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Cape Town
Cape Town2 stopsR18 125
Hoedspruit
Hoedspruit1 stopR30 382

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Low season

June

High season

December

Cheapest flight

R10 469
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 20% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (39% more expensive on average)
Flight from Sydney to Johannesburg

FAQs - booking South Africa flights

  • How long is the flight to South Africa from Sydney?

    Flights to Johannesburg13h 09m
  • What is the cheapest flight to South Africa from Sydney?

    The cheapest ticket to South Africa from Sydney found in the last 72 hours was R10 469 one-way, and R17 063 round-trip. The most popular route is from Sydney Kingsford Smith to Johannesburg OR Tambo, and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R10 469.

  • Which airlines fly to South Africa?

    Qantas Airways flies most frequently to Johannesburg OR Tambo from Sydney Kingsford Smith.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sydney to South 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 Sydney to South Africa.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Sydney to South 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 Sydney to South 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 Sydney to South 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 Sydney to South 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 Sydney to South Africa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to South Africa

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Sydney to the following destinations at these prices or less: Johannesburg R14 124 one-way - R22 263 round-trip
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be January, November and December. The cheapest month to fly from Sydney is March.
  • Morning departure is around 35% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
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*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 4 airlines serving from Sydney to South Africa

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Sydney 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 verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3334 reviews
8,2Entertainment
8,3Crew
8,1Boarding
8,0Comfort
7,9Food
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The plane seemed pretty old and the food was not good

8,0 ExcellentTofic, Jan 2025YYZ - DXB
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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

Poor flight aircraft very old Crew was friendly 1 person though

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!

Flight was on time. Seats (economy) were very comfortable and food was excellent. The bad thing was that after landing it took an hour to reach arrivals. We had to wait 15mins to get off the plane and then had to board a bus which moved very slowly and took almost 30 minutes.

The service was excellent. We flew coach on this leg of our trip and it was still very pleasant.

Emirates is always a pleasure to travel on. From the spectacular First and Business Class configurations of your big A380 and 777, to the Bar Lounge to, of course, your impecable on board flight attendance and their iconic uniform, now also even available for young girls. All the destinations that Emirates offers makes it an airline of choice many a time.

Better boarding process at Hyderabad airport Better time management by air hostesses in providing the meals

Airline did not have enough vegetarian meals for all guests, and crew were not adequately trained to handle this.

Boarding was a mess, no one managing the queues. I got my meal as the pilot announced starting commencing descent and basic drink not available. No air bridge so takes forever to deplane the A380 onto buses.

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

Everything was great keep up the good work 😁, can't ask for more.

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.

Check in was easy through self-check-in kiosks just like domestic flights. Staff onboard were fantastic. Some "book the cook" good options weren't great, others really good. Entertainment options a bit limited to what I've experienced on Qantas. Overall a good flight though, especially for the price.

The food options and quality could use some more excitement and variety.

Great airline. Excellent service, good food & lots of TV movies/shows to choose from.

Overall, very good. The food was better than expected with the exception of the pork and potatoes dinner at the end of the flight. My family all selected that dish and did not set it. I tried a bite also and it was honestly terrible. Also, it would be helpful to know when the snacks in the back of the plane are available.

I was a member of Krisflyer for ten years, but my last flight to Tokyo was a disaster. I had to stand in line for four hours before check-in because they were late opening the counter, and there were more than 50 people behind me. The plane was extremely small, and the food could have been better. When I dropped off my stroller before boarding the plane, I expected to receive it upon exiting for my transfer. However, they returned the stroller to the checked baggage because they said I was late getting off the plane. Of course, I was late; they assigned me a seat at the back of the aircraft, and I was traveling with a baby! The worst part was when I arrived in Jakarta. They damaged my stroller and refused to approve my claim, so I had to pay for stroller rental because of the damage they caused. I don’t know what happened to Singapore Airlines, but I felt like I was flying with a budget airline.

Timing very good from sfo to Singapore and service was awesome and economy class seats are great overall very good experience thanks

Wheelchair assistance to move through the terminals and to/from the plane door was excellent. No vegan snack on the flight, only something with salami and cheese in it.

The old Plane had not been cleaned properly in a long time.

Planes was old - business class seats looked like they were installed in the 80s

Our baggage didn’t arrive with us on the plane. Need I say more?

I got upgraded from economy to business, and the experience was outstanding

I have taken this flight many times. It is ALWAYS late. Every time there is significant delay (1-3 hours) before boarding. It’s very consistent. Even after boarding the expected landing time was delayed twice. The seats are very narrow and cramped. Food is barely editable. Considering an economy ticket often costs about $2,000 it’s one of the worst services ever.

Boarding was over 3 hrs late and we didn’t land until almost 1:30am

Good communication regarding any updates time of flight and flight delayed. The fight was delayed by two and half hours at eleventh hour. That was unexpected, especially when you international passenger.

The service was excellent. The quarters were a little cramped in Economy, and we had to exist there for 18 hours.

It was very nice. I will try to fly with Qantas whenever I can.

