Cheap flights from Durban to Cape Town

You want to get on the cheapest flight from Durban to Cape Town. The way to make sure that you get on a cheap flight from Durban to Cape Town is to:

type your flight details into the search engine on the left and see what airfare it spits out
Book your outbound flight seperately from your return flight
check the airfare of every airline operating flights from Durban to Cape Town (websites listed below)

Airlines operating flights from Durban to Cape Town

Airlines	Airports	Stops
1time Airlines	Durban (DBN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
British Airways	Durban (DBN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
Kulula Air	Durban (DBN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
Mango Airlines	Durban (DBN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
South African Airways	Durban (DBN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop

It takes some 2 hours to fly from Durban to Cape Town. The driving distance from Durban to Cape Town is some 1606km.

BA cheapest

One week Kulula is cheapest (first time ever) and the next it's sold out...at least its sister airline British Airways was cheapest.

	Flight prices from Durban to Cape Town						Bus & train from Durban to Cape town
Flight date	1T	BA	Ku	Man	NW	SAA	Baz	Cl	C2	Gre	IC	SA	Tl	SM
19 Mar 2010	1108	755	-	1098	-	1070	1350	450	390	520	820	399	500	280
5 Feb 2010	821	852	699	740	-	740	1350	450	410	520	580	299	500	280
25 Dec 2009	664	862	969	650	-	¹	1350	650	440	600	550	450	570	450
13 Nov 2009	821	992	899	500	-	752	1350	420	390	520	570	299	500	210
2 Oct 2009	538	527	1149	470	-	538	1350	420	410	520	510	299	540	280
21 Aug 2009	653	533	1197	627	-	772	1300	390	390	495	590	499	500	280
10 Jul 2009	653	884	¹	620	-	781	1200	410	410	515	450	-	540	350
29 May 2009	507	965	769	500	-	931	1200	390	390	495	700	-	510	280
17 Apr 2009	507	996	888	500	-	970	1200	410	410	515	680	599	540	410
6 Mar 2009	¹	1875	¹	906	-	1578	1200	390	390	495	-	399	510
23 Jan 2008	¹	1348	1009	569	-	961	1200	390	390	495	-	¹	510
12 Dec 2008	¹	1308	¹	999	-	1102	1200	410	410	515	-	750	540
31 Oct 2008	¹	1205	¹	659	-	1846	1200	390	390	495	-	599	510
19 Sep 2008	1199	1937	1809	899	-	1483	1200	390	390	495	-	550	510
8 Aug 2008	¹	1435	¹	699	-	1768	1200	390	370	495	-	550	510
27 Jun 2008	1095	1235	1547	1085	-	2005	1020	385	380	490	490	-	510
16 May 2008	799	790	¹	799	¹	821	1020	375	360	480	-	399	510
4 Apr 2008	¹	1100	¹	739	905	1476	1020	350	360	465	560	299	520
22 Feb 2008	699	1100	¹	733	691	1450	1020	350	350	465	²	399	460
11 Jan 2007	¹	1100	¹	725	780	2076	1020	350	350	465	490	299	²
30 Nov 2007	¹	1039	1451	725	1027	1389	Baz = Baz Bus Cl = Citiliner C2 = City to City Gre = Greyhound bus IC = Intercape bus SA = SA Roadlink bus TL = Translux bus SM = Shosholoza Meyl train
19 Oct 2007	999	782	916	639	630	1015
7 Sep 2007	749	1032	874	639	630	809
27 Jul 2007	649	610	869	477	-	649
15 Jun 2007	649	651	999	849	600	611
1T = 1Time Airline BA = British Airways South Africa Ku = Kulula Man = Mango Airline NW = Nationwide Airline SAA = South African Airways

¹ Sold out
² Didn't check

Flight prices are constantly updated, so the information listed above is dated and for information purposes only. The surveys are conducted for flights leaving Durban for Cape Town on a Friday between 1349 and 2146.

Cost of flying relative to buses & trains

With the increase in the price of of the cheapest flight, the cost of flying relative to taking the bus/train has risen to a high of 2.7.

Date	Flights : bus/ train	Cheapest flight	Cheapest bus / train
19 Mar 2010	2.7	R755 (British Airways)	R280 (Shosholoza Meyl)
5 Feb 2010	2.5	R699 (Kulula Airline)	R280 (Shosholoza Meyl)
27 Nov 2009	1.5	R650 (Mango Airline)	R440 (City to City bus)
16 Oct 2009	2.4	R500 (Mango Airline)	R210 (Shosholoza Meyl train)
5 Sep 2009	1.7	R470 (Mango Airline)	R280 (Shosholoza Meyl train)
25 Jul 2009	1.9	R533 (Mango Airline)	R280 (Shosholoza Meyl train)
2 May 2009	1.8	R500 (Mango Airline)	R280 (Shosholoza Meyl)
21 Mar 2009	1.2	R500 (Mango Airline)	R410 (City to City & Citiliner & SM)
7 Feb 2009	2.3	R906 (Mango Airline)	R390 (City to City & Citiliner)
28 Dec 2008	1.5	R569 (Mango Airline)	R390 (City to City & Citiliner)
15 Nov 2008	2.4	R999 (Mango Airline)	R410 (City to City & Citiliner)
4 Oct 2008	1.7	R659 (Mango Airline)	R390 (City to City & Citiliner)
23 Aug 2008	2.3	R899 (Mango Airline)	R390 (City to City & Citiliner)
12 Jul 2008	1.9	R699 (Mango Airline)	R370 (City to City bus)
31 May 2008	2.9	R1085 (Mango Airline)	R380 (City to City bus)
19 Apr 2008	2.2	R790 (British Airways - BA)	R360 (City to City bus)
8 Mar 2008	2.5	R739 (Mango Airline)	R299 (SA Roadlink)
26 Jan 2008	2.0	R691 (Nationwide Airline)	R350 (Citiliner & City to City bus )
15 Dec 2007	2.4	R725 (Mango Airline)	R299 (SA Roadlink)

