a relentless quest to expose the
cheapest flights
in, to and from South Africa
a relentless quest to expose the
cheapest flights
in, to and from South Africa
Where are you flying to Johannesburg from (scroll down if you're flying from outside South Africa)?
Johannesburg is serviced mainly by O.R. Tambo International Airport (there are a few flights to and from Lanseria Airport). If you want to get on a cheap flight to Johannesburg:
type your flight details into the search engine on the left (i.e. if you're flying to Johannesburg, leave the word Johannesburg as it is but replace Cape Town with the city you're flying from, and enter the date of your outbound flight to Johannesburg and the date of your return flight from Johannesburg).
check the airfare of every airline flying your route to Johannesburg. Below is a list of flight routes to Johannesburg. Click on the flight route to Johannesburg that you're taking, and the webpage will list the airlines operating flights to Johannesburg from the city you're leaving from. Go to each airline's online flights reservation system and note what it charges you to fly to Johannesburg.
Once you've done both the above steps you can be pretty confident that you're on your way to making a cheap flight reservation to Johannesburg (or at least the cheapest flight at the time).
Johannesburg (and Cape Town, to a lessor extent) are the connecting hubs for flights to South Africa. As such there are many flights to Johannesburg from most major cities in the world. The most competitive flight route to South Africa is the London to Johannesburg flight route.
Many of the major cities in Europe have direct flights to Johannesburg.
You can get onto a non-stop flight to Johannesburg from most of the major cities in the world.
Want to hire a car at Johannesburg Airport? You've got lots of options:
Here's where you can find Johannesburg accommodation.
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Not many people fly to Johannesburg to do sightseeing - most tourists use Johannesburg as a transit point to get to the rest of South and southern Africa. The top ten activities in Johannesburg are:
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Visit Johannesburg's apartheid museum, and learn how white afrikaners implemented their policy of apartheid (seperateness) from 1948 onwards, turning coloureds, indians and blacks into second-class citizens. To understand what apartheid South Africa was like a visit to the apartheid museum is indispensable. |
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An organised trip through Soweto, become one with the history by stopping by the memorial of Hector Petersen (who died in the 1976 Soweto uprising). |
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Immerse yourself in nature - go to the Rhino and Lion Park and pet the baby lion cubs. |
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Catch a lift to the top of the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg's city centre, and view the city. |
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If you've still got a head for hights over being at the top of the Carlton Centre, catch a helicopter flight over Johannesburg's city. |
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And if the helicopter ride wasn't enough to unsettle your stomach, try some of the rides at the amusement park in Gold Reef City. |
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Go watch the favourite South African sports of rugby at Ellis Park OR soccer at FNB Stadium (Soccer City) OR spend a day watching cricket at the Wanderers Cricket Ground. Alternatively go hiking boots at the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve OR shoot the golf breeze at Johannesburg Golf Club. |
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If you're not into sport, you can watch theatre at the Emperor's Palace (011-928-1937), Johannesburg Youth theatre (011-484-1584), People's theatre (011-403-1563) or the or the Ubunye theatre. |
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The Bird Show at Montecasino is worth a watch, or visit Johannesburg's Zoo. |
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Tired of the wildlife? Visit Johannesburg's Botanical Gardens, which is situated on the "West Rand". |
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When to visit Johannesburg In South Africa's summer (December, January and February) you can expect to experience hot days and electric lightning storms in the afternoons. In South Africa's winter (June, July and August) typical weather is sunny cool days with single digit temperatures at night.
If you've got more time on your hands and/or are looking for a more environmentally friendly way of getting to Johannesburg why not purchase a Premier Classe train ticket. Visit www.premierclasse.co.za for more info.
