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Getting to Durban

Airports
King Shaka (DUR), 28 km
  • Johannesburg → Durban
    501 km · quickest by air, 5h 41m · R1,480–2,290
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  • Bloemfontein → Durban
    473 km · quickest by air, 7h 1m · R1,330–2,060
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  • East London → Durban
    459 km · quickest by air, 7h 2m · R1,340–2,070
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

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No local-transport research exists yet for Durban

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Durban. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inNo large scale commercial flights are scheduled from this airport but you can charter a plane from companies to and from this airport.
  • Get aroundThe ones that can be recommended for the Durban and surrounds are: There are also group taxis, referred to as "combi taxis" (or "minibus taxis"), that are impossible to miss as (in Durban) they're brightly decorated and always have music pumping.
  • Get aroundMinibus taxis are very common and less expensive than metered taxis.
  • Get aroundStrictly speaking, they are minibuses that take people to and from work, they stick to set routes and they are generally not suitable for tourists unfamiliar with the area they are going to; when in doubt stick to metered taxis or buses.
  • Get aroundThere are minibus taxis plying same routes as Mynah buses, they are more frequent and faster than buses.

From Wikivoyage: Durban, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    SossusvleiNA

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    1,647 km
  2. 02
    Cape Maclear (Chembe)MW

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,805 km
  3. 03
    South Luangwa National Park and MfuweZM

    12 ways of moving, 36 sources

    1,865 km
  4. 04
    Ilha de MoçambiqueMZ

    11 ways of moving, 47 sources

    1,924 km
  5. 05
    ZanzibarTZ

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    2,768 km

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