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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 by comparing airline prices (frequently it is cheaper to book your outbound flight with a different airline to your return flight).
Full service carriers flying DUR-CPT are BA Comair and SA Express, whilst low cost carriers are Kulula & Mango.
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Latest Durban to Cape Town airline survey
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BA |
Kulula |
Mango |
SA Express |
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Mango offered the cheapest flights from Durban to Cape Town for the Riebeeck Valley Olive Festival. |
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1286 |
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1227 |
1360 |
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Flight prices will have changed by the time you read this, use booking engines to get the latest prices. The surveys are conducted for flights leaving Durban for Cape Town on a Friday between 1349 and 2146.
Latest Durban to Cape Town bus & train survey
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The bus prices have decreased slightly since the last survey done on this route. Shosholoza Meyl continues to provide the cheapest land trips with its economy class train via Johannesburg. |
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03 May 2013 |
1480 |
480 |
480 |
615 |
590 |
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600 |
470 |
Prices will have changed by the time you read this.
Airlines operating flights from Durban to Cape Town
Airlines |
Airports |
Stops |
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Durban (DUR) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) |
non-stop |
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Durban (DUR) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) |
non-stop |
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Durban (DUR) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) |
non-stop |
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Durban (DUR) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) |
non-stop |
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South African Airways |
Durban (DUR) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) |
non-stop |
It takes some 2 hours to fly from Durban to Cape Town (shortest flight path is 1278km). The driving distance from Durban to Cape Town is some 1606km.
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.
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Mango special offers |
SAA offers |
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R1145 |
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Don't want to fly from Durban to Cape Town?
Road trip
An alternative is to drive from Durban to Cape Town. The quickest & safest way is by travelling through Harrismith, then Bethlehem onto the N5, and then Bloemfontein onto the N1 national Road (1636km). Other alternatives are to take the N2 (1655km) or the R56 & N1 (1578km).
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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 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. |
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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 |
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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) |
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Durban to Cape Town via Bloemfontein on their Mainliner fleet |
23h15m |
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Durban to Cape Town (Stops in Port Elizabeth) |
25h00m |
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Durban to Cape Town - either on their TransLux or City to City (no frills) bus |
26h00m |
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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
Starlight Cruises offer cruises from Durban to Cape Town with the MSC Sinfonia and MSC Melody cruise ships.
Cape Town car hire
Cape Town car hire options are as follows:
News
2 Nov 2012 |
1time airline applies for liquidation, and flies its last Durban - Cape Town flight. |
Mar 2012 |
Velvet Sky airline quits flying DUR-CPT & goes in liquidation. |
4 Nov 2011 |
Velvet Sky airline commences Durban to Cape Town flights, with one flight a day on weekdays. The opening price is R439 one-way. |
15 Dec 2010 |
British Airways begins operating an additional return flight on the Cape Town to Durban route. The additional flight is scheduled once a day from Monday to Friday, adding to the existing schedule of 3 return flights per day, Monday to Friday, and one return flight on Saturday and Sunday. The flight leaves Durban for Cape Town at 10h45, arriving in Cape Town at 12h55. |
1 Nov 2010 |
SAA Durban - Cape Town flights are halted. From this date flights booked with South African Airways between Durban & Cape Town will be flown by Mango Airways. |
Top DUR-CPT blog post
Craig Pollard & Loretta White cycled from London through Africa, this post is the Durban to Cape Town final leg of their trip:
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"South Africa for me has been the friendliest country to date by far. Every time we have reached a low moment someone has been on hand to pick us up"
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"Randomly a guy pulled up who had seen us when we crossed the border into Swaziland and completely lifted our spirits, telling us how inspiring we were!"
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"We were both unsuccessfully fighting colds and arriving in Harding the owner of the local Spar took pity on us, rushing out with packs of tissues and antibacterial wipes! We were also stopped by a couple who followed us down the road to give us some money for refreshments."
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"What we found after we passed Kokstad was an incredibly beautiful area of South Africa with stunning scenery and small coloured houses dotting the landscape. We also found people to be amazingly friendly, a car of young guys taking us to a B&B in Mount Frere and even telling the manager to give us a discount!"
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"We were lucky enough to be hosted at a place called The Fernery deep in the Tstitikama forest. All we had heard was that it was a fern farm. When we arrived it was one of the most stunning lodges I have ever seen; perched on the top of a cliff with a waterfall thundering down into the Indian Ocean. "
Shuttle bus from airport
There are a number of companies offering a shuttle bus from the airport - we usually use EZ Shuttle.
Cape Town hotels
Here's a list of Cape Town hotels and accommodation options. Well rated by our guests is the Boutique Manolo in Tamboerskloof (lovely balcony & tasty food), the Steenberg hotel in Tokai which is on a golf course and the Simonstown Guest House for its ocean views.