Should have had business class line in immigration. Food quality suboptimal

The staff were wonderful but the seats weren't very comfortable for a bigger guy like me.

we were delayed from Athens to Abu Dhabi by an hour and a half, so I had trouble connecting the flight from there to Bali. It could have been done had they waited even 15 mins. There was another lady who was in the same boat. By the time we were half way across the terminal, they have actually already issued different flights for us to go Jakarta then to Bali. Not to mention the inconvenience of waiting over 4 hrs at the airport and the subsequent inconvenience, we did not arrive to Bali till after 800pm the next day, which means I paid for the hotel for nothing when I could have been there before noon the next day! There was little explanation. It was just as well I needed some assistance getting around, otherwise the 2 of us would have been completely lost! Not going to fly with them again!

Boarding catastrophic let alone have to claimb the plain rather than using jetway. 5.5 hr delay leaving had to do stop in Lgw for a new crew which further compounded the delay. Connecting flight would not wait and had to pend a night in a hotel. Curiously my seat would not go full flat.

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.

Seat selection screen while online check-in could include free seats to choose from and show the options before we proceed. Currently, it is auto-allocated and there are no options for free seat selections.

Long way to improve. Toilets not working. Bad handling when flight was canceled

Online was good boarding also but a child was crying all the way with no intervention from crew member.

1st of all on February 27th Abu Dhabi to Delhi flight the seat wasn't comfortable at all, coming back the Lounge at Abu Dhabi didn't have anything. Than the Food in the flight

1st time with. Etihad Airways and it was amazing from check in to crew. Great flight.

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Recent return flight deals

3/3Mon
1 stopEtihad Airways
44h 05mSYD-JNB
24/3Mon
1 stopEtihad Airways
23h 40mJNB-SYD
R17 063
3/3Mon
1 stopEtihad Airways
44h 05mSYD-JNB
17/3Mon
1 stopEtihad Airways
35h 30mJNB-SYD
R17 138
26/3Wed
1 stopSingapore Airlines
23h 15mSYD-JNB
15/4Tue
1 stopSingapore Airlines
26h 05mJNB-SYD
R17 380
10/3Mon
1 stopSingapore Airlines
26h 55mSYD-JNB
14/3Fri
1 stopSingapore Airlines
37h 05mJNB-SYD
R17 417
9/2Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
44h 45mSYD-JNB
9/3Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
44h 30mJNB-SYD
R18 628
10/2Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
39h 15mSYD-JNB
27/2Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
44h 30mJNB-SYD
R20 304
3/3Mon
directQantas Airways
14h 15mSYD-JNB
24/3Mon
directQantas Airways
12h 00mJNB-SYD
R20 695
17/2Mon
directQantas Airways
14h 15mSYD-JNB
24/2Mon
directQantas Airways
12h 00mJNB-SYD
R20 770
6/2Thu
1 stopEmirates
37h 25mSYD-JNB
13/2Thu
1 stopEmirates
35h 15mJNB-SYD
R23 173
25/3Tue
1 stopEmirates
23h 50mSYD-JNB
13/4Sun
1 stopEmirates
23h 45mJNB-SYD
R23 192

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1 stopEtihad Airways
44h 05mSYD-JNB
R10 469
23/3Sun
3 stops
54h 50mSYD-JNB
R10 599
24/4Thu
3 stops
59h 30mSYD-JNB
R10 748
4/2Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
26h 00mSYD-JNB
R11 791
20/2Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
28h 45mSYD-CPT
R12 089
23/4Wed
1 stopSingapore Airlines
30h 15mSYD-JNB
R12 481
5/2Wed
1 stopVirgin Australia
26h 55mSYD-JNB
R12 648
20/2Thu
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
50h 15mSYD-CPT
R12 797
8/5Thu
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 20mSYD-CPT
R13 449
17/4Thu
directQantas Airways
14h 40mSYD-JNB
R14 138

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1/2Sat
multi-stopEtihad Airways
44h 05mSYD-JNB
28/2Fri
multi-stopEtihad Airways
35h 30mJNB-SYD
R20 025
28/1Tue
multi-stopEmirates
46h 15mSYD-JNB
13/2Thu
multi-stopEmirates
38h 45mJNB-SYD
R20 230
1/2Sat
multi-stop
44h 05mSYD-JNB
28/2Fri
multi-stop
46h 20mJNB-SYD
R20 435
28/1Tue
multi-stopEmirates
33h 40mSYD-JNB
13/2Thu
multi-stopEmirates
38h 45mJNB-SYD
R22 018
30/1Thu
directQantas Airways
14h 15mSYD-JNB
12/2Wed
directQantas Airways
12h 00mJNB-SYD
R22 260
1/2Sat
multi-stop
32h 40mSYD-JNB
28/2Fri
multi-stop
38h 20mJNB-SYD
R22 409
29/1Wed
multi-stopSouth African
25h 05mSYD-CPT
8/2Sat
multi-stopSouth African
38h 30mCPT-SYD
R27 141
1/2Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
31h 25mSYD-CPT
31/5Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
43h 50mCPT-SYD
R31 164
31/1Fri
directQantas Airways
14h 15mSYD-JNB
31/1Fri
directQantas Airways
12h 00mJNB-SYD
R34 741
29/1Wed
multi-stopQatar Airways
34h 25mSYD-CPT
8/2Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
51h 00mCPT-SYD
R43 384

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