Route · NL

Amsterdam to Cape Town

1 operator run this water, from 12 h 37.

Getting from Amsterdam to Cape Town

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Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Alitalia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines AMS → CPT 9687 km non-stop 777 in the air 14 h 07 est. rate not held 768 km/h average

Other ways to reach Cape Town

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Cape Town without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

George – Cape Town 56 min South African Airways

Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) – Cape Town 1 h 19 British Airways

Upington – Cape Town 1 h 20 South African Airways

Kimberley – Cape Town 1 h 31 South African Airways

East London – Cape Town 1 h 35 South African Airways

Bloemfontein – Cape Town 1 h 38 Mango

Gaborone – Cape Town 2 h 05 Air Botswana

Johannesburg – Cape Town 2 h 05 AmaWaterways, Asiana Airlines

Durban – Cape Town 2 h 06 British Airways, MSC Cruises

Walvis Bay(Rooikop) – Cape Town 2 h 06 South African Airways

And other ways to reach Amsterdam

Schenectady – Amsterdam 16 min VIA Rail

Utrecht Leidsche Rijn Centrum – Amsterdam 30 min FlixBus-eu

Vianen, Busstation Lekbrug (West) – Amsterdam 35 min FlixBus-eu

Zaventem – Amsterdam 42 min KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Düsseldorf – Amsterdam 43 min Alitalia

Rotterdam Central Station – Amsterdam 45 min FlixBus-eu, Holland America

Köln (Cologne) – Amsterdam 47 min Alitalia

Norwich, Norfolk – Amsterdam 48 min Alitalia

Alkmaar Station(Wognumsebuurt) – Amsterdam 50 min FlixBus-eu

Bremen – Amsterdam 51 min Alitalia

Where else these quays go

Also from Amsterdam

Aalborg · Aberdeen · Abu Dhabi · Accra · Ad Dammam · Agadir (Temsia) · Ajaccio · Al Aaroui · Alicante · Alkmaar Station(Wognumsebuurt) · Almaty · Almería · Amman · Antalya

Also from Cape Town

Antalya · Auckland · Barcelona · Bloemfontein · Buenos Aires · Civitavecchia-Rome · Colombo · Corfu · Dakar · Doha · Dubai · Durban · East London · Fort Lauderdale

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Amsterdam–Cape Town crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.