There are 5 ways to get from Manchester to Durban by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane MAN - DUR
19h 14mR 5,028–20,352Fly Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg, bus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)plane MAN - PZB
- Take the bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durbanbus
21h 8mR 6,504–25,753Fly Manchester Airport to Richards Bay, bus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Richards Bay (RCB)plane MAN - RCB
- Take the bus from Richards Bay to Durbanbus
22h 4mR 6,033–24,772Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane LHR - DUR
19h 11mR 8,384–23,818Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Pietermaritzburg, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)plane LHR - PZB
- Take the bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durbanbus
21h 21mR 8,160–32,219
Manchester Airport (MAN) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Durban is to fly which costs R 5 000 - R 21 000 and takes 19h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Durban is to train and fly which takes 19h 11m and costs R 8 000 - R 24 000.
The distance between Manchester and Durban is 9823 km.
It takes approximately 19h 14m to get from Manchester to Durban, including transfers.
Durban is 2h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 7:33 AM in Manchester and 9:33 AM in Durban.
There are 2156+ hotels available in Durban.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Durban, South Africa?
British Airways, Airlink, and six other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) every 4 hours.
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–24,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–26,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 4,800–20,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–23,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–22,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–22,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–22,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–25,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–24,000
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
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 4,800–20,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–22,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–27,000
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–19,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 4,800–20,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–22,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–23,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–23,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Richards Bay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–19,000
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 750–4,100
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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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