There are 12 ways to get from Cape Town to Blyde River Canyon by plane, taxi, bus, train, car or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly to Hoedspruit • 5 h 36 min
$289 - $887
Cheapest option
Car train, bus • 37 h 9 min
$126 - $183
10 alternative options
Fly to Ulusaba, taxi • 10 h 31 min
$254 - $707
Fly to Ngala, taxi • 9 h 16 min
$234 - $677
Fly to Skukuza, taxi • 6 h 38 min
$294 - $737
Fly to Nelspruit, bus • 8 h 40 min
$265 - $687
Fly to Phalaborwa, bus • 9 h 11 min
$272 - $807
Bus • 28 h 49 min
$136 - $198
Train, drive • 31 h 2 min
$250 - $292
Train, bus • 36 h 15 min
$322 - $371
Train, car train, bus • 42 h 14 min
$312 - $359
Drive • 19 h 20 min
$170 - $260
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Blyde River Canyon is to bus which costs R 1 900 - R 2 900 and takes 28 h 49 min.
The quickest way to get from Cape Town to Blyde River Canyon is to fly which costs R 4 200 - R 13 000 and takes 5 h 36 min.
The distance between Cape Town and Blyde River Canyon is 1587 km. The road distance is 1814.6 km.
It takes approximately 5 h 36 min to get from Cape Town to Blyde River Canyon, including transfers.
The quickest flight from Capetown Airport to Hoedspruit Airport is the direct flight which takes 2 h 30 min.
- Distance: 992.1 miles
- Duration: 5 h 36 min
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Blyde River Canyon, South Africa?
South African Airways, CemAir and Mango fly from Cape Town to Blyde River Canyon every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cape Town to Blyde River Canyon via Pretoria and Acornhoek in around 28 h 49 min.
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Capetown to Hoedspruit
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240 - $1,500
Flights from Capetown to Hoedspruit via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 10 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $1,500
Flights from Capetown to Ulusaba via Skukuza
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
Flights from Capetown to Ulusaba via Johannesburg, Nelspruit
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 5 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
Flights from Capetown to Ulusaba via Johannesburg, Skukuza
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 10 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
Flights from Capetown to Ngala via Skukuza
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
Flights from Capetown to Ngala via Johannesburg, Nelspruit
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 10 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
Flights from Capetown to Ngala via Johannesburg, Skukuza
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
Flights from Capetown to Skukuza
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $950
Flights from Capetown to Skukuza via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210 - $950
Flights from Capetown to Nelspruit
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $950
Flights from Capetown to Nelspruit via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 54 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $850
Flights from Capetown to Phalaborwa via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 37 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,400
Flights from Capetown to Phalaborwa via Upington, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 45 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,400
Flights from Capetown to Phalaborwa via Skukuza, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 5 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,400
Flights from Capetown to Phalaborwa via Kimberley, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 40 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,400
Flights from Capetown to Phalaborwa via Nelspruit, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 40 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,400
Flights from Capetown to Phalaborwa via Sun City, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 10 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,400
Flights from Capetown to Phalaborwa via Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 40 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,400
- Website
- flycemair.co.za
Flights from Capetown to Hoedspruit
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400 - $550
- Phone
- 086 000 8888
- HMlangeni@prasa.com
- Website
- premierclasse.co.za
Train from Capetown to Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 25 h 58 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $210 - $240
- Schedules at
- premierclasse.co.za
- May - October
- $216
- November - April
- $233
- Phone
- 086 000 8888
- Website
- shosholozameyl.co.za
Car train from Cape Town to Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26 h 15 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23 - $50
- Schedules at
- shosholozameyl.co.za
- 2nd Class
- $23 - $35
- 1st Class
- $40 - $55
Car train from Johannesburg to Nelspruit
- Ave. Duration
- 9 h 52 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $7 - $12
- Schedules at
- shosholozameyl.co.za
- 2nd Class
- $7 - $12
- 1st Class
- $14 - $19
- Phone
- 087 352 0352
- enquiries@citiliner.co.za
- Website
- citiliner.co.za
Bus from Whiteriver to Acornhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9 - $14
- Schedules at
- citiliner.co.za
Bus from Phalaborwa to Hoedspruit
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8 - $13
- Schedules at
- citiliner.co.za
Bus from Cape Town to Pretoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18 h 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50 - $70
- Schedules at
- citiliner.co.za
Bus from Pretoria to Acornhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20 - $28
- Schedules at
- citiliner.co.za
Bus from Nelspruit to Acornhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 5 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10 - $15
- Schedules at
- citiliner.co.za
Bus from Johannesburg to Acornhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22 - $35
- Schedules at
- citiliner.co.za
- Phone
- +27 11 611 8000
- enquiries@greyhound.co.za
- Website
- greyhound.co.za
Bus from Cape Town to Pretoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18 h 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35 - $50
- Schedules at
- greyhound.co.za
Bus from Johannesburg Park to Nelspruit
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17 - $24
- Schedules at
- greyhound.co.za
- Phone
- +27 (0)21 380 4400
- info@intercape.co.za
- Website
- intercape.co.za
Bus from Cape Town to Pretoria
- Ave. Duration
- 21 h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35 - $65
- Schedules at
- intercape.co.za
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- Phone
- 011 774 8304
- translux@apx.co.za
- Website
- translux.co.za
Bus from Cape Town to Pretoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18 h 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37
- Schedules at
- res.prasa.com
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 36 min
- Estimated price
- $120 - $150
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