Intercape Bus Tickets from Mthatha to Cape Town

Intercape offers bus tickets from Mthatha to Cape Town, with 1-way prices having ranged from R440 to R3,300 during 2026:

• The current cheapest one-way Intercape bus ticket from Mthatha to Cape Town is R640 in Saver class; taking Budgetliner MTH-QT-CA scheduled to depart Mthatha at 14:30 on Wed 22 Apr 2026 and scheduled to arrive in Cape Town at 08:00 on Thu 23 Apr 2026 (duration of 17 hours 30 minutes).
  • For pensioners (60 and older), the current cheapest one-way ticket is R595 in Flexi class (with a 15% discount applied); taking Budgetliner MTH-QT-CA departing Mthatha at 14:30 on Wed 22 Apr 2026 and arriving in Cape Town at 08:00 on Thu 23 Apr 2026 (duration of 17 hours 30 minutes).
• Average one-way ticket prices are Saver: R735, Flexi: R800, Full Flexi: R885. Lower Flexi and Full Flexi fares may be achieved if any discounts are applicable.
  • For pensioners the average 1-way prices are: Saver: R735, Flexi: R680, Full Flexi: R752.
• Understand the differences between Saver, Flexi and Full Flexi tickets.

Intercape Prices & Schedule from Mthatha to Cape Town

Prices last checked and verified on: 2026-04-17 07:57:13

All prices in South African Rand (ZAR).

Price Statistics per Intercape pay class (Year 2026)

Intercape Routes from Mthatha to Cape Town

• Mainliner DBN-PE-CA
• Budgetliner MTH-OUDT-CA
• Mainliner MTH-PE-CA
• Mainliner MTH-QT-CA
• Mainliner MMTH-EL-FORT-CA
• Budgetliner MTH-QT-CA
• Mainliner MAT-KOK-CA
• Express Budgetliner MTH-QT-CA
• Big Sky Intercity Big Sky DDBN-MAR-QT-CPT
• Big Sky Intercity Big Sky DBN-PE-CA
• Mainliner MMTH-EL-FORT-CA low on available seats
• Mainliner MAT-KOK-CA low on available seats
• Big Sky Intercity Big Sky DDBN-MAR-QT-CPT low on available seats
• Intercape Bus
• Big Sky Intercity Big Sky DDBN-QT-CPT

Travel Time Scheduled (Year 2026)

The quickest bus takes 15h 50m, slowest 21h 20m, average 18h 40m.

Departures vary from 12:25am to 11:25pm. Arrivals from 6:15am to 8:45pm.