There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Pretoria 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 from Edinburgh Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane EDI - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
17h 8mR 7,211–13,511Train to Glasgow Airport, fly, taxi
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane GLA - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
19h 59mR 5,851–15,063Train to Newcastle, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane NCL - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
17h 30mR 6,705–19,182Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane ABZ - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
19h 40mR 7,744–23,281Train to Manchester Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane MAN - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
19h 42mR 9,510–18,737Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane INV - JNB
- Take the taxi from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Pretoriataxi
22h 37mR 8,537–23,042
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Pretoria is to fly and taxi which costs R 7 000 - R 14 000 and takes 17h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Pretoria is to fly and taxi which takes 17h 8m and costs R 7 000 - R 14 000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Pretoria is 9666 km.
It takes approximately 17h 8m to get from Edinburgh to Pretoria, including transfers.
Pretoria is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:41 PM in Edinburgh and 8:41 PM in Pretoria.
There are 1856+ hotels available in Pretoria.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Pretoria, South Africa?
There is no direct connection from Edinburgh to Pretoria. However, you can take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB), then take the taxi to Pretoria. Alternatively, you can take the train to Newcastle, walk to Central Station, take the subway to Newcastle Airport, walk to Newcastle (NCL) airport, fly to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB), then take the taxi to Pretoria.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Frankfurt, Windhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–18,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 4,800–17,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 4,500–17,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- R 4,600–17,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 4,800–17,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 4,500–17,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R 4,600–17,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–16,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–20,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–20,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 4,900–17,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 4,700–16,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 4,800–16,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 4,900–13,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R 4,600–13,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–19,000
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–18,000
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–18,000
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 900–1,300
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- R 950–1,400
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 1,300–1,900
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,200–1,800
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 1,200–1,900
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- R 800–1,300
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- R 1,500–2,500
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- R 600–850
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 600–900
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 900–1,300
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 400–700
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- R 1,100–1,800
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- R 1,600–2,600
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 170–300
- Website
- Lumo
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Estimated price
- R 1,000–1,300
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Corporate Cabs
- Phone
- +27 11 782 1391
- Website
- corporatecabs.co.za
Orange Cabs
- Phone
- 0860 700 222
- Website
- orangecab.co.za
Ortiac
- Phone
- +27 76 382 9496
- Website
- ortiacortambocab.co.za
Sandton Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 78 396 4115
- Website
- sandtontaxicabs.co.za
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
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