I went a few years ago and flew from Frankfurt to Joberg…I remember the trip taking something like 14 hours, and I think the flights are rather expensive. I don’t know about Euros, but I would say one way would be around $800…could be completely off though. Have you checked out the airline websites?

Its coming to about 3500.00 USD from US to London to J’bery to mumbai
Not sure if it is worth it for me or not and how tiring it is going to be…

It is just too expensive…i was hoping to get a decent price…

Wow, that is really expensive. Are you traveling during a peak tourism season? Right now it’s getting into summer in Africa…

Also, if you fly out of peak season you could probably use some frequent flyer miles…I don’t blame you though…that’s very expensive

This is on South Africa Air, check their website at http://ww2.flysaa.co….

Randomly I put in dates:
Heathrow <—> Jo’burg. Jan 20, 2005 – Jan 30, 2005 GBP 615.90
New York <—> Jo’burg. Jan 20, 2005 – Jan 31, 2005 USD 1279.93
(details below)

Quick note: In the US we use ‘round trip’, almost everywhere else in the world uses ‘return’. They mean the same thing.

LONDON TO JO’BURG RETURN

Total price per passenger including tax: GBP 615.90 (approx. $985.44)

Flight number: SA 235 Economy (Q)
Depart: LHR 6:00 PM, JAN 20
Arrive: JNB 7:05 AM, JAN 21 Non-Stop 744
Total flying time: 11 hrs 5 mins

Flight numer: SA 234 Economy (Q)
Depart: JNB 8:55 PM, JAN 30
Arrive: LHR 6:25 AM, JAN 31 Non-Stop 744
Total flying time: 11 hours 30 mins

Jo’burg is 2 hours ahead of London (4:30am London = 6:30am Jo’burg)

NEW YORK TO JO’BURG ROUNDTRIP

Total price per passenger including tax: USD 1279.93

Flight: SA 202 Economy (Q)
Depart: JFK 5:55 PM, JAN 20
Arrive: JNB 3:55 PM, JAN 21 Non-Stop 343
Flying time: 13 hours (non stop)

Flight: SA 203 Economy (Q)
Depart: JNB 7:40 PM, JAN 31
Arrive: JFK 7:25 AM, FEB 1 1-Stop 343
Flying time: 18 hours 45 minutes (1 stop)
(apparently a fairly long layover someplace)

Jo’burg is 7 hours ahead of New York (7 am New York = 2 pm Jo’burg)

CAPE TOWN INSTEAD

We went to Cape Town in January and drove the Garden Route – this was a great trip. Unless there is some special reason to go to Jo’burg I would highly recommend Cape Town and the Garden Route.

The peak tourist season runs Dec-Feb for SA. After and before that, seats get cheaper. It is about 9-10 hrs to Jo’burg, about 12 to Cape Town, where i fly to a lot. This is a big country and you are best off taking an internal flight to go to your destination unless it is close to Jo’burg. Both Praetoria and Jo’burg have substantial problems with violence/crime and are not especially fun cities. Cape Town is much safer, with many nearby trips. The Garden route is relatively (quite) safe, but one must always be watchful and prepared anywhere in SA, as the level of violent crimes is much higher than the rest of tourist Africa. Never travel any distance without a mobil.