There are 3 ways to get from Palma to Cape Town by plane or car ferry
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Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport
best- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane PMI - CPT
17h 29mR 5,292–19,332Car ferry to Ibiza Airport, fly
- Take the carferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Ibizacarferry
- Fly from Ibiza Airport (IBZ) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane IBZ - CPT
23h 14mR 6,993–24,726Car ferry to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly
- Take the carferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelonacarferry
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane BCN - CPT
22h 59mR 7,172–18,594
Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Palma to Cape Town is to car ferry and fly which costs R 7 000 - R 19 000 and takes 22h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Palma to Cape Town is to fly which takes 17h 29m and costs R 5 000 - R 20 000.
The distance between Palma and Cape Town is 8364 km.
It takes approximately 17h 29m to get from Palma to Cape Town, including transfers.
Cape Town is 1h ahead of Palma. It is currently 5:16 AM in Palma and 6:16 AM in Cape Town.
There are 7978+ hotels available in Cape Town.
What companies run services between Palma, Spain and Cape Town, South Africa?
Swiss, Edelweiss Air, and seven other airlines fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) once daily.
Airlines
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–19,000
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Madrid, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–20,000
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–18,000
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Madrid, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–23,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Algiers, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–18,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Madrid, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–19,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
- Website
- taag.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Lisboa, Luanda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–26,000
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Lisboa, Luanda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–29,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Lisboa, Luanda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–16,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–19,000
Ferry operators
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 750–2,500
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 1,200–5,500
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Seating
- R 1,200–1,300
- Cabin
- R 4,300–4,600
- Car - Seat
- R 1,500–1,900
- Car - Cabin
- R 3,600–5,500
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 550–850
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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- Phone
- +34 96 091 33 16
- [email protected]
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 390–4,388
- Schedules at
- trasmed.com
- Seat
- R 1,048
- Cabin
- R 3,297
- Car + Seat
- R 1,667
- Car + Cabin
- R 4,388
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