There are 6 ways to get from Cape Town to Lapland by plane, taxi, or train
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 Ivalo
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Ivalo (IVL)plane CPT - IVL
21h 42m€626–1,777Fly to Rovaniemi
cheapest- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane CPT - RVN
18h 32m€440–1,320Fly to Luleå/Kallax Airport, taxi
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Luleå/Kallax Airport (LLA)plane CPT - LLA
- Take the taxi from Luleå Airport to Haparanda Tornio resecentrumtaxi
20h 32m€505–1,529Fly to Kemi-Tornio Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM)plane CPT - KEM
21h 36m€556–1,607Fly to Oulu Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Oulu Airport (OUL)plane CPT - OUL
- Take the train from Oulu to Kemitrain
23h 7m€522–1,533Fly to Kittilä Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Kittilä Airport (KTT)plane CPT - KTT
17h 41m€609–2,112
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Ivalo (IVL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Lapland is to fly which costs €440 - €1400 and takes 18h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Lapland is to fly which takes 17h 41m and costs €600 - €2200.
The distance between Cape Town and Lapland is 11497 km.
It takes approximately 21h 42m to get from Cape Town to Lapland, including transfers.
Lapland is 1h ahead of Cape Town. It is currently 5:00 AM in Cape Town and 6:00 AM in Lapland.
There are 1763+ hotels available in Lapland.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Lapland, Finland?
Lufthansa, Airbus France, and Condor Flugdienst fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Ivalo (IVL) 4 times a week.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kemi-Tornio Airport via London Heathrow, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kemi-Tornio Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kemi-Tornio Airport via Frankfurt, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kemi-Tornio Airport via Istanbul, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kemi-Tornio Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kemi-Tornio Airport via Munich, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Oulu Airport via Frankfurt, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Oulu Airport via Munich, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Oulu Airport via Istanbul, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Oulu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Oulu Airport via Zurich, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Ivalo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Ivalo via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rovaniemi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kittilä Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Frankfurt, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Frankfurt, Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rovaniemi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kittilä Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Frankfurt, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Frankfurt, Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Munich, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rovaniemi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Oulu Airport via Istanbul, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via London Gatwick, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,500
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Oulu to Kemi
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Estimated price
- €19–22
Länstrafiken Norrbotten
- Phone
- 0771-100 110
- Website
- lanstrafikennorrbotten.se
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