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Cheap Flights from Kigali to South Africa

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Cape Town
Cape Town2 stopsR8 571
Durban
Durban2 stopsR11 373
Cape Town
Cape Town2 stopsR8 571
Durban
Durban2 stopsR11 373

Book Cheap Kigali to South Africa Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Kigali to South 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Kigali to South Africa

Tue, Apr 7 - Sun, Apr 12
Kenya Airways Logo
2:50 - 0:15
KGL
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JNB
21h 25m
1 stop
Kenya Airways Logo
17:00 - 14:00
JNB
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KGL
21h 00m
1 stop
R5 317Kenya Airways
Sun, Apr 12 - Sun, Apr 19
Kenya Airways Logo
9:00 - 0:15
KGL
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JNB
15h 15m
1 stop
Kenya Airways Logo
17:00 - 14:00
JNB
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KGL
21h 00m
1 stop
R5 502Kenya Airways
Sat, Mar 28 - Thu, Apr 30
Kenya Airways Logo
8:45 - 0:25
KGL
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JNB
15h 40m
1 stop
Kenya Airways Logo
12:10 - 19:00
JNB
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KGL
6h 50m
1 stop
R5 519Kenya Airways
Fri, Apr 3 - Sat, Apr 11
Kenya Airways Logo
3:40 - 10:55
KGL
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JNB
7h 15m
1 stop
Kenya Airways Logo
12:10 - 19:00
JNB
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KGL
6h 50m
1 stop
R5 535Kenya Airways
Wed, Apr 8 - Sat, Apr 11
RwandAir Logo
22:30 - 2:20
KGL
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JNB
3h 50mdirect
RwandAir Logo
3:10 - 7:00
JNB
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KGL
3h 50mdirect
R6 072RwandAir
Sun, Apr 12 - Sun, Apr 19
RwandAir Logo
22:30 - 2:20
KGL
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JNB
3h 50mdirect
RwandAir Logo
16:50 - 20:40
JNB
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KGL
3h 50mdirect
R6 173RwandAir
Sat, May 23 - Sun, May 31
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:00 - 8:15
KGL
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CPT
23h 15m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
20:55 - 0:35
CPT
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KGL
27h 40m
2 stops
R8 571Multiple Airlines
Sat, May 23 - Sun, May 31
Multiple Airlines Logo
22:30 - 8:15
KGL
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CPT
9h 45m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
20:55 - 7:00
CPT
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KGL
10h 05m
1 stop
R8 907Multiple Airlines
Fri, May 1 - Fri, May 15
Ethiopian Air Logo
17:40 - 8:40
KGL
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DUR
15h 00m
2 stops
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:10 - 1:05
DUR
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KGL
16h 55m
2 stops
R11 373Ethiopian Air
Fri, May 1 - Fri, May 15
Ethiopian Air Logo
17:40 - 8:40
KGL
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DUR
15h 00m
2 stops
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:10 - 16:45
DUR
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KGL
32h 35m
2 stops
R12 748Ethiopian Air
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Kigali to South Africa flights

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

What is the cheapest Kigali to South Africa flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to South Africa from Kigali found in the last 72 hours was to Johannesburg, at R6 029 return. The most popular route is from Kigali (KGL) to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport (JNB), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R6 029.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Kigali to South Africa depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to South Africa is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost R6 611 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South Africa is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R7 285.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Kigali to South Africa?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of R6 029, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Kigali to South Africa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Kigali to South 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 Kigali to South Africa is March, when tickets cost R4 596 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of return tickets is R6 861 and R6 726 respectively.

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

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to South Africa on a Monday and more expensive on a Wednesday. On your return trip to Kigali, you should consider flying back on a Thursday, and avoid Mondays for better deals.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flightR3 489
Best time to beat the crowds (18% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (39% more expensive on average)
Flight from Kigali to Johannesburg

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    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 Kigali to South Africa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines flying from Kigali to South Africa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Kigali 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.
7,7
RwandAirOverall score based on 40 reviews
6,7Entertainment
8,0Crew
7,8Boarding
7,3Food
7,7Comfort
Airline reviews

Because of the long lay over hour, Rwand Air offered a free hotel accomodation and transport. This was highly appreciate d

8,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jan 2026
KGL - DOH
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Because of the long lay over hour, Rwand Air offered a free hotel accomodation and transport. This was highly appreciate d

Pleasant, relaxed flight. I had 2 seats to myself, which was a bonus. I couldn't find a flight tracker ap so I could know where we were but that's a minor complaint. On the plus side, the passenger announcements did not come through my earphones but were on main speakers only. That was a nice touch.

