There are 7 ways to get from London to Mthatha by plane, bus, or train
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mthatha Airport (UTT)plane LHR - UTT
16h 14mR 8,820–31,697Fly London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg, bus
cheapest- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)plane LHR - PZB
- Take the bus from Pietermaritzburg to Mthathabus
23h 47mR 7,665–27,287Fly London City Airport to Mthatha Airport
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Mthatha Airport (UTT)plane LCY - UTT
20h 12mR 11,134–36,192Fly London Heathrow Airport to East London, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to East London (ELS)plane LHR - ELS
- Take the bus from East London Windmill to Idutywabus
- Take the bus from Idutywa to Mthathabus
21h 24mR 8,995–31,607Train to Luton Airport, fly to Mthatha Airport
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Mthatha Airport (UTT)plane LTN - UTT
21h 45mR 7,850–25,669Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Mthatha Airport
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Mthatha Airport (UTT)plane LGW - UTT
19h 50mR 9,388–23,676Fly London Heathrow Airport to Margate, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Margate (MGH)plane LHR - MGH
- Take the bus from Umzikhulu to Mthathabus
21h 42mR 11,835–38,367
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mthatha Airport (UTT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Mthatha is to train and fly which costs R 7 500 - R 26 000 and takes 21h 45m.
The fastest way to get from London to Mthatha is to fly which takes 16h 14m and costs R 8 500 - R 32 000.
The distance between London and Mthatha is 9697 km.
It takes approximately 16h 14m to get from London to Mthatha, including transfers.
Mthatha is 2h ahead of London. It is currently 7:42 PM in London and 9:42 PM in Mthatha.
There are 58+ hotels available in Mthatha.
What companies run services between London, England and Mthatha, South Africa?
Virgin Atlantic, Airlink, and six other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mthatha Airport (UTT) 4 times a day.
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–32,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 13,000–33,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Nairobi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–33,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Kigali, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–34,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 13,000–41,000
Flights from London City Airport to Mthatha Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–44,000
Flights from London City Airport to Mthatha Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–36,000
Flights from London City Airport to Mthatha Airport via Rome, Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 15,000–40,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to East London via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–30,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mthatha Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mthatha Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mthatha Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–27,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mthatha Airport via Palma Mallorca, Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–35,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mthatha Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–26,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mthatha Airport via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–30,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mthatha Airport via Nairobi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–29,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mthatha Airport via Capetown, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–23,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–32,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Nairobi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–33,000
Flights from London City Airport to Mthatha Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–44,000
Flights from London City Airport to Mthatha Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–36,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mthatha Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–27,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mthatha Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mthatha Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–26,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mthatha Airport via Nairobi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–29,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mthatha Airport via Capetown, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–23,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–31,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–34,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 13,000–41,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to East London via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–30,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mthatha Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–27,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mthatha Airport via Palma Mallorca, Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–35,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mthatha Airport via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–30,000
- Website
- flycemair.co.za
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Margate via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–41,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Margate via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–37,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Margate via Nairobi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 15,000–42,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Margate via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 17,000–55,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mthatha Airport via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 13,000–33,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mthatha Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mthatha Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–27,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to East London via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–31,000
- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to East London via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–31,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to East London via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–32,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to East London via Nairobi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–31,000
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 160–450
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 150–420
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 300–500
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 561–567
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +27 11 611 8000
- bookings@greyhound.co.za
- Website
- greyhound.co.za
Bus from Pietermaritzburg to Mthatha
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 390–650
- Schedules at
- greyhound.co.za
Bus from Idutywa to Mthatha
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 450–600
- Schedules at
- greyhound.co.za
Bus from Umzikhulu to Mthatha
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 490–650
- Schedules at
- greyhound.co.za
- Phone
- +27 86 158 9282
- Website
- res.prasa.com
Bus from East London Windmill to Idutywa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 240–330
- Schedules at
- res.prasa.com
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