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Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn. From €115.18, fastest 5h 39m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €115.18, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 39m over 1,100 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €115.18, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€115.18

  • 238%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Johannesburg

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €319.92Thu24
  2. about €256.20Fri25
  3. about €242.04Sat26
  4. about €162.98Sun27
  5. about €148.22Mon28
  6. about €187.76Tue29
  7. about €168.29Wed30
  8. about €180.08Thu1
  9. about €156.48Fri2
  10. about €137.61Sat3
  11. about €127.57Sun4
  12. about €136.42Mon5
  13. about €129.93Tue6
  14. about €119.31Wed7
  15. about €127.57Thu8
  16. about €145.27Fri9
  17. about €154.71Sat10
  18. about €130.52Sun11
  19. about €128.16Mon12
  20. about €115.18Tue13
  21. about €135.24Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Oudtshoorn. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Oudtshoorn for the night the flight gets in

The search opens on Oudtshoorn with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.

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Booking window

When to book Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €125.2190 days
  2. €121.0860 days
  3. €94.5345 days
  4. €98.0730 days
  5. €135.2421 days
  6. €119.3114 days
  7. €168.297 days
  8. €242.043 days
  9. €319.921 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €94.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 238 percent. The dearest point is €319.92, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€319.92€94.53137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

1,100 km

997 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

9,418,18373,694

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

NamibiaBotswanaMadagascarMozambiqueSouth Atlantic OceanCape TownCape TownDurbanDurbanMaputoMaputoPort ElizabethPort ElizabethEast LondonEast LondonMaseruMaseruPolokwanePolokwaneRichards BayRichards BayGaboroneGaboroneToliaraToliaraMthathaMthathaKimberleyKimberleyFrancistownFrancistownWalvis BayWalvis BayTôlanaroTôlanaroVryburgVryburgJohannesburgJohannesburgOudtshoornOudtshoornMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,100 km against 997 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at George. The gap between arriving and leaving is 90 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

Oudtshoorn is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Oudtshoorn

Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn?

The fastest journey from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn takes 5h 39m door to door, of which 2h 15m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 45m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn?

The cheapest fare from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn is €115.18, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €145.27. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn?

The cheapest way from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn is by flight, at €115.18 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 42m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn?

Fares from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €94.53. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 238 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn, at €129.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn, at €104.56 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn?

2 operators sell services from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn across 1 mode: Airlink (SAA), Shosholoza Meyl. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn?

0 percent of the services we sell from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn are direct. The rest connect at George, with about 90 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn use?

Services from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn by flight leave from O.R. Tambo International Airport JNB and arrive at Oudtshoorn station. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn on 23 September 2026: 1100 km of route against 997 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €115.18, and 5h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Oudtshoorn is somebody else's catalogue.

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Day trips out of Oudtshoorn and across South Africa

Day trips that leave Oudtshoorn in the morning and cover a good part of South Africa by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Johannesburg reaches 137 places in 46 countries on services we hold, over distances from 28 to 13,566 km. Oudtshoorn reaches 18 places in 1 countries, from 47 to 1,047 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Johannesburg

  • 137Places you can leave for
  • 46Countries
  • 51Operators

Arriving in Oudtshoorn

Leaving Oudtshoorn

  • 18Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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