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Kimberley to Durban

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Kimberley to Durban. From €101.62, fastest 7h 36m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Kimberley to Durban runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €101.62, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 36m over 943 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 22 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €101.62, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€101.62

  • 153%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Kimberley

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 €256.79Wed23
  2. about €327.00Thu24
  3. about €236.73Fri25
  4. about €233.19Sat26
  5. about €190.71Sun27
  6. about €153.54Mon28
  7. about €196.61Tue29
  8. about €172.42Wed30
  9. about €165.93Thu1
  10. about €151.18Fri2
  11. about €161.21Sat3
  12. about €132.89Sun4
  13. about €128.17Mon5
  14. about €124.04Tue6
  15. about €128.76Wed7
  16. about €136.43Thu8
  17. about €128.17Fri9
  18. about €148.23Sat10
  19. about €142.33Sun11
  20. about €108.11Mon12
  21. about €101.62Tue13

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Durban for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Durban railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Kimberley to Durban

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

  1. €120.5090 days
  2. €118.1460 days
  3. €108.1145 days
  4. €138.2030 days
  5. €101.6221 days
  6. €124.0414 days
  7. €196.617 days
  8. €236.733 days
  9. €256.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €101.62.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 153 percent. The dearest point is €256.79, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€256.79€101.62137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Kimberley to Durban 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

943 km

620 km as the crow flies, 52% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

142,0893,338,026

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

The route

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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 943 km against 620 km in a straight line, a detour of 52 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Johannesburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.

Durban is large, and the road in from DUR can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Durban

Settled in advance, so the ride into Durban costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Durban railway station

Most of the points near Durban railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Kimberley to Durban

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 Kimberley to Durban?

The fastest journey from Kimberley to Durban takes 7h 36m door to door, of which 4h 40m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 51m, 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 Kimberley to Durban?

The cheapest fare from Kimberley to Durban is €101.62, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €151.18. 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 Kimberley to Durban?

The cheapest way from Kimberley to Durban is by flight, at €101.62 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 53m 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 Kimberley to Durban?

Fares from Kimberley to Durban bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €101.62. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 153 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Kimberley to Durban?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kimberley to Durban, at €124.04. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 22 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Kimberley to Durban?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kimberley to Durban, at €91.00 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 Kimberley to Durban?

2 operators sell services from Kimberley to Durban 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 Kimberley to Durban?

0 percent of the services we sell from Kimberley to Durban are direct. The rest connect at Johannesburg, with about 76 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 Kimberley to Durban use?

Services from Kimberley to Durban by flight leave from Kimberley Airport KIM and arrive at Durban railway 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 Kimberley to Durban?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Kimberley to Durban 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 Kimberley to Durban on 22 September 2026: 943 km of route against 620 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €101.62, and 7h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Durban a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Durban and across South Africa

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

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The two ends, compared

Kimberley reaches 7 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 321 to 834 km. Durban reaches 42 places in 8 countries, from 38 to 7,049 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Kimberley

  • 7Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Durban

Leaving Durban

  • 42Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 13Operators

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