Cape Town to Calumbo

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Cape Town to Calumbo. From €276.85, fastest 7h 14m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Cape Town to Calumbo costs €276.85 at the cheapest and takes 7h 14m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 2,886 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
2,886 km
Fastest
7h 14m
Average
7h 34m
Services per day
2
Cheapest
€276.85
CO2 per passenger
710.0 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 21, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight7h 46m4h 36m3h 10m€276.85710.0 kg2
  • 7h 46mFastest, by Flight
  • €276.85Cheapest, by Flight
  • 710.0 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 2,886 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€276.85
  1. TAAG Angola Airlines TA533606:244h 36m11:00Cape Town CPTCalumbo NBJ

Door to door 7h 46mCO2 710.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Cape Town to Calumbo
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Cape Town to CalumboSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Flight€686.90€533.50€433.20€424.35€591.32€527.01€453.85€328.77€276.85€282.16€407.83€502.82€368.89€299.86

Cheapest day: 2026-09-21 · €276.85

The flight gets you into Calumbo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Calumbo

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Cape Town to Calumbo

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

  1. €321.1090 days
  2. €210.1860 days
  3. €266.2345 days
  4. €265.6430 days
  5. €277.4421 days
  6. €299.8614 days
  7. €453.857 days
  8. €433.203 days
  9. €686.901 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €210.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 227 percent. The most expensive point is €686.90, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€686.90€210.181371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €377.15Sun
  2. €315.20Mon
  3. €321.69Tue
  4. €407.83Wed
  5. €502.82Thu
  6. €368.89Fri
  7. €299.86Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €433.20Sep
  2. €329.95Oct
  3. €262.10Nov
  4. €244.40Dec
  5. €283.34Jan
  6. €205.46Feb

The route

Cape TownCape TownCalumboCalumbo
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,886 km against 2,802 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 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 97 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Cape Town at 06:24 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Cape Town

Rail
  • Cape Town railway station
  • Langa
  • Parow
Bus
  • Grey
  • Gardens
Air
  • CPT
Ferry
  • Nelson Mandela Gateway to Robben Island

Calumbo

Air
  • NBJ

Landing at NBJ after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from NBJ into Calumbo?

Settled in advance, so the ride into Calumbo costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
TAAG Angola Airlines€276.857h 14m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • TAAG Angola Airlines
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-21, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€227.0082%
Taxes€40.8615%
Supplier fees€7.003%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€276.85100%

A day in Calumbo hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Calumbo?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Cape Town to Calumbo

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Cape Town to Calumbo?

The fastest journey from Cape Town to Calumbo takes 7h 14m door to door, of which 4h 36m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 7h 34m, 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 Cape Town to Calumbo?

The cheapest fare from Cape Town to Calumbo is €276.85, checked on September 21, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €368.89. 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 Cape Town to Calumbo?

The cheapest way from Cape Town to Calumbo is by Flight, at €276.85 for one passenger on September 21, 2026. That journey takes 7h 46m 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 Cape Town to Calumbo?

Fares from Cape Town to Calumbo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €210.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 227 percent, measured on September 21, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Cape Town to Calumbo?

Saturday is the cheapest day to depart from Cape Town to Calumbo, at €299.86. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 21, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Cape Town to Calumbo?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Cape Town to Calumbo, at €205.46 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 service from Cape Town to Calumbo?

1 operators sell services from Cape Town to Calumbo across 1 modes: TAAG Angola Airlines. 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 Cape Town to Calumbo?

50 percent of the services we sell from Cape Town to Calumbo are direct. The rest connect at Johannesburg, with about 97 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 Cape Town to Calumbo use?

Services from Cape Town to Calumbo by Flight leave from Cape Town CPT and arrive at Calumbo NBJ. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Cape Town to Calumbo?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Cape Town to Calumbo 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Cape Town to Calumbo on September 12, 2026: 2886 km of route against 2802 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €276.85, and 7h 14m 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 Calumbo is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Calumbo

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Calumbo, with free cancellation on most of it.

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