Intercape Bus Tickets from Cape Town to Mthatha

Intercape offers bus tickets from Cape Town to Mthatha, with 1-way prices having ranged from R360 to R1,950 during 2026:

• The current cheapest one-way Intercape bus ticket from Cape Town to Mthatha is R560 in Saver class; taking Budgetliner CA-OUDT-MTH scheduled to depart Cape Town at 15:30 on Sun 26 Apr 2026 and scheduled to arrive in Mthatha at 10:20 on Mon 27 Apr 2026 (duration of 18 hours 50 minutes).
  • For pensioners (60 and older), the current cheapest one-way ticket is R527 in Flexi class (with a 15% discount applied); taking Budgetliner CA-OUDT-MTH departing Cape Town at 15:30 on Sun 26 Apr 2026 and arriving in Mthatha at 10:20 on Mon 27 Apr 2026 (duration of 18 hours 50 minutes).
• Average one-way ticket prices are Saver: R607, Flexi: R670, Full Flexi: R751. Lower Flexi and Full Flexi fares may be achieved if any discounts are applicable.
  • For pensioners the average 1-way prices are: Saver: R607, Flexi: R570, Full Flexi: R638.
• Understand the differences between Saver, Flexi and Full Flexi tickets.

Intercape Prices & Schedule from Cape Town to Mthatha

Prices last checked and verified on: 2026-04-19 11:30:02

All prices in South African Rand (ZAR).

Price Statistics per Intercape pay class (Year 2026)

Intercape Routes from Cape Town to Mthatha

• Big Sky Intercity Big Sky CA-PE-DBN
• Mainliner DCA-PE-DBN
• Budgetliner CA-OUDT-MTH
• Mainliner CA-KOK-MAT
• Mainliner CA-PE-DBN
• Budgetliner CA-QT-MTH
• Mainliner NCA-FORT-EL-MTH
• Mainliner CA-PE-MTH
• Big Sky Intercity Big Sky NCA-QT-DBN
• Express Mainliner CA-QT-MTH
• Express Budgetliner CA-QT-MTH
• Intercape Bus

Travel Time Scheduled (Year 2026)

The quickest bus takes 16h 10m, slowest 21h 40m, average 18h 28m.

Departures vary from 6:00am to 7:30pm. Arrivals from 3:40am to 2:40pm.