There are 5 ways to get from Heidelberg to Richards Bay by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Richards Bay
best- Take the train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Richards Bay (RCB)plane STR - RCB
22h 57mR 6,894–23,016Train to Frankfurt, fly to King Shaka International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane FRA - DUR
- Take the bus from Durban to Richards Baybus
22h 15mR 6,136–17,350Train to Frankfurt, fly to Richards Bay
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Richards Bay (RCB)plane FRA - RCB
16h 32mR 6,281–17,855Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Richards Bay
- Take the train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Richards Bay (RCB)plane MUC - RCB
22h 9mR 9,179–18,996Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Richards Bay
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Richards Bay (RCB)plane ZRH - RCB
21h 52mR 6,801–22,315
Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Richards Bay (RCB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Heidelberg to Richards Bay is to train and fly and bus which costs R 6 000 - R 18 000 and takes 22h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Heidelberg to Richards Bay is to train and fly which takes 16h 32m and costs R 6 000 - R 18 000.
The distance between Heidelberg and Richards Bay is 9028 km.
It takes approximately 22h 57m to get from Heidelberg to Richards Bay, including transfers.
Richards Bay is 1h ahead of Heidelberg. It is currently 9:27 PM in Heidelberg and 10:27 PM in Richards Bay.
There are 196+ hotels available in Richards Bay.
What companies run services between Heidelberg, Germany and Richards Bay, South Africa?
There is no direct connection from Heidelberg to Richards Bay. However, you can take the train to Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Flughafen/Messe, walk to Stuttgart Airport (STR) airport, fly to Richards Bay (RCB), then take the taxi to Richards Bay. Alternatively, you can take the train to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Richards Bay (RCB), then take the taxi to Richards Bay.
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Richards Bay via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Richards Bay via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–23,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Richards Bay via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–22,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Richards Bay via Luanda, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Richards Bay via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–23,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Richards Bay via Windhoek, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–17,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Richards Bay via Munich International Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–23,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Richards Bay via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Richards Bay via Windhoek, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–16,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Richards Bay via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–23,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Richards Bay via Capetown, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–28,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Richards Bay via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Richards Bay via Capetown, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Richards Bay via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–22,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Richards Bay via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–21,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Richards Bay via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Richards Bay via Luanda, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Richards Bay via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–23,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Richards Bay via Munich International Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–23,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Richards Bay via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–23,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Richards Bay via Capetown, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–28,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Richards Bay via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Richards Bay via Capetown, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Richards Bay via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–22,000
- Website
- flycemair.co.za
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Richards Bay via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Richards Bay via Munich International Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–23,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Richards Bay via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Richards Bay via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–23,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Richards Bay via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–19,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Richards Bay via Munich International Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Richards Bay via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Richards Bay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Richards Bay via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
- 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
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to King Shaka International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–23,000
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- 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 Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 230–500
- 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 Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 700–1,600
- 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 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 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)
- 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 140–290
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 140–290
- 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)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 850–1,400
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 150–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
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
- +27 (0)21 380 4400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Intercape
Bus from Durban to Richards Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 140–180
- Website
- Intercape
- Phone
- 010 822 9000
- [email protected]
- Website
- eagleliner.co.za
Bus from Durban to Richards Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 140–250
- Schedules at
- eagleliner.co.za
- Single
- R 140–250
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