Find cheap flights to South Africa from ₹ 18,924

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MOST POPULARCape Town
1 stop from ₹ 46,601
Durban
2+ stops from ₹ 63,274

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Low season

October

High season

May

Cheapest flight

₹ 18,924
Best time to beat the crowds (12% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 6% lower on average.
Flight from Hyderabad to Johannesburg

FAQs - booking South Africa flights

  • How long is the flight to South Africa?

    An average direct flight from India to South Africa takes 20h 47m, covering a distance of 12732 km. The most popular route is Mumbai - Johannesburg with an average flight time of 11h 50m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to South Africa?

    The cheapest ticket to South Africa from India found in the last 72 hours was ₹ 37,348. The most popular route is Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Intl to Johannesburg OR Tambo and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was ₹ 37,348.

  • What are the most popular destinations in South Africa?

    The next most popular destination is Durban (27%).

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be January, February and December. The cheapest month to fly from India is October.
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Top 5 airlines flying to South Africa

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from India to South Africa? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to KAYAK reviews.
8.3
EmiratesOverall score based on 15758 reviews
80food
83boarding
84crew
83overall
82comfort
85entertainment
Airline reviews
Pros: "Quick boarding, good choice of movies"
Cons: "Would have been nice to get offered beverages more often. Was hard to get water as much as I needed without disrupting my fellow seat mates."
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Pros: "Quick boarding, good choice of movies"
Cons: "Would have been nice to get offered beverages more often. Was hard to get water as much as I needed without disrupting my fellow seat mates."
Pros: "Crew was professional, qiality of food great"
Cons: "Boarding is better done row-wise than by alphabetical groups which is arbitrary"
Pros: "Good food. Professional crew. and overall good experience for a 15.5 hour flight."
Cons: "Again, If you allow people to choose tickets online and they pick the front row, at least don't put them in the back row. That is the opposite of what they requested. After a.long flight and the limited recline, I am very sore in my back. Probably the most uncomfortable flight to date in my travels."
Pros: "Excellent crew. Got on just in time. Last one on the flight but they were very understanding. Loved the airbus A380."
Cons: "It was great but food could have been better. Process to get onto the flight at DXB was much longer and complicated than it needed to be. Huge airport and big distance between connecting flights."
Pros: "I was very late and the gate was closed but the staff helped me make it on time."
Cons: "I booked on Emirates and on my way back I flew with Fly Dubai it wasn’t specified in the ticket. There were no pillows, no covers and I was freezing! No entertainment it is a downgrade from Emirates. At least the ticket should have costed less."
Pros: "As usual Emirates deliver a very good prduct to be relied upon where ever and whenever you travel."
Cons: "The lunch was not very hot."
Pros: "The crew was really nice."
Cons: "The delay was very poorly handled. We had to go through security multiple times because delays would happen just before boarding and they’d change gates. Plus, meal vouchers were useless for us as Dubai airport is quite unfriendly to vegetarians. Never flying Emirates again."
Cons: "Almost all the flights I take out of Cairo leave late, not sure if this an airport issue or what but it is very stressful to have boarding go so slowly and to have the plane take off over an hour late. This has now become "the norm". Please make better efforts to leave ON TIME!"
Pros: "The size of seats , the food and the service"
Cons: "The entertainment system had few glitches but workable ( flickering banners of the channel or sound, volume"
Pros: "I like the professionalism of the crew. Lots of shops to visit in Athens Airport."

Was humiliated at Doha airport, treaded like a cattle class traveler, I hold platinum pro status with AA and I don’t fly economy even domestic but was made to travel in the middle seat in economy class and boarding zone 3 and was denied lounge access at Doha airport. Never was humiliated like this before.

Privacy and comfort of the QSuites is wonderful. The boarding process in Doha is cumbersome and confusing. As transfer passengers, traveling in Business Class, we went through security twice, including one at the gate requiring all electronic devices removed from bags and watches off, which are a great way to lose belongings as a few hundred people rush through to board the plane.