Flight delayed by 3 hours 45 mins and no explanation given or apology. Rebooked on a flight departing to final destination 48 hrs later and baggage not delivered.

My outbound flight was grounded in Lusaka so we never made it to Paris. DO NOT fly this airline you will be stranded and your plans will be completely disrupted

Inflight entertainment with electronic charging stations can help during a long flight.

The flight was delayed with no notice. No inflight entertainment. Communication is vital in any business.

Poor communication: Flight come directly to kigali , didn’t come via mumbasa. Favouring to Rwandan passenger to move from economic to bussiness class after flight depart. Where they don’t asked other older passenger who need more comfort. Rude staff : chekin airport at Mumbai. Talking in local language (marathi) while serving and no sorry no thank you attitude.

Boarding was disorganized. Cabin crew was rude. Food was okay. Baggage was lost in Jeddah. Called airline for the past 5 days, either no response or saying the same thing as always which was "No bag has arrived. It should be here by tonight."

We had a good flight experience with this airline despite reading many negative comments

Delay not posted, only departure time listed- not boarding time. We left an hour late and arrived 45 min late. Restrooms had backed up sinks and toilets not flushed ) passenger error). Lots of screen for entertainment didn’t work. But we arrived with our luggage

It is nice and great but the houstees crew are all the way back arguing with customers and behavior issues same of the crew i saw that also all the trips were very much butter!

The Boeing 737 MAX on this route, flown in the middle of the night, is an UTTER FAILURE for business travellers. The whole point of business travel is to arrive alert and recover from travel quickly, and this little aeroplane with its quarter recline uncomfortable business seats does nothing for that. It’s a small step up from economy in that you have decent legroom, but that’s it. Absolute margin at the cost of the traveller.

Good. Crew do seem to be less friendly- management are clearly limiting them or not empowering them as they used to.

POSITIVES The hostesses were mostly pleasant, NEGATIVES The full flight wifi was horrible, hardly able to use it. My charger port was not working which made me use my neighbour's port which resulted in an accident which ruined her flight. During dinner, meat ran out when the cart got to us forcing us to eat vegetarian which was not great. We watched everyone around us eating meat. My wifi did not transfer to the second leg of my trip as they promised as they changed the plane. I was thrown off the window seat I booked for the 2nd leg of my journey as they changed planes, all done at my expense. This was not a cheap flight ($2600) which i hurriedly had to book to attend my mother's funeral who passed away suddenly. I was honestly disappointed with the whole saga as I heard Ethiopian Airlines was one of Africa's best.

Delays delays making us miss or next connection to IAD hence having to stay additional 24 hrs in Addis Ababa

Forgotten Suite inside of the top compartment but went back to ask and they didn’t leave at the lost and found place. Also the checking in was so horrible. I had multi city and one of the passenger saint have visa go go go Dubai. The Ethiopian airlines never had information about requirement for US permanent resident so couldn’t go to Dubai. And when coming back to US we were told we can not use our Addis to Washington ticket and they forced us to get new ticket. Very horrible experience.

I had a comfortable seat that makes my trip wonderful. I appreciate the Ethiopia crew, they were very helpful

They boarded backwards so our zone meant nothing!!! My TV was broken, the remote was broke, the head set jack was broke! So i was stuck for 15 hours with no form of entertainment!!! The service was ok but they didn't check on us or serve many snacks. They acted like you were a burden when you hit the call button.

The plane was delayed almost three hours because boarding was unorganized then we were delayed even longer because the plane had an issue. The plane didn't look well maintained, there was also alot of tape on the exterior. I won't fly kenya air ways again after this trip.

Sadly, flights were delayed both ways with no reasons given other than " operational".

The crew was good but the entertainment was poor . All old movies and TV shows and very few of them. Needs current entertainment. Seats too firm. Food just ok. Nice though to have option with upgrade of no one sitting in middle seat

I purchased the upgrade to have 3 seats open, so I was able to sleep 9 hours. Without that I would have been miserable

Our luggage was supposed to be checked through from Arusha to Cape Town. We didn't know that it was a self transfer in Johannisburg. Kayak should not have sold this flight combination with out a self transfer alert.

There was chaos checking because of a canceled flight the day prior. Also, we had an issue with tickets. The KQ agent went above a d beyond to help us get on board the flight Overall the 13+ hour flight is uncomfortable in coach. I may try to upgrade on return

For a long haul flight, the seats were too narrow. Paid for extra legroom but wish I could have paid for width! I was pressed against another person for the whole donation of the flight.

Delayed flight made my day very long, but other than that KQ got me to my destination in good shape.

The nice treatment and lovely pilots who accepted my son inside for a photo.So lovely of them

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