There are 7 ways to get from London to Richards Bay by plane, taxi, train, or car
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Fly London City Airport to Richards Bay
best- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Richards Bay (RCB)plane LCY - RCB
18h 58mR 11,131–32,177Fly London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport, drive
cheapest- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane LHR - JNB
- Drive from Johannesburg-Airport-JNB to Richards Baycar
19h 56mR 6,522–16,698Fly London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport, taxi
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)plane LHR - DUR
- Take the taxi from King Shaka International Airport (DUR) to Richards Baytaxi
16h 53mR 9,722–25,998Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Richards Bay
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Richards Bay (RCB)plane LGW - RCB
19h 2mR 7,390–21,794Fly London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg, taxi
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)plane LHR - PZB
- Take the taxi from Pietermaritzburg (PZB) to Richards Baytaxi
20h 5mR 9,522–29,898Fly London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Richards Bay (RCB)plane LHR - RCB
15h 58mR 8,807–25,808Train to Luton Airport, fly to Richards Bay
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Richards Bay (RCB)plane LTN - RCB
23h 51mR 7,014–24,870
London City Airport (LCY) to Richards Bay (RCB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Richards Bay is to fly and drive which costs R 6 500 - R 17 000 and takes 19h 56m.
The fastest way to get from London to Richards Bay is to fly which takes 15h 58m and costs R 8 500 - R 26 000.
The distance between London and Richards Bay is 9479 km.
It takes approximately 18h 58m to get from London to Richards Bay, including transfers.
Richards Bay is 1h ahead of London. It is currently 12:04 AM in London and 1:04 AM in Richards Bay.
There are 176+ hotels available in Richards Bay.
What companies run services between London, England and Richards Bay, South Africa?
KLM, Airlink, and four other airlines fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Richards Bay (RCB) 3 times a day.
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from London City Airport to Richards Bay via Frankfurt, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–38,000
Flights from London City Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–32,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–21,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Richards Bay via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–24,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Richards Bay via Accra, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–26,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–31,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Nairobi, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–31,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–25,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Kigali, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–26,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–29,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Algiers, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–32,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Nairobi, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–28,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Richards Bay via Barcelona, Algiers, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–28,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Richards Bay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–36,000
Flights from London City Airport to Richards Bay via Frankfurt, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–38,000
Flights from London City Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–32,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–21,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Richards Bay via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–24,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Richards Bay via Accra, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–26,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–31,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Zurich, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–25,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Algiers, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–32,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Richards Bay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 12m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Richards Bay via Barcelona, Algiers, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–28,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Richards Bay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–27,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Nairobi, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Kigali, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–26,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–29,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Nairobi, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–28,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Richards Bay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–31,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Nairobi, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–24,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–26,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–27,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Nairobi, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Kigali, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–26,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Addis Ababa, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–29,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Richards Bay via Nairobi, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–28,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Richards Bay via Istanbul, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–24,000
- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–29,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Kigali, Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–24,000
- Website
- g-airways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–28,000
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–21,000
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–16,000
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–22,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 300–650
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 410–700
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 330–700
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 320–480
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Estimated price
- R 1,000–2,200
Eagle Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +27 31 337 8333
- Website
- eagletaxicabs.co.za
Mozzie Cabs
- Phone
- +27 31 303 5787
UBER
- Phone
- 0800172956
- Website
- uber.com
Bolt
Metro Taxis
- Phone
- +27 82 478 6903
- Website
- metrotaxis.co.za
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