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Cape Town to East London

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 35.

Getting from Cape Town to East London

Somewhere to stay in East London partner Left luggage in East London Everywhere from Cape Town Everywhere from East London

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.

South African Airways CPT → ELS 861 km non-stop CR2 DH4 in the air 3 h 05 est. rate not held 546 km/h average

Other ways to reach East London

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

Durban – East London 1 h 07 South African Airways

Johannesburg – East London 1 h 28 Comair

And other ways to reach Cape Town

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

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

Windhoek – Cape Town 2 h 06 Air Namibia

Where else these quays go

Also from Cape Town

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

Also from East London

Durban · Johannesburg

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Cape Town–East London 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.