Don't fly on the 4th April |
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If you were thinking of flying from Durban to Cape Town on the evening of the 4th of April, don't - rather take the bus or stay at home. Two of the low cost carriers are sold out (Kulula and 1time), and your cheapest one-way flight is a record high R739 with Mango Airlines. Mango Airlines flight JE387 leaves Durban at 2145 on the 4th April and is scheduled to arrive in Cape Town at 2355.
Flights from Durban to Cape Town |
Bus trips from Durban to Cape Town |
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British Airways |
1100 |
Baz Bus (7 day pass) |
1020 |
Kulula.com |
sold out |
360 |
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Mango Airlines |
739 |
465 |
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Nationwide Airlines |
905 |
560 |
|
1time Airline |
sold out |
299 |
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SAA - South African Airways |
1476 |
350 |
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Record of cheapest flights from Durban to Cape Town
Flight Date |
Cheapest airline |
Flight price |
15 Jun 2007 |
Nationwide Airline |
600 |
27 Jul 2007 |
Mango Airline |
477 |
7 Sep 2007 |
Nationwide Airline |
630 |
19 Oct 2007 |
Nationwide Airline |
630 |
30 Nov 2007 |
Mango Airline |
725 |
11 Jan 2008 |
Mango Airline |
725 |
22 Feb 2008 |
Nationwide Airline |
691 |
4 Apr 2008 |
Mango Airline |
739 |
If you followed a strategy of always choosing the cheapest flight price, then the highest flight price you would have had to pay would be on the 4th April 2008.
Rather take the bus
With such high flight prices, rather take the bus and see some of the countryside. The SA Roadlink bus leaves Durban at 0630 on the 4th April and arrives in Cape Town at 0730 on the 5th April. It costs R299 and results in far less carbon being spewed out into the atmosphere.
Car rentals in Cape Town
Once you arrive in Cape Town you may be looking for a rental car to drive to your hotel or wherever you're staying.
ImperialCar Rental (now Europcar) |
National Car |
Thrifty car rental |
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513 |
460 |
333 |
479 |
332 |
326 |
386 |
As has become the norm in our surveys, Tempest car hire are offering the cheapest car rental prices.
Hotel prices in Cape Town
You've now got your flight/bus and hired a car, but where do you want to stay when you get to Cape Town?
Protea Hotel Breakwater Lodge |
Courtyard Cape Town |
City Lodge V&A Waterfront |
Town Lodge Bellville |
Road Lodge Cape Town Airport |
Southern Sun V&A Waterfront |
StayEasy Century City |
Holiday Inn Garden Court De Waal |
Sun International The Table Bay (Waterfront) |
full booked |
855 |
831 |
532 |
355 |
1325 |
575 |
730 |
5970 |
Road Lodge offers the cheapest night's accommodation and Sun International's "The Table Bay" the most expensive night (no surprises there).
Travellers visiting South Africa and their blogs
Paul, Mark and Thirnam visit Jeffrey's Bay
As part of their world tour; Paul, Mark and Thirnam visited Jeffreys Bay, which they thought was "so so":
Bob visits Cape Town
Bob Stricker visited Cape Town and took a load of photos. He also tells us how he made the mistake of going out with a group of people staying at his youth hostel who were born in the late 1980s, resulting in him having to rush out the next morning (without showering or brushing teeth) at 6am to go shark-cage diving.
British Airways
A photo of a British Airways plane parked at Johannesburg International Airport. The photo was taken on the 19th January 2008 from the international departures section of the airport.
International flight news
Alan Rudduck on Michael O'Leary (he who makes Ryanair flights happen)
"He may look and sound like a showman, but O'Leary is at heart an accountant, with an eye for detail and a nose for savings that make him an uncompromising negotiator who will take brinkmanship to the highest level. Boeing might love him, but they also know that if the price is right he will, without blinking, switch his allegiance to their arch-rival." Alan Ruddock on Michael O'Leary (the man who sells Ryanair plane tickets for a living) in his book: "A Life in Full Flight
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