There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Durban by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to King Shaka International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane EDI - DUR
19h 17mR 5,316–20,446Fly Edinburgh Airport to Pietermaritzburg, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)plane EDI - PZB
- Take the bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durbanbus
21h 26mR 7,192–27,847Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane GLA - DUR
20h 25mR 5,648–21,168Train to Newcastle, fly to King Shaka International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane NCL - DUR
20h 38mR 5,815–24,298Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Pietermaritzburg, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)plane GLA - PZB
- Take the bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durbanbus
23h 14mR 7,524–28,569Train to Dundee Riverside Airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundeetrain
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane DND - DUR
22h 6mR 7,004–28,323
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Durban is to fly which costs R 5 000 - R 21 000 and takes 19h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Durban is to fly which takes 19h 17m and costs R 5 000 - R 21 000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Durban is 10103 km.
It takes approximately 19h 17m to get from Edinburgh to Durban, including transfers.
Durban is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:36 PM in Edinburgh and 5:36 PM in Durban.
There are 2141+ hotels available in Durban.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Durban, South Africa?
British Airways, Airlink, and seven other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) 4 times a day.
- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 4,900–20,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–25,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 4,900–20,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–25,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–22,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–22,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–24,000
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–30,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 4,900–20,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–34,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 4,900–20,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–22,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–33,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–34,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–33,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–34,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–26,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Dubai, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–33,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–33,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 4,900–20,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–31,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–34,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–33,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–25,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–25,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
- Website
- flycemair.co.za
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
- Website
- g-airways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 4,900–20,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–24,000
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–30,000
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 4,900–20,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–24,000
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–30,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–21,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–21,000
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 460–850
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 800–1,300
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- R 380–600
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,400–2,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 650–950
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- R 1,000–1,700
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 550–900
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 250–420
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +27 11 611 8000
- bookings@greyhound.co.za
- Website
- greyhound.co.za
Bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durban
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- R 450–600
- Schedules at
- greyhound.co.za
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