How to get to the Hotel

Transport from the Cape Town Airport to your accommodation in Somerset West.

PLEASE CHECK WITH THE VENDORS RE THE LATEST COSTS FOR TRANSPORT. WE RECENTLY HAD SIGNIFICANT FUEL PRICE INCREASES.

The GPS Coordinates of the hotel: 34.0674028°S 18.8235767°E.

The 30 km route from the Cape Town International Airport to the Lord Charles Hotel can be covered by using a metered taxi, shuttle bus, uber, rented car or pre-arranged hotel shuttle bus. iThemba LABS is located about halfway on your route, indicated with a blue marker on the map.

The Hotel Airport shuttle service, for you to request and arrange with the hotel. One way fee should be about R350 for one person and R400 for two persons.

Cape Town Shuttle Services at R380 for 1-2 persons. For larger groups travelling together, please discuss detail regarding numbers and luggage with the company.

By Bus The MyCiTi bus service unfortunately does not link up with the surrounding towns (e.g. Somerset West) yet. However, it does link the airport to the CBD of Cape Town city.

With Uber – please ensure that you are already registered as an Uber user prior to visiting South Africa. In order to use Uber we also suggest that you acquire a sim card at the airport for internet access, since access to WiFi is not yet as ubiquitous in South Africa as elsewhere in the world.

By car - The airport is located about halfway between Cape Town city and Somerset West next to the N2 (also called Settlers Way). iThemba LABS is also next to the N2, about halfway between the airport and Somerset West.

Car Rental Companies:
Budget Car Rental
Avis Car Rental
Hertz Car Rental
Drive Africa
Drive South Africa

Metered Taxis – we suggest you make use of the services of either of the following companies:
Rikkis
Excite
Taxi fares can be calculated from this table.

Transport within the City of Cape Town: We suggest that you utilize the MyCiti bus service, Uber, metered taxis or a rented vehicle as the safest forms of transport during your stay in the City of Cape Town.