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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:

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.

Kulula are cheapest

For only the second time in our surveys, Kulula Airline are cheapest from Durban to Cape Town.

 

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

3 Sep 2010

690

714

469

886

-

660

1460

430

410

520

660

300

580

280

23 Jul 2010

690

1087

919

476

-

450

1460

420

400

520

590

430

500

280

30 Apr 2010

743

680

719

800

-

1260

1350

420

390

520

600

399

500

340

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

Slight increase in the cost of flying relative to taking the train, thanks to an increase in the cheapest flight price whilst train prices remained steady.

Date
Flights : bus/ train
Cheapest flight
Cheapest bus / train

3 Sep 2010

1.7

R469 (Kulula Airline)

R280 (Shosholoza Meyl)

23 Jul 2010

1.6

R450 (SAA)

R280 (Shosholoza Meyl)

30 Apr 2010

2.0

R680 (British Airways)

R340 (Shosholoza Meyl)

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).

Flight special offers from Cape Town to Durban

Unless it's actually the day of the flight special you're unlikely to obtain these prices (and then only usually only available for a few hours), but these were the latest specials each of the airlines offered from Durban to Cape Town.

 

Kulula special offers
27 Jul 2010

1time special offers
30 Jun 2010

Mango special offers
26 Jul 2010

Flight special offers

R399

R369

R367

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:

Europcar Cape Town

Avis car hire

Budget rent a car

First Car Rental

Hertz car rental

Tempest car hire

Thrifty car rental

Take the N2 to get to Cape Town city

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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Loveness Ndlovu

I would like the cheapest airline from PMB to Capetown this coming weekend. How does one travel fro pmb to Durban Airport

Veronica duPlessis

Looking for the cheapest flight from Durban to Cape Town for 2 adults and 1 child (8) from 27 to 31 January 2011

Garren

Good day,Inquiring for the cheapest but earliest flight on 3rd June 2010 going to Cape Town leaving from Durban coming back on the cheapest but latest flight back to Durban from Cape town on the 3rd June.

Mr G

I need a cheap flight from Cape Town to Durban on the 30th of April 2010 coming back the 4th of May 2010. please let me know urgently.

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!

kay

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Nerissa

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Sean L

the prices are very affordable that's the reason I'll fly with yall next time......

espoir

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