There are 6 ways to get from Brussels to Cape Town by plane or train
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Fly from Brussels Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane BRU - CPT
16h 28mR 6,148–12,205Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane AMS - CPT
15h 12mR 6,710–17,988Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane FRA - CPT
16h 20mR 7,438–21,662Train to Luxembourg, fly
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Luxembourg to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane LUX - CPT
19h 32mR 8,307–18,499Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane DUS - CPT
18h 12mR 8,015–15,879Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane CDG - CPT
15h 44mR 7,809–20,145
Brussels Airport (BRU) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brussels to Cape Town is to train and fly which costs R 8 000 - R 16 000 and takes 18h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Brussels to Cape Town is to train and fly which takes 15h 12m and costs R 6 500 - R 18 000.
The distance between Brussels and Cape Town is 9569 km.
It takes approximately 16h 28m to get from Brussels to Cape Town, including transfers.
There are 1164+ hotels available in Cape Town.
What companies run services between Brussels, Belgium and Cape Town, South Africa?
Brussels Airlines, Edelweiss Air, and three other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–26,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–27,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Cape Town International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–27,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–27,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–27,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–27,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–28,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–24,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–22,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–23,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–26,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–24,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–20,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–20,000
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–26,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–27,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–30,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–26,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–30,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–26,000
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–26,000
- Website
- taag.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport via Luanda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–26,000
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–16,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,100–1,900
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 1,700–3,100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,300–6,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 700–3,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Luxembourg to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- R 650–1,400
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,200–1,900
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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