There are 5 ways to get from Cape Town to Bulgaria by plane or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CPT - SOF
16h 18m$466–969Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CPT - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
17h 57m$323–1,034Fly to Varna Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane CPT - VAR
16h 59m$480–1,438Fly to Istanbul, bus
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Istanbul (IST)plane CPT - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Burgasbus
18h 48m$433–856Fly to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport, bus
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport (CND)plane CPT - CND
- Take the bus from Mihail Kogalniceanu Aeroport to Varnabus
21h 24m$531–1,841
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Bulgaria is to fly and bus which costs $430 - $900 and takes 18h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 16h 18m and costs $460 - $1,000.
The distance between Cape Town and Bulgaria is 8573 km.
It takes approximately 16h 18m to get from Cape Town to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Cape Town. It is currently 4:23 PM in Cape Town and 5:23 PM in Bulgaria.
There are 2300+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Bulgaria?
Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Varna Airport via Johannesburg, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via Johannesburg, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 46m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Istanbul via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- [email protected]
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Istanbul to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $34
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- 0722 265 779
- [email protected]
- Website
- mercadosud.autogari.ro
Bus from Mihail Kogalniceanu Aeroport to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- mercadosud.autogari.ro
- Single
- $16–23
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