There are 7 ways to get from Liverpool to Cape Town by train or plane
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane MAN - CPT
17h 27mR 9,525–17,857Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane BHX - CPT
18h 12mR 6,382–18,944Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane LBA - CPT
18h 37mR 7,774–27,120Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane LHR - CPT
16h 58mR 7,997–21,174Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane NCL - CPT
19h 15mR 8,476–27,257Train to Humberside Airport, fly
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Barnetbytrain
- Fly from Humberside Airport (HUY) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane HUY - CPT
20h 41mR 13,093–45,660Fly from Liverpool
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane LPL - CPT
16h 51mR 6,821–23,465
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Cape Town is to train and fly which costs R 9 500 - R 18 000 and takes 17h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Cape Town is to fly which takes 16h 51m and costs R 6 500 - R 24 000.
The distance between Liverpool and Cape Town is 10005 km.
It takes approximately 17h 27m to get from Liverpool to Cape Town, including transfers.
Cape Town is 1h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 5:45 PM in Liverpool and 6:45 PM in Cape Town.
There are 7868+ hotels available in Cape Town.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Cape Town, South Africa?
easyJet, KLM, and Air France fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) once daily.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–27,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
Flights from Newcastle to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Newcastle to Cape Town International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Humberside Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–44,000
Flights from Liverpool to Cape Town International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Liverpool to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 300–600
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
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