Pros: "The crew was amazing"
Cons: "it would be better if the flight departure on the scheduled time"
Pros: "The food was good and many entertaining movies."
Cons: "When first boarding the airplane and sitting in my assigned seat. There was terrible smell, the smell of vomit. I notified a crew member and she used a fragrance spray to help."
Cons: "Seat comfort was not very good.. and food was bad"
Pros: "Nothing much except for Hamad Airport ."
Cons: "Food . Seats. Entertainment - half the time , the touch screen doesn’t work."
Pros: "On time, fairly good food, good entertainment system."
Cons: "Very cramped seating when the flight is full. We're told to stretch our legs, but there is no place to walk or even stand."
Pros: "Crew members were very accommodating and helpful (Valencial & Hanane). They go the extra mile to make sure that we were enjoying the flight in the best possible ways. This is what makes Qatar Airways stand out and different from the rest."
Pros: "had a whole row to myself and the food was very good"
Pros: "The visit to the lounge is always refreshing. The service at the shower area is great however policing of people using phones in the quiet zone should be enforced"
Cons: "The good got used a bus gate which is acceptable however this typically takes additional time if there is a connection flight"
Pros: "Seats were comfortable and staff were helpful when approached."
Cons: "Crew should have been proactive in determining passengers' needs, etc. Film choices were poor-- lots of violence, few family-orientated options."
Pros: "Only cleanilyness inside the plane"
Cons: "Customer service at the checkin at the airport and also the service by the flight attendant inside the plane"
Cons: "They upgraded me to business since I am gold member"
Pros: "Overall excellent"
Cons: "Was not able to select seats online (even 24 hours before), was not able to check-in online, had stand more than an hour in the line for check in in JFK/NY"
Cons: "We lost an item and while we are in airport waiting for next flight even though we know it would have got recovered by airport staff there is no way of getting it back unless we download a form online , print , fill the form and sign , scan and send it in email to lost and found team. This is unlikely and complex process for anyone while in airport to get access to print, scan etc. we wish this was more simpler process Cabin was too cold and staff deny bluntly to make any adjustment saying some other set of passengers complained that cabin is warm.. I have not seen anyone who could sit around with out blanket on them and we had to get double blankets and wrap ourselves in there"
Cons: "Disasterous! The flight departed 3 hours late because of some mechanical problem. So missed connections in Abu Dhabi, although Ethihad could have held a later connection to BKK for just about 20 minutes for us to board. The huge hassle getting lodging from the airline to take an onward flight the next day. Your staff would not accommodate us at the airport hotel so we could avoid the need to obtain a visa, which takes a minimum of 3 hours wait. We finally gave up on the visa and decided to just stay up overnight at the airport. That caused one kind Ethihad staff to finally make issues us an authorization for the hotel at the airport. We would never fly your airline again."
Cons: "The experience with travel agent (vayama) was worse than etihad, everyone know that etihad is not the same level like before, but booking through kayak- bayama was the worst where they didn’t reply on all my emails/ even wheb they did they didn’t answered mg questions, they couldn’t help if i want to book my seat or change my return flight. This is not my fiest time to use kayak app but this time was thr worst and it changed my mindset about travel agents, unfortunately my friends were correct when they said to book directly through airline not kayak..!!!"
Cons: "1. Not smiley at all. 2. I asked for a blanket as my 2 yrs old was sleeping and I have to ask three times and finally I got it. 3. I asked for arrival form 40 min before landing and the air hostess said later and she didn’t give me one ."
Pros: "Very friendly and attentive stewardesses. Beautiful too"
Cons: "The internet connection "Wi-Fly" is very weak. Data rates are outrageous. $4.95 plan is basically good for 5 minutes, $11.95 plan maybe lasts 10 minutes. Very disappointing"
Cons: "Not happy with Etihad Checkin counter desk at Ho Chi Minh Airport. The person at the baggage drop off desk wasn't helphul at all. Being ignored for 30 minutes. I believe that this person needs to be trained in order to know who needs to be helped first as he worked at that particular counter for people who already Checkin online."
Pros: "Crew and stewardess were fantastic"
Cons: "Bathrooms needed cleaning on the long trip from Addis Ababa to Houston! They were nasty because guys can’t seem to hit the hole. So there was urine on seat and on floor."
Cons: "The toilets were filthy. The tv touch screens didn’t work"
Cons: "Could have a better seat like 30A on Boieng 387-8 Quantity of food should be improved Quality of food should be improved"
Pros: "Asked for water that I never received. Wasn’t allowed to bathroom although still 20 min until landing and other people still got up"
Pros: "New aircraft with comfortable business seats"
Cons: "More than 4 hours delay! Not all selection from food menu available"
Pros: "The crew was very nice and all flight details were available and constantly updated."
Cons: "Ethiopians App for self check-in."
Pros: "Flight Crew were great"
Cons: "The baggage and checking in process. Better training did on the checking in crew for international flight baggage, one one person knew what the requirements are."
Pros: "Crew was really great - helpful and kind."
Cons: "Both flights delayed which meant I missed my connecting flight. Stuck in Rome airport for several hours with no information about rescheduled flight. Finally figured it out with help of Rome airport information desk."
Pros: "crammed seats, meh food first experience with ethiopian, wasn't great"
Pros: "on time"
Cons: "they woke me up in the middle of the night to give me food.."

