When Car Rental is your Cheapest Option
South Africa is a vast country with countless attractions, World Heritage Sites and major tourist destinations. Apart from the coastal cities of Cape Town and Durban, which collectively attract tens of thousands of visitors each year, the bulk of the highlights and hotspots are a little more difficult to access.
Low Cost Airlines Only Service Major Cities
Low cost airlines including Kulula, 1Time, Mango and Velvet ply regular routes between the major cities - Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town - providing a cost effective travel opportunity.
One way flights covering the 1393 km between Johannesburg and Cape Town, for example, are available from around R789, which, at current conversion rates, is $104 or £66, while red eye flights, departing first thing in the morning, are marketed at approximately R597, $78 or £49!
The punitive costs come into effect when travellers want to access more remote areas including the Wild Coast, luxury Sabi Sands Game Reserves, Swaziland, Lesotho, the Garden Route and the majority of South Africa’s dazzling World Heritage Sites – the Cradle of Humankind, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Vredefort Dome and Richtersveld Cultural & Botanical Landscape.
Cape Town Airport Car Hire Pays Hands Down
This is when Cape Town airport car hire , conveniently located at Cape Town International Airport, and available at Johannesburg, Durban and Port Elizabeth airports, pays hands down!
Low cost airlines survive due to high passenger numbers. Servicing isolated cities and towns close to the prime tourist destinations at budget prices is simply unsustainable. Regional and domestic airlines – SA Express and SA Airlink – do offer flights to the smaller centres in South Africa and neighbouring countries, but at a premium.
Johannesburg to Kruger Almost Double Johannesburg to Cape Town
If, for example, you want to visit the world renowned Kruger National Park, the only flights from Johannesburg to Hoedspruit Airport - a distance of 355 km or 220 miles - are operated by SA Express and cost around R1470, $194 or £123 one way, that’s almost double the fare between Cape Town and Johannesburg!
Factor in a family of five and the total price for the short leg between the glittering City of Gold and Africa’s premier Big Five game reserve sky rockets to R7350, $194 or £123. Compare this astronomical end price with the daily rate for a seven seat Chevrolet Captiva, which varies between R550 and R630 per day depending on the length of hire and includes 300 free kilometres per day, and it’s clearly a no brainer – car rental is the way to go!
Finding Discount Car Rental Cape Town
The most convenient way to find and book discount car rental in Cape Town , Johannesburg, Durban and Port Elizabeth is online. Browse www.reedscarrental.co.za right now for more information on the comprehensive car rental fleet, current car hire rates or to make a live enquiry directly from the site.
