check bus trip prices and make reservations navigate to the links below:

Top Blog

As part of her southern Africa holiday, "Miss Portugal" spent a day driving from Bloemfontein to Cape Town: "Let me just inform you though that to drive in SA you need to know a few rules. If you are driving behind a car and want to pass it please just wait five seconds, he will slowly put himself in danger and drive on the most left side of your lane, which means almost on the dirt to let you pass him. this goes for small cars and for gigantic trucks… always a pleasure to see a petrol truck put himself on the line for you! As soon as you have passed him, you HAVE to thank him, now this in Europe means just a wave of the hand from driver to driver, but here it’s a whole different detail, you can wave all you want, but they will never aknowledge it, so turn on you emergency lights, or as we call it in Portuguese, your blinking lights and you will see the magic happen, they will actually respond with a flash of their front lights… they let you pass, you thank them and they say “you’re welcome”".

Flight prices

It's likely that the 1-way airefares have changed from the below, they are retained for interest-purposes only. Price is not the only factor that should come into the equation - for example, you can expect more leg room on an SA Express flight than with Mango Airlines.

Car rental in Cape Town

Once you arrive at Cape Town International Airport you may want to rent a car. Here are your options:

We carry out regular comparisons of prices of car rentals in Cape Town. The cheapest rental agency varies.

CPT Airport shuttle and transfer services

There are a number of companies offering CPT Airport shuttle services, including: EZ Shuttle and Cumfy Cabs.