There are 6 ways to get from Cape Town to Niagara Falls by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane CPT - BUF
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USAbus
21h 42m$619–2,325Fly to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH)plane CPT - ITH
- Take the bus from Ithaca to Niagara Falls USAbus
26h 56m$482–1,663Fly to Toronto Island Airport, bus
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane CPT - YTZ
- Take the bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminalbus
20h 50m$973–2,074Fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport, bus
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane CPT - YYZ
- Take the bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminalbus
21h 20m$629–1,083Fly to Rochester, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Rochester (ROC)plane CPT - ROC
- Take the train from Rochester to Niagara Falls Amtrak Stationtrain
23h 13m$908–3,210Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane CPT - EWR
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Niagara Falls Amtrak Stationtrain
26h 40m$1,237–1,847
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Niagara Falls is to fly and bus which costs $600 - $1,100 and takes 21h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Niagara Falls is to fly and bus which takes 20h 50m and costs $950 - $2,100.
The distance between Cape Town and Niagara Falls is 8193 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 42m to get from Cape Town to Niagara Falls, including transfers.
Niagara Falls is 6h behind Cape Town. It is currently 1:49 PM in Cape Town and 7:49 AM in Niagara Falls.
There are 800+ hotels available in Niagara Falls.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Niagara Falls, NY, USA?
There is no direct connection from Cape Town to Niagara Falls. However, you can take the taxi to Capetown-Airport-CPT airport, fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF), walk to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, then take the bus to Niagara Falls USA. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Capetown-Airport-CPT airport, fly to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ), walk to Toronto Airport, take the shuttle to Toronto Union Station, walk to Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor, take the bus to Bus Terminal, then drive to Niagara Falls.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rochester via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 39m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rochester via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 59m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rochester via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport, Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Atlanta, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Atlanta, Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Washington Dulles, Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Rochester to Niagara Falls Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Niagara Falls Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $250–400
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Rochester to Niagara Falls Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–170
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $25–80
- Business
- $55–160
- Business Plus
- $65–170
- Economy
- $27–85
- Economy Plus
- $30–95
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USA
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Ithaca to Niagara Falls USA
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 866 488 4452
- [email protected]
- Website
- Megabus
Bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
Bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
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