There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Pretoria by plane, taxi, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Edinburgh Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane EDI - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
16h 48mR 6,021–31,581Train to Newcastle, fly, taxi
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane NCL - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
17h 30mR 5,858–23,469Train to Glasgow Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane GLA - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
18h 12mR 7,850–15,290Train to Dundee Riverside Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundeetrain
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane DND - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
18h 27mR 6,632–28,440Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane ABZ - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
19h 45mR 6,531–26,748Train to Manchester Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane MAN - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
19h 42mR 7,683–20,508Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane INV - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
21h 29mR 6,805–27,770
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Pretoria is to fly and taxi which costs R 6 000 - R 32 000 and takes 16h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Pretoria is to fly and taxi which takes 16h 48m and costs R 6 000 - R 32 000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Pretoria is 9666 km.
It takes approximately 16h 48m to get from Edinburgh to Pretoria, including transfers.
Pretoria is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 12:38 PM in Edinburgh and 1:38 PM in Pretoria.
There are 1756+ hotels available in Pretoria.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Pretoria, South Africa?
There is no direct connection from Edinburgh to Pretoria. However, you can take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB), then take the taxi to Pretoria. Alternatively, you can take the train to Glasgow Queen Street, walk to Cathedral Street, take the line 500 bus to Terminal Building, walk to Glasgow Airport (GLA) airport, fly to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB), then take the taxi to Pretoria.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–21,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–21,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–25,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–21,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–25,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–25,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–24,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–26,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–25,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–27,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R 4,900–21,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–24,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–24,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–21,000
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–21,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–25,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Algiers, Maputo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–23,000
- 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/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- R 1,200–2,300
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- R 1,800–3,300
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- R 370–600
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 750–1,200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- R 800–1,300
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 1,100–1,800
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 650–1,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,400–2,100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 1,500–2,100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 270–450
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 550–1,000
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 600–1,000
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 850–1,500
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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 950–1,700
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- R 1,800–3,200
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Estimated price
- R 310–370
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- Website
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Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
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