Route · ZA

Cape Town to Maputo

1 operator run this water, from 2 h 31.

Getting from Cape Town to Maputo

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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.

South African Airways CPT → MPM 1614 km non-stop CR2 in the air 4 h 01 est. rate not held 641 km/h average

Other ways to reach Maputo

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

Inhambane – Maputo 57 min Air Mozambique

Johannesburg – Maputo 1 h 02 Air Mozambique

Durban – Maputo 1 h 03 South African Airways

Vilanculo – Maputo 1 h 09 Air Mozambique

Beira – Maputo 1 h 24 Air Mozambique

Chimoio – Maputo 1 h 27 Air Mozambique

Quelimane – Maputo 1 h 45 Air Mozambique

Tete – Maputo 1 h 52 Air Mozambique

Nampula – Maputo 2 h 14 Air Mozambique

Pemba – Maputo 2 h 35 Air Mozambique

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

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

Where else these quays go

Also from Cape Town

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

Also from Maputo

Addis Ababa · Beira · Chimoio · Durban · Inhaca Island · Inhambane · Johannesburg · Lisbon · Nampula · Pemba · Quelimane · Tete · Vilanculo

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Cape Town–Maputo 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.