There are 8 ways to get from Cape Town to Exeter by plane or train
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Fly to Exeter
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Exeter (EXT)CPT - EXT
20h 3m£357–1,310Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Bristol Airport (BRS)CPT - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
16h 54m£202–801Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)CPT - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
15h 16m£355–893Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)CPT - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Exeter St Davids
16h 3m£306–911Fly to Cardiff Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)CPT - CWL
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
21h 2m£334–1,282Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to London City Airport (LCY)CPT - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
18h 24m£483–1,233Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)CPT - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Exeter St Davids
17h 58m£398–1,153Fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Southampton Airport (SOU)CPT - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Salisbury
- Take the train from Salisbury to Exeter Central
23h 34m£318–1,155
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Exeter (EXT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Exeter is to fly and train which costs £200 - £800 and takes 16h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Exeter is to fly and train which takes 15h 16m and costs £350 - £900.
The distance between Cape Town and Exeter is 6056 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 3m to get from Cape Town to Exeter, including transfers.
Exeter is 2h behind Cape Town. It is currently 6:11 AM in Cape Town and 4:11 AM in Exeter.
There are 1336+ hotels available in Exeter.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Exeter, England?
KLM flies from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Exeter (EXT) once daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–1,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- flynorse.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–550
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,500
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £8–19
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–42
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Salisbury to Exeter Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
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