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Best Africa Flight Deals from Melbourne

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Cairo
Cairo1 stop$1,059
Johannesburg
Johannesburg1 stop$1,199
Nairobi
Nairobi3 stops$1,337
Cape Town
Cape Town2 stops$1,590
Casablanca
Casablanca2 stops$2,005
Lagos
Lagos2 stops$1,868
Harare
Harare2 stops$2,123
Accra
Accra2 stops$1,807
Marrakech
Marrakech2 stops$2,336
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa1 stop$1,650
Entebbe
Entebbe3 stops$1,609
Durban
Durban2 stops$2,071
Bujumbura
Bujumbura2 stops$2,739
Cairo
Cairo1 stop$1,059
Johannesburg
Johannesburg1 stop$1,199
Nairobi
Nairobi3 stops$1,337
Cape Town
Cape Town2 stops$1,590
Casablanca
Casablanca2 stops$2,005
Lagos
Lagos2 stops$1,868
Harare
Harare2 stops$2,123
Accra
Accra2 stops$1,807
Marrakech
Marrakech2 stops$2,336
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa1 stop$1,650
Entebbe
Entebbe3 stops$1,609
Durban
Durban2 stops$2,071
Bujumbura
Bujumbura2 stops$2,739

Cheap Flights from Melbourne to Africa

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Melbourne to Africa that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Melbourne to Africa

Tue, 2 Sep - Tue, 9 Sep
China Eastern Logo
21:30 - 09:00MEL-CAI
42h 30m1 stop
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14:30 - 09:00CAI-MEL
35h 30m1 stop
$1,059China Eastern
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Mon, 7 Jul - Tue, 12 Aug
China Eastern Logo
21:30 - 09:00MEL-CAI
42h 30m1 stop
China Eastern Logo
14:30 - 12:40CAI-MEL
39h 10m1 stop
$1,064China Eastern
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Mon, 6 Oct - Mon, 20 Oct
Singapore Airlines Logo
19:25 - 18:35MEL-JNB
32h 10m1 stop
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19:50 - 05:20JNB-MEL
24h 30m1 stop
$1,199Singapore Airlines
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Fri, 24 Oct - Mon, 10 Nov
Singapore Airlines Logo
19:25 - 18:35MEL-JNB
32h 10m1 stop
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19:50 - 10:50JNB-MEL
30h 00m1 stop
$1,200Singapore Airlines
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Thu, 24 Jul - Mon, 11 Aug
Qantas Airways Logo
06:00 - 16:20AVV-JNB
18h 20m1 stop
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18:45 - 22:50JNB-AVV
20h 05m1 stop
$1,907Qantas Airways
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Wed, 23 Jul - Mon, 11 Aug
Qantas Airways Logo
06:00 - 16:20AVV-JNB
18h 20m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
18:45 - 22:50JNB-AVV
20h 05m1 stop
$1,908Qantas Airways
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Sun, 26 Oct - Wed, 12 Nov
Qatar Airways Logo
00:30 - 03:55MEL-JNB
36h 25m2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
12:45 - 23:45JNB-MEL
26h 00m1 stop
$1,953Qatar Airways
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Sun, 9 Nov - Sun, 7 Dec
Emirates Logo
16:55 - 16:35MEL-JNB
32h 40m2 stops
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22:20 - 17:40JNB-MEL
34h 20m1 stop
$2,000Emirates
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Sat, 18 Oct - Sat, 1 Nov
Qatar Airways Logo
16:15 - 17:20MEL-CPT
34h 05m2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
18:55 - 18:25CPT-MEL
38h 30m1 stop
$2,000Qatar Airways
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Tue, 25 Nov - Thu, 11 Dec
Emirates Logo
12:05 - 10:25MEL-JNB
31h 20m2 stops
Emirates Logo
10:25 - 23:20JNB-MEL
27h 55m1 stop
$2,002Emirates
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Melbourne to Africa flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Melbourne to Africa to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Melbourne to Africa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne to Africa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Melbourne to Africa is June, when tickets cost $1,706 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and August, when the average cost of return tickets is $2,363 and $2,310 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Melbourne to Africa?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Melbourne to Africa clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Africa on a Sunday and more expensive on a Friday. On your return trip to Melbourne, you should consider flying back on a Saturday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Melbourne to Africa?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne to Africa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on the flight from Melbourne to Africa, you should book around 11 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 21 weeks before departure.


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FAQs - booking Africa flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Melbourne to Africa?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Melbourne to Africa.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Melbourne to Africa?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Melbourne to Africa?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Melbourne to Africa with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Melbourne to Africa?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Melbourne to Africa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Africa?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the afternoon, when retur flights cost $1,245 on average. Morning departures are around 14% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,646.

