Intercape Bus Ticket Prices at Shoprite
Combine your next Shoprite groceries purchase with buying Intercape bus tickets - so convenient - these days you can get prices, scheduled times and buy bus tickets from the various intercity coaches (such as Greyhound, Translux and City to City) at Shoprite Money Market counters. Not all Shoprite stores have money market counters, so be sure to Google and check whether the particular Shoprite you have your eyes on ihas a money market counter before you go to it. Just as you can book InterConnect and Big Sky Intercity at Intercape, you can also book these sister brands at Shoprite/Checkers money market counters.
How to pay
You may pay with cash, debit or credit card at Money Market counters at various Shoprite stores.
Where to pick up bus tickets
Once you've purchased your Intercape bus ticket you can fetch it any Checkers or Shoprite Money Market counters (assuming you're booking telephonically, if you're actually booking it at the store naturally you'll also be given the ticket once you've paid). Remember to show proof of qualifying for any special or discounted fares (e.g. student ID for Intercape's student discount or the normal ID card for the pensioner discount).
Popular routes with Intercape
You can book all the popular Intercape routes via Shoprite:
- Intercape from Johannesburg
- Intercape from Durban
- Intercape from Cape Town
Travel Times with Intercape
Travel times vary by route and depending on whether the bus is an "express" bus (which has fewer stops) or not; for example:
- Johannesburg to Cape Town takes from 19 hours to 27 hours (scheduled departure times from Johannesburg vary from 07:15am to 12:30pm).
- Johannesburg to Durban takes from 8 hours to 22 hours (scheduled departure times from Johannesburg vary from 07:30am to 11:00am).
Because of the wide variation in travel times, it is important to check the exact duration of the departure you select.
Once-off Shoprite-Intercape specials
Every now and then Shoprite offer Intercape discounts and deals better than what one can usually get on Intercape bus tickets. You can usually see these on Intercape or Shoprite's Facebook pages. In the past there have been times when there were double pensioner discounts, double student discounts and double SANDF/SAP discounts.
Here's a competition they ran in 2021, where you could win Shoprite vouchers if you paid for your Intercape bus ticket with Ozow.
Other retailers selling Intercape bus tickets
If you don't always shop at Shoprite, do not panic, you have options! Other retailers selling Intercape bus tickets are Pick 'n Pay, Boxer, Choppies, Checkers, USave and Spar. You can also buy Intercape bus tickets at some non-retailing platforms such as Computicket, Blu Approved and Ticketpro.