1time cheapest on Easter weekend

22 Apr 2011 flights surveyed on 25 Mar 2011 South Africa Travel Online

1Time is offering the cheapest flight price and SA Roadlink is offering the cheapest bus trip on the Cape Town to Durban route - although nothing on the weekend of the 22nd can honestly be described as 'cheap'. We've been surveying this route since 2007, and this is the most expensive we've seen flight prices (previous most expensive flights were in our 24 Nov 2007 "Do not fly in December" survey, back in the day when Nationwide was still flying). It's also interesting that Mango Airlines is sold out, yet SAA are still selling tickets (the tickets SAA sells is on Mango flights, as South African Airways doesn't fly from Cape Town to Durban).

Survey details

Here's a comparison of one-way flights, coach trips and train trips from Cape Town to Durban, leaving Cape Town between 13h44 and 20h31 on Friday the 22nd of April 2011. There's not much to choose from as far as flights go as the few airticket availabilities remaining are ridiculously pricy. Some of the bus ticket prices are also elevated, and the Shosholoza Meyl train route between Cape Town and Durban is still suspended. The prices below will change (perhaps even by the time you read this).

Flights from Cape Town to Durban		Bus & train trips from Cape Town to Durban
1time Airline economy class T6648 leaves 17h45 arrives 19h55	1250	SA Roadlink coach leaves 18h30 arrives 20h30 next evening	399
South African Airways economy class SA1859 leaves 19h10 arrives 21h10	1430	City to City coach leaves 17h00 arrives 20h30 the next eveing	420
British Airways economy class BA6313 leaves 17h30 arrives 19h35	1480	Citiliner coach leaves 06h30 arrives 08h40 the next morning	450
British Airways business class BA6313 leaves 17h30 arrives 19h35	3054	Translux coach leaves 18h30 arrives 21h10 the next evening	530
Velvet Sky economy class doesn't fly CPT - DUR route (yet)	/	Greyhound coach leaves 18h45 arrives 21h25 the next evening	640
Kulula economy class only morning flights	/	Intercape coach leaves 17h30 arrives 05h40 on Sunday	1070
Mango Airline economy class all flights sold out	/	Baz Bus (7 day pass)	1460
Mango Plus all flights sold out	/	Shosholoza Meyl train economy class temporarily suspended	/
Mango Flex all flights sold out	/	Premier Classe train suspended	/

Durban accommodation

Cheapest Duban hotel from R300 Docklands Hotel Durban 40 Mahatma Ghandi Road

Beach Hotel Durban from R365 107 Marine Parade

Tropicana Hotel Durban from R445 85 Marine Parade

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Branley Lodge Durban from R480 35 Hilltop Road, Hillcrest

Accommodation in the rest of South Africa and Namibia

Durbanville, Cape Town from R330 per person sharing Ruslamere Guest House (has a Spa) 021 975 5677 info@ruslamere.co.za	Kwelera, East London from R250 per person (adventure village) Areena Riverside Resort 043 734 3055 info@areenaresort.com
Bellville, Cape Town Stonehenge Guest House 083 245 3890 info@stonehengeguesthouse.co.za	Sandton, Johannesburg Park Inn Sandton 011 303 1000 edward.venter@rezidorparkinn.com
Alberton, Johannesburg from R550 Le Cozmo 011 867 2987 bookings@lecozmo.co.za	Stellenbosch, Cape Town from R590 per person sharing Stellenbosch Lodge 021 888 0100 info@stblodge.co.za
Nelspruit accommodation Global Village Guest House 013 741 2076 bookings@globalguesthouse.co.za	Swakopmund, Namibia from N$310 Duneside Guest House 081 127 7240 runge@iway.na
Arcadia, Pretoria from R690 per suite per day Legae Suites - self catering 083 282 7138 info@legaesuites.co.za	Yzerfontein, West Coast from R1000 per night (sleeps 6) West Coast Escape 072 599 5663 info@westcoastescape.co.za

Europcar cheapest in Durban

We priced the cost of renting a car from King Shaka International Airport from 21h00 on Friday the 22nd of April 2011 until 13h00 on Sunday the 24th of April 2011 as follows:

	Europcar in Durban	First Car Rental	Compare Car Hire	Car Trawler rental
Total	404	466	520	452
Per Day	202	233	260	226
free km per day	200 km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km
rate per km	R1.47 km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km

Trip to Cape Town

Karen Lawrence took a trip to Cape Town:

• "I decided to go by Greyhound to Port Elizabeth where I would catch the Baz Bus and travel the Garden Route along the coast to Capetown, with a stopover in George. The bus was, unfortunately without air conditioning, but the friendly bus driver, at my request opened the vent at the roof to help vent the hot air out of the bus."

• " I walked along some very deserted streets to what seemed to be the downtown core with an ornate government building and town library on the edge of the town square. With the holiday in full swing, I learned that Port Elizabeth is a town that knows how to close down to rest."

• "After investigating more of what was happening on the waterfront, I realized I needed food. The big question was would I be able to find a decent vegetarian meal. I'm glad to report that the answer was yes. There was a rather upscale looking place called Cubana (tilda on the n) that looked very inviting. I was pleased to order a vegetarian fajita that was very tasty and nicely presented as well."

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