Top 5 airlines serving from Melbourne to Africa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Melbourne to 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 verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3264 reviews
7.8Food
8.2Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.3Crew
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Very pleasant.The crews are very helpful.Food are very good.

10.0 ExcellentPaul, June 2025BKK - DXB
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Very pleasant.The crews are very helpful.Food are very good.

They cancelled our flight, rebooked, cancelled that one. We are now flying New Zealand Air and need a refund please. How do we get it?

Wifi was not operational for the whole trip. Other than this, flight was well received .

Premium Economy was not up to my expectation relaxation wise. The chair doesn’t extend enough. It is not economy but not spacious enough to relax and sleep. Food and services were excellent but I am not very keen about food in general.

Food no so good. Extra charge to much for front seats cost me £163 then other people sat near me for nothing 🤬

Except for the uncleaned tray, and the delay in serving food for our section (which may have been due to the location of our row) everything else was good. The crew were very professional and responded to our requests promptly throughout the flight. We as a family were not disappointed by Emirates.

The plane seemed pretty old and the food was not good

Comfort and customer service from most if the crew was great. The crew reassigning passengers should consider the presence of infants when reassigning seats. Unfortunately a couple of oversized passengers were relocated next to us, making this segment a bit uncomfortable, as there was not only extra leg space required. I ended up swapping seats with my husband so our baby wouldn't be impacted. My husband travelled quite uncomfortable as the reassigned neighbour shoulder and arm ended up on my husband's seat

everything was great. I don't use on-board entertainment at all (I just read or sleep), but I appreciate that I couldn't hear anyone else's!

Delayed, Bad American style food (not tasty, horrible cheese for a flight to France). Incompetent cabin crew (I asked how to connect by cable my headphones and the flight attendant suggested me Bluetooth which is not available). Good space

The usual excellent experience with Singapore Airlines. The airplane was on time and actually early to Haneda Airport. The onboarding experience was pleasant with no delays, perhaps owing to the fact that the flight was not full. Nevertheless, the air crew were their usual outstanding standards in serving the passengers.

Good service and food. For buying items on flight should be preordered as they don’t keep much stock on board.

Horrendous. We upgraded and they took the money but cancelled one of our tickets. The recline action didn’t work on the seats for the flight from Singapore to London, pre booked meals but they seemed to have disappeared as well.. Phone customer service was horrendous. Took 5 phone calls and no fix. Craig at the airport was the only one who seemed to be able to get the ticket back.

Construction at PDX resulting in very lung walk from the rental car to the gate. SFO, extremely long walk between terminals to get to connecting Singapore airlines flight. My smart watch recorded a total of 3 miles.

Loved the airline with the exception of their carry on limitations. They enforce a strict 7 kilo limit for carry on baggage which is ridiculous. We traveled from SFO to SIN with carry on with no difficulty yet when we checked in Delhi they forced us to check the carry on bags. The weight of our carry on bags were 11 and 12 kilos and while they exceeded the limitations set by Singapore Airlines they were well under weight limitations set by may other carriers. Interestingly my wife and I were each allowed two 22 KG bags to check in addition to the 7 kg carry on for a total weight of 102 KG's. Our total weight with the one bag we planned to check and our two carry ons was 46 kgs.

Crew and service was excellent, but passengers should be offered a welcome drink before take off which did not happen. Food was very good. Unfortunately the lie-flat bed in business class was one of the most uncomfortable I have experienced. The configuration forces you to sleep with your legs at an angle instead of in a straight line, plus there is very little padding on the bed so it wasn't possible to sleep for more than 2-3 hours on an 18 hour flight. For what the airlines charges for a business class ticket their hard product leaves a lot to be desired.

Food could have been better. Too many passengers getting up and down all the time.

Delayed 1hour due to storm still didn't get window seat for third flight despite paying £240 extra to book them

It was very good experience on board to Sydney with SQ.

It was an average flight. I would have expected more from this airline. Food, seats, service, etc was just average. I just give them some extra points for offering free WiFi on board with just a Krisflyer account.

Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

Was bumped to a later flight because of inefficiency on part of the airline.

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

The Emerits/Qantas flight was cancelled to Wellington. We need a refund. Had to buy another airline ticket. How do we get the refund. Still not in Wellington.

Delayed QF59 flight once again, Qantas doesn't fail in maintaining there delayed departures and arrivals. USB points do not work nor do the power point sockets on the plane, Qantas staff admitted that on the flight. Don't expect to your charge devices. Saving grace, was the ice cream. Bottom line, if you expect to fly to HND and make it on time avoid Qantas and if you're interested in ice cream - visit 7/11.

