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Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town

You want to travel on a cheap flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town International Airport. The way to make sure that you book a cheap flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town is by typing your date of departure and return date into the flight quotations and bookings engine and seeing what airfare it spits out, and booking your outbound flight seperately from your return flight (the same airline isn't necessarily cheapest on your outbound as well as your return flight).

Latest Johannesburg to Cape Town airlines survey

We regularly carry out comparisons of airfares of all airlines on Friday afternoons/evenings (when a lot of people want to travel to get away for the weekend). The low cost carriers (Kulula and Mango Airlines) are usually cheapest, but not always! Be sure to also check the prices of South African Airways and BA Comair.

flight date	British Airways	Kulula	Mango	SAA
Experience the snow in Tulbagh, near Cape Town, with a flight from Johannesburg for R1 015 with Kulula.
28 June 2013	1931	1015	1159	1338

Luxury travel from Johannesburg to Cape Town

travel date	BA business class	Mango Flex	Mango Plus	SAA business class	Premier Classe train	Blue train
28 June 2013	3200	2084	2364	3587	2650	12 280

Latest Johannesburg to Cape Town bus survey

							Shosholoza Meyl train
travel date	Baz Bus	City to City	Greyhound	Intercape	SA Roadlink	Translux	Economy class	Tourist Class
28 June 2013	1480	560	645	630	450	700	360	600

Prices will change.

Airlines operating flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town

Airlines	Airports	Stops
British Airways	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo (JNB) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
Kulula Airlines	Johannesburg Lanseria (HLA) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
Kulula Airlines	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo (JNB) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
Mango Airlines	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo (JNB) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
Mango Airlines	Johannesburg Lanseria (HLA) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
South African Airways	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo (JNB) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop

To fly from Johannesburg to Cape Town takes just over 2 hours, taking you over almost the full stretch of South Africa. The distance between O.R. Tambo and Cape Town is some 1271km and between Lanseria and Cape town is 1265km.

Number of flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town

The Johannesburg to Cape Town flight route is the busiest in South Africa. As at 12 Sep 2011, these were the number of daily flights which each airline operated from Johannesburg to Cape Town:

British Airways	Kulula Airline	Mango Airline	SAA
10 flights	7 flights	7 flights	17 flights

News

2013-07-04. The date Fastjet planned to commence flights from Johanesburg to Cape Town, operating under the Federal Airlines license. It was difficult for them to commence operations, so they decided to prioritise international operations.

Mid 2013	Airlink planned to begin flights from Johannesburg's Grand Central Airport to Cape Town, but we haven't heard anything about it for a while, so it seems this wont be happening.
2 Nov 2012	1time flies its last JNB-CPT flight, after announcing that it will be filing for liquidation.
2 Jun 2012	1time airline quits HLA-CPT flights
5 Mar 2012	1time begins HLA-CPT flights
1 Aug 2011	Velvet Sky increases its frequency to 3 flights daily. They would stop flying in early 2012, before going into final liquidation in June 2012.
1 Jun 2011	Mango Airlines flights to Cape Town from Lanseria (Johannesburg), commence.
24 Mar 2011	Velvet Sky's inaugural flight between Johannesburg and Cape Town was at 10h15 on the 24th March 2011.
20 Nov 2009	Interlink Airline quits flying between Johannesburg and Cape Town, and starts flights between Pretoria and Cape Town.
27 Jun 2008	Interlink starts Johannesburg - Cape Town flights.
29 Apr 2008	Nationwide ceases operations.
28 Oct 2008	Kulula increased the frequency of their flights from Johannesburg Lanseria to Cape Town from 20 to 35 flights per week (Sunday flights increase from one to five and weekday flights from 3 to 6).
29 Oct 2007	Kulula Lanseria flights to Cape Town were increased to 3 daily.

Last flight price specials from Johannesburg to Cape Town

These specials run out very quickly after coming out, so unless it's the morning of the day of the special it is probably sold out.

BA special	Kulula special	Mango special	SAA special
- -	- -	R299 04 June 13	- 31 May 13

Don't want to fly?

Johannesburg to Cape Town by road

An alternative is to drive from Johannesburg to Cape Town. The quickest route is the N1 national Road, which stretches all the way through several of South Africa's provinces, via Bloemfontein, Beaufort West & Worcester. The driving distance from Johannesburg to Cape Town is some 1399km, taking about 16 hours of driving.

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Here's a longer but more interesting route road trip from Johannesburg to Cape Town, which takes about 28 hours of driving. Along the way you'll pass through Bethlehem, Clarens, Ficksburg, Maseru (Lesotho), Mafeteng (Lesotho), Aliwal North, Burgersdorp, Middelburg, Graaff-Reinet, Aberdeen, Willowmore, Oudtshoorn, George, Groot Brakrivier, Klein Brak River, Mossel Bay, Riversdale, Witsand, Bredasdorp, Gansbaai, Hermanus and Kleinmond.

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Johannesburg to Cape Town by bus

If you don't want to drive yourself, you can catch a bus trip from Johannesburg to Cape Town:

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
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)
Intercape bus	The Intercape bus operates a traditional bus service across a vast network of South Africa and some of its neighbouring countries.

Johannesburg to Cape Town by train

Spoornet's Shosholoza Meyl operates train trips from Johannesburg to Cape Town, and their central reservations may be contacted at 086 000 8888. Alternatively, take the Premier Classe train from Johannesburg to Cape Town (also 086 000 8888).

Flight reviews

"We traveled with my friend on the Valentine week to Cape Town from Johannesburg attending a high profile wedding of Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, and the CEO of the National Empowerment fund, Philisiwe Mthethwa. After loads of fun, stolen spot light on us from our regalias...covering the wedding for the Destiny magazine Cover story we had on 2 hour sleep. The following day we managed to get to the airport 45 minutes before the flight departure and the self check in machine declined us - we then rushed to the check-in counter. Our names were not found....our return was supposed to be the 17th February...but we had booked for the 17th March and all the flights to Johannesburg from Cape Town were full. I was very emotional because the flights were booked by my friend...she was nervous not knowing what to do. I had very important commitments, a performance to do with my band at Moyo Zoolake, and on that morning my younger sister was moved to ICU at Johannesburg Hospital...I would have even accepted being checked in as a luggage bag! I decided to take the responsibility that it was also my duty to double check the traveling itinerary. Then we were both relieved, as we managed to get to Johannesburg by an intercity bus the following day. We changed our tickets to travel from East London to Johannesburg on the 21st April paying some R360 additional costs for both of us. On the 21st April at 5pm I received a phone call with an Eastern Cape code......'Miss Jessica Mbangeni are you are aware that your flight is leaving in 30 minutes time from East London airport...?' It was after I had read poetry at the Inspirational Women's Networking Event at Michelangelo Hotel in Sandton....for a minute I was puzzled...The ticket sales person offered to change our flights again but for free this time.....no additional funds to be paid... Whooop! This time we will not forget...."
Instead of taking the conventional drive along the N2, these tourists took the more scenic route from Johannesburg to Cape Town; stopping at Clarens, Aliwal North, Graaff Reinet, Knysna and Hermanus. On this route they took in the Drakensberg outside Clarens (the art-centre of the Free State) and the Valley of Desolation in Graaff Reinet's Camdeboo National Park. Here's a photo of Victoria Bay they took:

Victoria Bay in South Africa

Airport shuttle services

There are a number of companies offering an airport shuttle services in Cape Town, but our favourite is EZ Shuttle. EZ Shuttle is not usually the cheapest, but they offer a reliable service.