Joburg to Durban flight prices

14 Jan 2011 flights surveyed on 17 Dec 2010 South Africa Travel Online

Here's a comparison of one-way flights from Joburg to Durban, leaving Johannesburg between 1729 & 2036 on Friday the 14th January 2011. It's a snapshop, and prices will change (maybe even by the time you receive this). Since our inaugural Joburg to Durban survey on 26 May 2007, this is the first time that British Airways has been cheapest.

Flights from Johannesburg to Durban		Bus & train from Johannesburg to Durban
BA British Airways economy class flight BA6221 leaves 1800 arrives 1910	385	City to City bus coach leaves Joburg 0830 arrives Durban 1550	190
Kulula economy class ex Lanseria Airport flight MN503 leaves 1825 arrives 1935	469	Citiliner bus coach leaves Joburg 2100 arrives Durban 0450	200
1time economy class flight 1T237 leaves 1910 arrives 2020	590	Translux bus coach leaves Joburg 0930 arrives Durban 1715	250
Mango Airlines economy class flight JE283 leaves 1915 arrives 2025	644	Intercape bus coach leaves Joburg 0830 arrives Durban 1605	270
Kulula economy class ex OR Tambo flight MN6221 leaves 1800 arrives 1910	659	Greyhound bus coach via Howick leaves Joburg 0830 arrives Durban 1625	275
Mango Flex flight JE283 leaves 1915 arrives 2025	703	Shosholoza Meyl sleeper class leaves Joburg 1830 arrives Durban 0720	300
Mango Plus flight JE283 leaves 1915 arrives 2025	863	SA Roadlink bus coach prices are not available for next year yet.	-
SAA South African Airways economy flight SA579 leaves 1900 arrives 2010	1218	Shosholoza Meyl tourist class	-
BA business class / club class flight BA6221 leaves 1800 arrives 1910	2043	Premier Classe train leaves Joburg 1830 arrives Durban 0830	1210
SAA business class / premium class flight SA579 leaves 1900 arrives 2010	2053	Baz Bus (hop on - hop off) (7 day pass)	1460

Car Rentals in Durban

We priced the cost of King Shaka car rentals from 21h00 on the 14th Jan 2011 until 13h00 on the 16th Jan 2011 as follows:

	Europcar Durban	First Car Rental unlimited mileage	Compare Car Hire	Car Trawler rental
Total	404	466	612	384
Per Day	202	233	306	192
free km per day	200 km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km
rate per km	R1.47 km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km

Durban from R390/night

Amanzimtoti accommodation	Ballito accommodation	Cheapest Durban	Durban beachfront
Sandcastle 0319034820 cinderella6@mweb.co.za R390	Hampshire Hotel from R689	Sandcastle 0319034820 cinderella6@mweb.co.za R390	Beach Hotel Durban from R395
Durban north beach	Durban self-catering	Umhlanga hotel	Umhlanga self-catering
Southern Sun North Beach from R1,270	17 Palms from R475	Protea Hotel from R980	La Loggia Bed & Breakfast from R600

Travelling with family to Mozambique

After watching the Fifa World Cup in South Africa, Philip and family headed for Mozambique:

• "The border is total mayhem. As soon as we get to the South African side, someone comes to ‘help’ us. Turns out, the whole process is so confusing and lengthy that it has spurned an industry of ‘helpers’ who nobody really wants but needs.halfway through the process I fire our helper – the visa fee for Liora and the kids is $82 per person, and after I hand him over the money (In US $ because I don’t have enough in any other currency) he says my perfect $100 bills from Wells Fargo in Seattle may be good enough for the USA but Mozambique only accepts notes from after 2006. In the melee of people who follow I’m not sure he’s given me back all my money so I tell him to leave. Strangely enough, the official border control people are happy with my 2003 notes."

• "We’re on the 90km toll road to the capital, Maputo. Immediately we’re in Africa, full of huts and shacks. But the road itself is perfect because it’s managed and maintained by a South African company."

• "Our guesthouse is just off Mao Tse Tung, and to get there you have to go through Karl Marx and Lenin streets. The street names are a lesson in African and Marxist Socialist history and it’s really an eye opener."

• "You can see the double vestiges of a colonial power suddenly leaving (Portugal 1975) and the terrible civil war. Everywhere there are gutted buildings and ruin, but most of all there’s huge amounts of trash."

• "It takes us 3 1/2 hours to get to Xai Xai, approximately half way but on the best stretch of road."

• "We go along well until we come to probably the worst stretch of road I’ve ever been on – 15 miles of road decimated by enormous holes, some half as deep as our car and often stretching across the whole road. The scene that unfolds is very bizarre – all around us cars are vying for position on any piece of road that they won’t sink into, so the side of the road is just as popular as the main area, and where people must, they drive on the wrong side of the road. Basically it’s survival without any other rules."

 

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