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Queen | I want to book the cheapest flight for three people from Dec.17 to 19 of Dec 2010. |
MR CD | Need cost flight for my wife & daughter to Jo'burg on the 10th Sept'10;return on the 12th Sept'10.Apprciate the offer. |
Doreen Chiware | Would like to subscribe |
Naresh | Need a flight from Cape Town on 22 September 2010 to Johannesburg, in the morning and return to Cape Town on the 9 October 2010 late afternoon |
yemi | please, i need a flight to j'brg, a cheap one pls.when can i book for this, i plan travellin down soon.thanks |
ARNOLD | FLIGHTS HARARE TO JHB +/-20TH OCTOBER AND RETURN +/- 24TH/25TH OCTOBER |
hettie chadinha | I need cheapest flight from Durban to Johannesburg on wednesday 7th of july for 7 people. Can you help? Greetings |
Halidu Salifu ibrahi | i would like to book the cheapest flight from Ghana to JHB from july 10 to sept 15 |
hansie moller | Will be staying with family |
Portia | hi,i would like to book the cheapest flight from PE to JHB,for Zenande Henge,for the 4 June 0839236965 |
Anelle Bronn | Hi, I'm looking for the cheapest return tickets possible. 2 people departing from Cape Town to Johannesburg (Lanzeria) depart on 10 Sept 2010 (evening)or 11 Sept early morning returning from Johannesburg Lanzeria to Cape Town on 12 Sept 2010 I am looking for 2 |
Justin | Hi, I'm looking for the cheapest return tickets possible. 2 people departing from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg(anywhere) on 27 May and Returning from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth around 3 June. Thanks. |
tintswalo | i would like to know the overall cost of flying from Polokwane to OR Tambo intrn. and then, from OR Tambo to Pietermatritzburg. |
Rekha Ramndit | looking for return tickets from Durban to JHB frm the 30/03/10 & return frm JHB to DBN on the 13/04/10. Cheap flights |
Sue Schor | I need connecting flights from Cape Town to Johannesburg on Wed 15 Dec 2010 to connect to flight SA 280 leaving for Perth at 22h00. I will then need a return ticked from Johannesburg to Cape Town on Wed 12 Jan 2011 after arriving from Perth on SA 281 from Perth. I want the cheapest flights possible. Could you please advise. Many thanks |
Davie | Heya, great site. Really good info. If anyone knows from where in Europe are the cheapest flights to Johannesburg. We are going to the WC2010 and the prices of regular lines are triple in matters of days. For an example, if you fly from 1st of june until 7th - it's around 440eur. But from 10th it's 1.200eur. What a difference. |
Ndileka | Want to know about the cheapest flights from East London to JHB and back and from JHB to PE and back, monthly from Jan. |
Jabulile | I need to find the cheapest air-flight from Cape Town for 3 adults for the 11th of December 2009 to Johannesburg. |
Servaas | Please help relieve search for, cheapest flights (return) at cheapest time of day for 1 Senior Citizen going to a funeral. George to Johannesburg 29 Sept 09[any time but preferably afternoon] OR 30 Sept 09 [morning only]. RETURN: Johannesburg to George 01 Oct 09 [any time but preferable the morning. |
Annelie | Please help relieve search for, cheapest flights (return) at cheapest time of day for 1 Senior Citizen going to a funeral. Cape Town to Johannesburg 29 Sept 09[any time but preferably afternoon] OR 30 Sept 09 [morning only] RETURN: Johannesburg to Cape Town 01 Oct 09 [any time but preferable the morning. |
Crystal | Please help relieve search for, cheapest flights (return) at cheapest time of day for 2 Senior Citizens. East London to Johannesburg 17 Oct 09, return: Johannesburg to East London 4 Nov 09. |
GS Erasmus | Goedkoopste vlug van Kaapstad na Lanseria 16Oktober09 laat middag terug 18Oktober 2009 laat middag |
Pastor Brighton | waal thank you for making my life easier, all the best and God bless you as you continue to provide good sevices to the people of the world. thank you |
Mr Cheap Flights | Prices are pretty shocking at the moment. Even though the oil price is high, the Rand weakness is keeping fuel prices high. |
Marc | Not sure when this article was written, but have you seen the price of flights to joburg fro cape town lately. wow |
Mr Cheap Flights | Hi Ahmed. Flight prices have been steadily on the up, but there are some good deals out there. From where to where do you want to fly? |
AHMED SIBDA | i sit on the net each night and to no avail have ever secured a 'cheap' flight and sometimes i believe this is a hoax. my 2 sons want to fly on the 27th june and return on the 13th july and i cannot even seem to access any reasonble fares... frustrating... |
SouthAfrica.to | Pierre, you are absolutely correct, and we've added a link to the Premier Classe trains. Thanks for the tip. |
Pierre | You are missing the way better way of travelling between Cape Town and JHB, which is on the Premier Classe - check out www.premierclasse.co.za |
luzuko | nothing to comment aboat |