There are 6 ways to get from Cape Town to Inverness by plane, train, or bus
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Fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane CPT - INV
16h 35m£305–971Fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CPT - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
19h 36m£255–849Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane CPT - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Invernesstrain
18h 34m£330–1,041Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CPT - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
20h 4m£275–834Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CPT - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Invernesstrain
21h 15m£316–1,019Fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane CPT - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Invernesstrain
22h 36m£624–2,077
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Inverness is to fly and train which costs £270 - £850 and takes 20h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Inverness is to fly which takes 16h 35m and costs £300 - £1,000.
The distance between Cape Town and Inverness is 6517 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 35m to get from Cape Town to Inverness, including transfers.
Inverness is 1h behind Cape Town. It is currently 3:26 PM in Cape Town and 2:26 PM in Inverness.
There are 1375+ hotels available in Inverness.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Inverness, Scotland?
British Airways, KLM, and five other airlines fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) 3 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–850
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,900
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £70–100
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Darlington to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
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