The iIndex measures how many times more the cheapest flight costs compared to the cheapest bus trip. The higher the index the more more expensive flights are relative to bus trip, and the more likely people are to take buses (which spew out less carbon and are hence greener).

Don't want to fly from Durban to Cape Town?

Durban to Cape Town by road

An alternative is to drive from Durban to Cape Town. You would take the N1 national Road, which stretches all the way through several of South Africa's provinces.

Durban to Cape Town by bus

If you don't want to drive yourself, you can catch a bus from Durban to Cape Town. The length of the trip is on the right hand side of the following table:

Baz bus	Baz Bus operates a hop-on hop-off bus tour across South Africa, and is especially popular amongst backpackers, stopping off at 180 youth hostels along its route. On your way from Durban to Cape Town you can stop off at Umkomaas, Umzumbe, Port Shepstone, Margate, Port Edward, Port St Johns, Umtata, Port Alfred, Port Elizabeth, Jeffreys Bay, Cape St Francis, Storms River, Nature's Valley, Plettenberg Bay, Knysna, George, Mossel Bay and Swellendam.
Citiliner bus	Durban to Cape Town, via Port Elizabeth (stopping at Port Shepstone, Harding, Kokstad, Mt Frere, Qumbu, Tsola, Umtata, Idutywa, Butterworth, East London, King Williams Town, Pedie, Grahamstown, Coega, Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, Jeffreys Bay, Humansdorp, Storms River, Plettenburg Bay, Knysna, Sedgefield, Wilderness, George, Mossel bay, Albertina, Riversdale, Heidelberg, Slangrivier, Swellendam, Riviersonderend, Caledon, Somerset West, Stellenbosch and Belville)	26h15m
Greyhound bus	The Greyhound bus operates a traditional bus service through the main centres of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe (Bloemfontein, Bulawayo, Butterworth, Cape Town, Durban, East London, Empangeni, Harare, Johannesburg, Kimberley, Nelspruit, Newcastle, Maputo, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Queenstown, Swinburne and Umtata). They offer two different routes between Durban and Cape Town. The first is via Bloemfontein whilst the second goes via Port Elizabeth.	21h45m (via Bloem) 26h45m (via PE)
Intercape bus	Durban to Cape Town via Bloemfontein on their Mainliner fleet	23h15m
SA Roadlink	Durban to Cape Town (Stops in Port Elizabeth)	25h00m
Translux bus	Durban to Cape Town - either on their TransLux or City to City (no frills) bus	26h00m

Durban to Cape Town by train

Spoornet's Shosholoza Meyl operates train trips from Durban to Cape Town, and their central reservations may be contacted at 086 000 8888.

Cruising from Durban to Cape Town

We are not aware of any Durban to Cape Town cruises in the current cruise season. (Starlight Cruises occasionally offer Durban to Cape Town cruises).

Cape Town car hire

Cape Town car hire options are as follows:

Shuttle bus from airport

There are a number of companies offering a shuttle bus from the airport, including:

A2B Transfers

Holiday Taxis

Cape Town hotels

Here's a list of Cape Town hotels and accommodation options.

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May	looking for a seat on the cheapest flight to Cape Town from Durban on 16 December 2009. I have two seats booked but need another for my grand-daughter, Mango Airline preferably. Many thanks
Kathy	Which airline flies from Port Elizabeth to Durban. Looking for cheap flights from Port Elizabeth to Durban on Monday 8th March or Tuesday 9th March 2010. For 5 adults and 1 toddler (just under 2 years). Await your response. Thanks and regards Kathy
Mr Cheap Flights	Hi Chris. I think you're talking about the Travelstart search engine. Not sure about the 5 times as much, but what you're saying is the same as what is advised at the top of this page.
chris	how come the flight check finds fares almost 5 * what i find directly with the airline............ waste of time really, given 3 airlines I can do so ,uch better directly?????????
flight admin	Hi K. Apologies for the TravelStart error yesterday. This was caused by Travelstart changing some code on their side which affected our interactive banners. This has been fixed now. Let me know if you do encounter any other errors.
K Litson	I would love to see this site work correctly - trying to buy a ticket for 2 adults and the continual info coming back is "incorrect data - too many children"??? Very frustrating!
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Cheap flights from Durban to Cape Town

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