There are 7 ways to get from Cape Town to Taiwan by plane, train, bus, or ferry
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Fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane CPT - TPE
21h 12m$516–1,621Fly to Hualien Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Hualien Airport (HUN)plane CPT - HUN
- Take the train from 花蓮 to 板橋train
33h 43m$313–931Fly to Taichung Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Taichung Airport (RMQ)plane CPT - RMQ
22h$664–1,917Fly to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane CPT - KHH
20h 51m$513–1,615Fly to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA)plane CPT - TSA
24h 53m$713–2,315Fly to Tainan Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Tainan Airport (TNN)plane CPT - TNN
22h 34m$388–1,122Fly to Fuzhou Changle International Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Fuzhou Changle International Airport (FOC)plane CPT - FOC
- Take the bus from Fuzhou Airport to Pingtanbus
- Take the ferry from Pingtan Port to Taichung Harborferry
32h$567–1,572
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Taiwan is to fly and train which costs $310 - $950 and takes 33h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Taiwan is to fly which takes 20h 51m and costs $500 - $1,700.
The distance between Cape Town and Taiwan is 12695 km.
It takes approximately 21h 12m to get from Cape Town to Taiwan, including transfers.
Taiwan is 6h ahead of Cape Town. It is currently 10:34 AM in Cape Town and 4:34 PM in Taiwan.
There are 898+ hotels available in Taiwan.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Taiwan?
Emirates flies from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) once daily.
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taichung Airport via Doha, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taichung Airport via Addis Ababa, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taichung Airport via Johannesburg, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taichung Airport via Dubai, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Johannesburg, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Dubai, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taichung Airport via Doha, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Tainan Airport via Doha, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Tainan Airport via Dubai, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Tainan Airport via Addis Ababa, Delhi, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 38h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Tainan Airport via Addis Ababa, Mumbai, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Tainan Airport via Johannesburg, Singapore Changi, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Tainan Airport via Johannesburg, Abu Dhabi, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Johannesburg, Singapore Changi, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–3,900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Doha, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Dubai, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Doha, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- mandarin-airlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Johannesburg, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Hualien Airport via Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Hualien Airport via Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Taichung Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Hualien Airport via Johannesburg, Shenzhen Bao'an International, Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–900
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taichung Airport via Addis Ababa, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taichung Airport via Dubai, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Dubai, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Dubai, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Johannesburg, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,700
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Doha, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Dubai, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Dubai, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Addis Ababa, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,200
- Website
- uniair.com.tw
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Phone
- 0800-765-888
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
Train from 花蓮 to 板橋
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
- adult
- $9–15
- Phone
- (02) 2516-9788
- Website
- tourking.com.tw
Ferry from Pingtan Port to Taichung Harbor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Schedules at
- taiwancsf.com
- Adult
- $40–140
- Second class
- $106
- First Class
- $134
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