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 (sometimes it is cheaper to book your outbound flight seperately from your return flight).
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Latest Durban to Cape Town airline survey
Flight date |
1time |
BA |
Kulula |
Mango |
SA Express |
Velvet Sky |
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British Airways is cheapest for the first flight survey in 2012 on this route. |
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1199 |
1075 |
1089 |
1093 |
1278 |
1099 |
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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
Travel date |
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City to City is making a great start to 2012 by having a constant winning streak for the cheapest by land. |
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27 Jan 2012 |
1270 |
475 |
420 |
590 |
780 |
499 |
530 |
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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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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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BA offers |
Kulula special offers |
1time special offers |
Mango special offers |
SAA offers |
Velvet Sky offers |
R1052 |
R499 |
R489 |
R783 |
R1123 |
R789 |
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 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
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. |
Shuttle bus from airport
There are a number of companies offering a shuttle bus from the airport, including:
Cape Town hotels
Here's a list of Cape Town hotels and accommodation options.