Car hire Cape Town Airport - International Terminal

The Cape Town International Airport is the winner of “Africa's leading from the World Travel” Awards. It is the second largest in South Africa and facilitates both domestic and international carriers that provide connections to areas such as the cape region, which is easily accessed via flights originating from this airport. Besides being serviced by its national airline, South African Airways, the airport also accommodates various other carriers including Lufthansa, Delta Air, Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and many more. The airport handled an estimate of 8 million passengers in the year 2007, which showed a growth in traffic of 15% in comparison to the previous year. The terminals are undergoing tremendous expansions in order to accommodate the massive passenger inflow during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Car hire agencies are available in plenty at the Cape Town Airport. However, taking a cheap car hire service at the airport itself might be troublesome. Therefore, most of these car hire services have a website from which you can decide the car and price you would like to pay. You can also book a car online and have it ready for you at your arrival. There are 8 different car hire agencies available at the airport, Tempest seems to offer the cheapest prices for quite decently maintained cars. Some car hire agencies offer an unlimited mileage, so you need not worry about crossing any distance limit. If you are considering on booking a car hire service it might be a good idea to contact the agency so the car hire is already waiting for you as soon as you land.