Thank God for Mango |
SouthAfrica.TO survey |
With Nationwide having gone bust we need somebody to keep flight prices down...thank God for Mango Airlines. Looking at flight prices from Cape Town to Durban, Mango Airlines is far and away the cheapest in today's survey. In fact Mango have been cheapest on the Cape Town to Durban flight route in our last 5 surveys since 5 Jan 2008.
Flights from Cape Town to Durban |
Bus trips from Cape Town to Durban |
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British Airways economy class |
1870 |
Baz Bus (7 day pass) |
1020 |
Kulula.com economy class |
959 |
Citiliner coach |
385 |
Mango Airlines economy class |
652 |
City to City coach |
380 |
1time Airline economy class |
sold out |
Greyhound coach |
490 |
SAA economy class |
sold out |
SA Roadlink coach |
site down |
SAA businesss class |
2517 |
Translux coach |
540 |
With Nationwide closed down, 1time Airline sold out and SAA economy class sold out; it seems there is not enough capacity of the Cape Town to Durban flight route.
Cheapest business class flight
I'm not certain whether those who can afford business class tickets shop around, but SAA (South African Airways) are offering the cheapest business class flight from Cape Town to Durban, in our new business class survey. SAA are R310 cheaper than British Airways.
Coach trips
The price of coach trips slowly continue creeping upwards. Cheapest coach trip from Cape Town to Durban is the City to City coach. The most expensive coach trip (excluding Baz Bus, which really operates in the backpacker space and offers a different service) is the Translux coach.
Departure City |
Destination City |
Full Price |
Departure Date & Time |
Arrival Date & Time |
Carrier |
CAPE TOWN |
DURBAN |
380.00 |
18 July - 06h00 |
19 July - 07h05 |
City to City coach |
CAPE TOWN |
DURBAN |
540.00 |
18 July - 06h30 |
19 July - 06h30 |
Translux coach |
CAPE TOWN |
DURBAN |
380.00 |
18 July - 17h00 |
19 July - 20h30 |
City to City coach |
CAPE TOWN |
DURBAN |
540.00 |
18 July - 18h30 |
19 July - 21h10 |
Translux coach |
Hotel prices in Durban
Prices of hotels in Durban are pretty static since our last survey. The Protea Hotel Edward has drastically reduced its price from R1620 for a night to R864 (school holidays are over then). The Southern Sun North Beach now has rooms available and is charging R779 for a night. Road Lodge is still cheapest.
Hotel night |
Protea Hotel Edward |
City Lodge Durban |
Road Lodge Durban |
Holiday Inn Garden Court South Beach |
Holiday Inn Garden Court Marine Parade |
Southern Sun North Beach |
Suncoast Hotel & Towers |
18 Jul 2008 |
864 |
656 |
355 |
683 |
803 |
779 |
874 |
4 Jul 2008 |
1620 |
656 |
355 |
683 |
803 |
no rooms |
no rooms |
Car rental prices in Durban
[since this article was written, Imperial Car Rental have rebranded as Europcar South Africa]
Imperial Car Rental and Thrifty Car Rental have both drastically reduced their car rental prices since the 4 July survey of car rental prices in Durban. Avis South Africa is once again offering the cheapest car rental prices.
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Avis South Africa |
Budget rentals |
Europcar rentals |
Hertz car rental |
Imperial car rental |
First Car Rental |
Tempest car hire |
Thrifty Car Rental |
Wood ford Car Rental |
18 Jul 2008 |
327 |
333 |
513 |
362 |
353 |
332 |
331 |
336 |
330 |
4 Jul 2008 |
327 |
333 |
513 |
362 |
479 |
332 |
331 |
386 |
330 |
Prices are for the weekends beginning 4 July and 18 July.
Trip to South Africa with Dad
LJ had bought a ticket for a flight from Kigali to Johannesburg to meet up with her Dad...unfortuanately the plane had broken down, so instead flew from Kigali to Nairobi and then from Nairobi to Johannesburg. LJ and her Dad enjoyed:
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playing with baby lions and feeding them (Rhino Lion Park?)
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visiting church communities in Johannesburg and Pretoria
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going on safari in the Pilanesburg (which included being a few metres from an elephant...look at this great photo below)
A horrid, horrid little man
"I have never met anyone like him in my life. It is not persistence - I've met persistent people - he is obsessive, about himself and his business. He's not interested in a good business relationship, or a social relationship, he is interested in none of those things, it's just me me me. I just think he's a horrid, horrid little man." Minister Mary O'Rourke expressing her views of Michael O'Leary - as expressed in the book by Alan Ruddock, "A Life in Full Flight
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