There are 4 ways to get from Heidelberg to Durban by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to King Shaka International Airport
best- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane FRA - DUR
18h 9mR 5,936–17,025Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport
- Take the train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane STR - DUR
19h 28mR 7,049–23,190Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane ZRH - DUR
20h 48mR 6,956–22,485Train to Frankfurt, fly to Pietermaritzburg, bus
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)plane FRA - PZB
- Take the bus from Burger St to Durban Bus Stnbus
20h 26mR 6,801–19,205
Frankfurt (FRA) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Heidelberg to Durban is to train and fly which costs R 5 500 - R 17 000 and takes 18h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Heidelberg to Durban is to train and fly which takes 18h 9m and costs R 5 500 - R 17 000.
The distance between Heidelberg and Durban is 9255 km.
It takes approximately 18h 9m to get from Heidelberg to Durban, including transfers.
Durban is 1h ahead of Heidelberg. It is currently 3:19 AM in Heidelberg and 4:19 AM in Durban.
There are 2228+ hotels available in Durban.
What companies run services between Heidelberg, Germany and Durban, South Africa?
There is no direct connection from Heidelberg to Durban. However, you can take the train to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport (DUR), walk to Durban Airport, then take the bus to Durban Station. Alternatively, you can take the train to Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Flughafen/Messe, walk to Stuttgart Airport (STR) airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport (DUR), walk to Durban Airport, then take the bus to Durban Station.
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Pietermaritzburg via Windhoek, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–18,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Pietermaritzburg via Luanda, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Pietermaritzburg via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Pietermaritzburg via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–24,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Pietermaritzburg via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–24,000
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–23,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–19,000
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to King Shaka International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–23,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Vienna, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–26,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–25,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–22,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–23,000
- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from Frankfurt to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
- Website
- g-airways.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 230–500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 290–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 800–1,800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 230–500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 140–280
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 500–1,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 140–280
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- R 240–300
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 600–1,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- 010 822 9000
- [email protected]
- Website
- eagleliner.co.za
Bus from Burger St to Durban Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 65–200
- Schedules at
- eagleliner.co.za
- Single
- R 65–200
- Phone
- +27 11 672 9807
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vilamora Tours & Travel
Bus from Burger St to Durban Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 310–410
- Website
- Vilamora Tours & Travel
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