There are 6 ways to get from Lyon to Durban by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to King Shaka International Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane LYS - DUR
18h 25mR 5,975–20,505Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane GVA - DUR
21h 5mR 5,738–19,578Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)plane LYS - PZB
- Take the bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durbanbus
22h 10mR 7,751–25,906Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Richards Bay, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Richards Bay (RCB)plane LYS - RCB
- Take the bus from Richards Bay to Durbanbus
22h 6mR 7,280–24,925Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Pietermaritzburg, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)plane GVA - PZB
- Take the bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durbanbus
22h 50mR 7,514–23,979Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane ZRH - DUR
22h 17mR 6,483–19,513
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Durban is to train and fly which costs R 5 500 - R 20 000 and takes 21h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Durban is to fly which takes 18h 25m and costs R 6 000 - R 21 000.
The distance between Lyon and Durban is 8833 km.
It takes approximately 18h 25m to get from Lyon to Durban, including transfers.
Durban is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 11:47 AM in Lyon and 12:47 PM in Durban.
There are 2145+ hotels available in Durban.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Durban, South Africa?
Lufthansa, South African Airways, and five other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) 4 times a day.
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–32,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–29,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Richards Bay via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–31,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Richards Bay via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Richards Bay via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–25,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Madrid, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–31,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–20,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–32,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–29,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Richards Bay via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–31,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–23,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–26,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–22,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–21,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Richards Bay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–25,000
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–26,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 4,800–16,000
- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–20,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Richards Bay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–26,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Madrid, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Geneva International Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
- Website
- g-airways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–21,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- R 480–650
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 600–1,300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- R 600–850
- 1st Class
- R 1,000–1,300
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,000–2,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
Bus from Richards Bay to Durban
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 470–600
- Schedules at
- greyhound.co.za
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