Great job in making sure that the customer is always having a great time

Cons: "Flight was delayed for an extra 2 hrs, with inadequate refreshments. Plane wasnt clean and had musty smell."
Pros: "Glad to receive small snacks for short flight Headphones were issued from from second flights, but not from Zanzibar"
Cons: "Check air on on plane as it was so lights that air doesn’t hit the face so it was very warm flight"
Pros: "Everything was Amazing. This is one of the best Airline out there and they need more recognition."
Cons: "Nothing."
Cons: "I’m really disappointed by Kenya airways, the flight was delayed for 4 hours, my luggage didn’t come along with. And the worst is i haven’t received it so far. I swear this is my last time to travel with Kenya airways, seriously I’m disappointed."
Pros: "The pilot on the airlines updated us that we were running 15 minutes late and would try to make up some time in the air. He also apologized on behalf of the crew for our delay and communicated that it was because the aircraft arrived late from the previous flight. I appreciated that clarification."
Cons: "Our flight was delayed by 3:15 hours, and our gate wasn't listed on the monitors. Our gate location changed twice, and the only way I found out was by asking the "Kenya Airways Guest Services desk" twice. The overhead announcement of the gate change happened 15 minutes after the boarding time listed"
Pros: "staff crew on the plane were very nice and accommodating"
Cons: "food portions are too small and movies selections. most movies were very old"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "3 hours late outbound. return flight cancelled. made us wait at the aiport for 12 hours. worst flight of my life."
Cons: "Needs to improve a lot, so far one of the worst catering services ever faced."
Cons: "The plane boarded at 9:30am and then we sat on the tarmac for 5 hours waiting for a new pilot. We were not fed, or told how long it ws going to take. After 5 hours, we finally took off, but were not offered food for another two hours. The 11.5 hour flight turned into a 16 hour flight..."

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11/12Mon
1 stopSAUDIA
32h 20mHYD-JNB
₹ 227
9/5Thu
3 stopsRwandAir
18h 00mBOM-JNB
₹ 240
17/4Wed
1 stopEthiopian Air
20h 20mBOM-JNB
₹ 266
18/4Thu
1 stopEthiopian Air
20h 20mBOM-JNB
₹ 267
19/2Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
16h 05mBOM-CPT
₹ 380
25/1Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
14h 35mDEL-JNB
₹ 417
1/2Thu
2 stopsKenya Airways
14h 25mBOM-CPT
₹ 433
20/1Sat
1 stopKenya Airways
11h 45mBOM-JNB
₹ 441
11/12Mon
1 stopEmirates
16h 25mBOM-DUR
₹ 745
16/1Tue
1 stopEmirates
34h 05mHYD-JNB
₹ 750

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20/2Tue
1 stopEthiopian Air
11h 50mBOM-JNB
29/2Thu
1 stopEthiopian Air
14h 45mJNB-BOM
₹ 447
15/2Thu
1 stopEthiopian Air
11h 50mBOM-JNB
23/4Tue
1 stopEthiopian Air
14h 15mJNB-BOM
₹ 448
15/2Thu
1 stopKenya Airways
21h 00mBOM-JNB
22/4Mon
1 stopKenya Airways
20h 45mJNB-BOM
₹ 481
6/3Wed
1 stopEtihad Airways
27h 30mDEL-JNB
13/3Wed
1 stopEtihad Airways
30h 00mJNB-DEL
₹ 502
19/2Mon
1 stopEtihad Airways
31h 30mBOM-JNB
29/2Thu
1 stopEtihad Airways
23h 20mJNB-BOM
₹ 504
21/1Sun
1 stopKenya Airways
13h 05mBOM-JNB
26/1Fri
1 stopKenya Airways
20h 45mJNB-BOM
₹ 512
28/1Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
16h 05mBOM-CPT
5/2Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
28h 35mCPT-BOM
₹ 697
4/3Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
14h 30mDEL-JNB
13/3Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
13h 55mJNB-DEL
₹ 713
1/1Mon
2 stopsEmirates
34h 25mHYD-JNB
10/1Wed
1 stopEmirates
26h 55mJNB-HYD
₹ 1,520
25/12Mon
1 stopEmirates
18h 05mBLR-JNB
24/1Wed
1 stopEmirates
16h 45mJNB-BLR
₹ 1,545

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8/12Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
11h 50mBOM-JNB
4/1Thu
multi-stopEthiopian Air
14h 45mJNB-BOM
₹ 491
10/12Sun
multi-stopEthiopian Air
28h 55mBOM-JNB
10/3Sun
multi-stopEthiopian Air
14h 45mJNB-BOM
₹ 502
8/12Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
28h 55mBOM-JNB
5/1Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
14h 45mJNB-BOM
₹ 507
7/12Thu
multi-stop
18h 00mBOM-JNB
4/1Thu
multi-stop
18h 20mJNB-BOM
₹ 529
10/12Sun
multi-stop
28h 55mBOM-JNB
9/3Sat
multi-stop
20h 45mJNB-BOM
₹ 560
7/12Thu
multi-stopRwandAir
18h 00mBOM-JNB
5/1Fri
multi-stopRwandAir
16h 00mJNB-BOM
₹ 572
9/12Sat
multi-stopEthiopian Air
19h 25mBOM-JNB
10/3Sun
multi-stopEthiopian Air
32h 35mJNB-BOM
₹ 624
7/12Thu
multi-stopRwandAir
18h 00mBOM-JNB
4/1Thu
multi-stopRwandAir
28h 50mJNB-BOM
₹ 677
10/12Sun
multi-stopOman Air
20h 55mBOM-JNB
17/12Sun
multi-stopOman Air
19h 40mJNB-BOM
₹ 1,773
8/12Fri
multi-stopEmirates
53h 55mDEL-DUR
23/12Sat
multi-stopEmirates
16h 00mDUR-DEL
₹ 2,068

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