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Book Intercape Bus Specials

Continuous bus ticket discounts for the youth, groups, students, seniors, and the SANDF (only on full flexi and flexi tickets, there are no discounts on saver tickets). "May Bonanza" travel deals: Intercape are running countrywide specials in South Afrca until "Friday the 13th" June 2025- a great time to book bus tickets: The specials are on saver class tickets; but if you qualify for a 15% discount (pensioners and children under 12) the flexi class tickets are sometimes cheaper than the saver class specials.

Use the booking engine above to check current availability and prices. SA Travel Online is an authorised affiliate of Intercape.

Intercape bus ticket special from Johannesburg to Cape Town from R480 one-way in June 2025

Intercape May 2025 bonanza deals from JHB to Oudtshoorn, George, Gqeberha(PE) and Cape Town

Specials from Cape Town

Intercape May bonanza travel offers from CPT

Specials from Klerksdorp

Specials from Tshwane (Pretoria)

Specials from Durban

Specials from Gqeberha

Intercape May bonanza travel offers from Gqeberha (PE) to DBN, CPT and JHB

Cape Town - Mthatha/East London special prices

At last, Intercape special prices between Cape Town and the Eastern Cape; subject to availability for travel dates up to 30 Sep 2025. The cheapest fares are on Intercape's Budgetliner coaches, and for the saver class category of bus tickets:

Intercape prices from Cape Town to East London in May 2025

Johannesburg to CPT/DUR/PE

Prices and availability subject to change. The longer you take to book the greater the chance that fares have changed.

Intercape bus discounts - listed are the scholar discount, student discount, senior citizen discount, childrens discount and group discounts

If you're not aware of and not taking advantage of these discounts you're losing out. In addition to Intercape's standard deals, you can go even cheaper if you use Sanlam Reality, FNB ebucks and SouthAfrica.TO's vouchers for reviews.

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Discounts & Special Rates

Group discounts:

Child discounts:

Child holding an adults hand and an Intercape bus, with text saying that children 11 years or younger qualify for a youth discount

Use the booking engine at the top of this page to make your Intercape bus ticket reservation, when you get to the "Discount" item in the booking process (see image below), ensure that you have selected "Child under 12 (15% if with adult)" if you want that discount to be applied.

Intercape booking entry with Child under 12(15% if with adult) selected

If you have a baby 18 months or younger travelling on your lap for free, then use the bookinge engine at the top of this page to make your reservation; ensure that when you get the entry entitled "Travelling with Baby on lap?" (see image below) that you fill in "Yes", and provide the name iof the baby travelling on your lap, as well as the name and contact number of a family member not travelling with you.

Student discount: If you are a student, you can get a 5% discount. You must have a student ID which shows that you are registered at a tertiary educational institution; and produce it at the point of purchase.

Intercape bus indicating students discount of 5 percent with student showing ID

Pensioner discount: Up to 15 percent senior discounts if you are 60 year old or older. You'll need to produce your identification document at the point of purchase, proving your age.

An Intercape bus leaving Johannesburg with a senior citizen holding his ID and text saying that if you are 60 years old or older, the Intercape pensioner discount = 15%

To take advantage of these discounts you need to join Intercape's Loyalty Program; phone 021-380-4400 to get your loyalty club number, then click here to register - you'll need to fill in a form that looks like this:Form to fill in for registration for Intercape's loyalty club

 

SA National Defense Force

Up to 10 percent discount. You'll need to produce official identification documents at the point of purchase of Intercape bus tickets, proving that you are a member of the SANDF.

Old Shoprite Intercape Specials

Keep on eye out on the Shoprite and Intercape Facebook pages; every now and then they comine to offer deals only available via Shoprite and Checkers Money Market counters. For instance n this 2017 special; SANDF and SAP members could get double their usual discount if they booked their Intercape bus tickets at a Shoprite or Checkers Money Market counter (no longer available - let's hope it happens again).

Intercape bus with military boots - double SANDF and SAP bus ticket discounts

Sanlam Reality Discounts

If you're a member of Sanlam Reality or have Sanlam Wealth Bonus Benefits, you may be eligible for a reduced price on two Intercape bus tickets a year. Book by phoning 0860 732 548/9 or book online by clicking here (you will need to enter your Sanlam Reality membership number) or log in on the Sanlam Reality website and follow the instructions to book online or WhatsApp Intercape Bus on 021 380 4400:

Momentum Multiply discounts

Up to 45 percent in savings by booking Intercape bus tickets via the Multiply app:

Intercape Ebucks deal - earn up to R150 back

When you book your Intercape bus ticket in South Africa in person at Intercape bus ticketing offices or online at www.intercape.co.za and pay with a:

EdgarsClub Intercape discounts

Check at point of purchase that these EdgarsClub deals still apply:

Intercape Budgetliner and Big Sky Intercity

Keep costs down by travelling on:

These are both parts of the Intercape group, giving you a genuine Intercape experience but at a lower price.

Intercape bus Black Friday Specials

If the date is close to black Friday, then hang on before buying your bus tickets until the day. Intercape usually take part in this retail extravaganza, providing extra discounted deals on black Friday.

When is the best time to book?

Whilst intercity bus pricing isn't as dynamic as airline ticket pricing, the aim of the bus companies is to have full buses, and availability does eventually run out, and on popular dates (e.g. people travelling for holidays) this can happen quite early. It's best to book at least 3 weeks before your travel date; and 3 months before if you are travelling on popular dates. As you approach the travel date the cheapest tickets (saver options sell out), and you may have to pay more for your ticket, or worst-case scenario there may be no availability left.

Archived specials

(info retained for historical interest alone - you wont be able to book these prices!)

Intercape specials - frequent traveller, student, senior citizen (pensioner), SANDF and SAP, children and family discounts

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