Cape Town is the best place to go on a long-haul holiday – from your wallet’s perspective. That’s the finding of the latest Post Office Holiday Report, which gives South Africa’s ‘Mother City’ top spot for a budget getaway to a far-flung destination ahead of 32 other popular places, including Tokyo in Japan, Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, and Florida, US.
![[... and Miami's lively South Beach]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/13/93167081-14194799-image-a-72_1734269472280.jpg)
The report covers a basket of costs, including meals at restaurants, a pint of beer, bottle of water, suncream and a cup of coffee. It’s clearly a great time to go, especially with sterling booming against the South African rand – a pound is now worth 23 rand, a third more than seven years ago.
![[You can take a gondola to the top of Table Mountain - or walk up if you prefer]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/13/93167105-14194799-image-a-2_1734269669825.jpg)
On top of this, you can book a budget flight with Norwegian airline Norse Atlantic. Return fares from London start from as little as £481 whereas it costs about £920 with British Airways. Here, we visit Cape Town and compare the costs with another warm, popular winter destination: Miami in Florida.
![[The President spa hotel in Bantry Bay has doubles from £142]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/13/93167209-14194799-image-a-3_1734269772258.jpg)
Choose between breathtaking Cape Town and Table Mountain... ... and Miami's lively South Beach. It’s an 11 hour 35 minute flight from London to Cape Town – to Miami it’s just over ten hours. But the time difference with South Africa is only two hours ahead, whereas it’s five hours behind in Florida, so there’s less jetlag.
![[A penguin takes a stroll along Boulders Beach in South Africa]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/13/93167093-14194799-image-a-73_1734269549315.jpg)