Pretty excellent. I don’t know what the pilot could have done better with the bumping ( there was a storm) nor what happened to my ears coming down into bendigo. It doesn’t happen coming down into Sydney just the return flight. I wonder why?

Touch screens were very difficult to use, generally being laggy and unresponsive- it was quite an art to get it to play the thing you wanted rather than some thing at random. Selection of films and Tv was good when touchscreen decided to finally respond.

Their aircraft are old and amenities lack way behind other international carriers leaving from BNE. Even in economy

Airport and crew experience was excellent. We had to queue for the runway - no one’s fault, but it did mean we were 30 minutes late leaving

Overall good experience with flight and airport wheelchair staff. Also got Indian food in the flights

I’ve flown with Qatar multiple times and the service has always been great. Very professional, organized, the food is delicious and plentiful, tons of entertainment.

It was ok, not much more can be said, as long as airlines/aircraft manufacturers insist on cramming in as many seats as possible....best of a bad situations, seats are simply too uncomfortable to sit in for more than a few hours. Lack of flexible headrests not a help on long overnight flights either.

This trip was the most comfortable one I have ever experienced, the team was excellent and very helpful. I am so glad I picked Qatar Airways.

Qatar Airways did a very good job. Flights were slightly delayed with boarding but pilots made up time by arrival. The food was OK, no better or worse than other airlines. Although it would be nice to have three meals during 16 hours flight instead of two.

Worst air experience in whole life . Boarding and checking was hassle as they did 3 times. Crew team was clueless about passengers need. Despite of passengers raising hand , they were resetting the program

There was not enough food for everybody. Some dishes were missing.

Qatar Airways in-flight first/business class service is superior to any US airline; excellent meals are served on short haul flights such as between DXB and DOH.

Moved seats, didn't accommodate requests to change seats even though other seats were available.

Being a QR Platinum member traveling in business class, I expected the staff to be more courteous. Unfortunately, the lady staff was rude attending business class 1K side.

Overall experience was OK. Seats were truly uncomfortable for such a long flight. Food quality was mediocre at best. The staff was great though!

Etihad seems to have a very strict luggage enforcement. I am a very light passenger compared to other passengers which are mainly heavier. I do not understood why airlines enforce the weight restriction so strictly. I was overweight luggage of 1.5kg, but am probably 10+kg lighter than the average passenger. Other airlines are far more accommodating. Poor customer service as far as I am concerned. If weight is such an important issue to an airline they should charge passengers by total amount of body weight plus luggage. To me just ridiculous.

Crew Check-In – Kolkata (CCU) The crew handling check-in in Kolkata was outstanding—efficient, courteous, and highly organized. Flight Segment – CCU to Abu Dhabi (AUH) A standard flight overall. Notably, only one in-flight meal option—a vegetarian curry—was available, which seemed unsuitable for a red-eye journey. The crew offered no alternatives, which was unexpected. Flight Segment – Abu Dhabi to Rome (AUH-FCO) Comfort improved on this leg, but service quality was average, falling short of Etihad’s premium standards. Crew attention was heavily absorbed by a difficult couple in Row 15 (port side), resulting in disproportionate focus. It was concerning that a steward had to personally return to apologize, a task better suited for supervisory staff. This highlights a development opportunity for supervisors Anna and Quashim in managing guest escalation professionally.

Horrible. After paying for seats, I was cramped, my daughters legs kept hitting the seat in front, I had no overhead bin space and no help from stewards on board, the food was served cold, when asked for snacks was told to wait and never received any, the flight was cold with no temperature controls. Entertainment was outdated. I booked this through partnership with American Airlines but will avoid in the future.

Horrible. After paying for my seats, I was cramped, had no overhead bin space, freezing as the flight had no temperature controls, the food was awful and served cold, when asked for snacks was told to wait and then never received any. I booked this flight as a partner through American Airlines but will avoid in the future.

Extremely bad food, they never gave our bags in time, the online check-in did not let us check in because we had Indian OCI not sure why we were given the option to check in then, because we couldn’t check in online we had to go in person and we were not able to change our seats and sit with our family

The flight take time was changed 23 times. The system kept sending messages it will be earlier at 4am and eventually the flight was at 9am I didn’t sleep all night because of that

Needs better seat for business class. My seat was falling apart. Also no WiFi on that flight

Good. The food was very bad. Except for the chicken rice, rest of the dish went to trash.

The flight was delayed which cause me to miss my connecting flight in AbuDhsbi airport.

Only 1 time food and drinks together was offered, for total 5 hours duration drinks and snacks was never offered. For some people food choice was not available, only veg was available. No entertainment option was there. Crew members were mostly back of the flight asking each other for KitKat and chips to share between them.

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