R3 201 Find Cheap Flights to Kenya

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Book Cheap Kenya Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Kenya 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 to Kenya

Thu, Jun 11 - Sun, Jun 28
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16:40 - 5:10
JNB
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NBO
11h 30m
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6:10 - 14:40
NBO
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JNB
9h 30m
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R5 272TAAG
Fri, Apr 3 - Thu, Apr 16
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12:50 - 21:25
JNB
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NBO
7h 35m
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8:00 - 19:40
NBO
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JNB
12h 40m
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R5 367Uganda Airlines
Sun, Apr 12 - Sun, Apr 19
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22:50 - 11:40
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MBA
11h 50m
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12:40 - 20:10
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JNB
8h 30m
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R7 279Ethiopian Air
Thu, Apr 2 - Mon, Apr 6
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22:50 - 11:40
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MBA
11h 50m
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12:40 - 20:10
MBA
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JNB
8h 30m
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R7 358Ethiopian Air
Tue, Mar 31 - Wed, Apr 8
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16:50 - 14:35
JNB
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MBA
20h 45m
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17:00 - 14:20
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JNB
22h 20m
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R7 772RwandAir
Tue, Mar 31 - Wed, Apr 8
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3:10 - 14:35
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MBA
10h 25m
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17:00 - 2:20
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JNB
10h 20m
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R7 804RwandAir
Wed, Apr 15 - Wed, Apr 22
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17:00 - 0:59
JNB
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MBA
6h 59m
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9:50 - 15:50
MBA
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JNB
7h 00m
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R8 075Kenya Airways
Thu, Apr 16 - Thu, Apr 23
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18:55 - 23:10
CPT
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NBO
27h 15m
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7:40 - 17:45
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CPT
11h 05m
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R8 362Air Tanzania
Mon, Apr 13 - Mon, Apr 20
Kenya Airways Logo
12:10 - 0:59
JNB
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MBA
11h 49m
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17:35 - 0:15
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JNB
7h 40m
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R8 394Kenya Airways
Thu, Apr 16 - Thu, Apr 23
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18:55 - 23:10
CPT
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NBO
27h 15m
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7:40 - 17:45
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CPT
11h 05m
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R8 410Air Tanzania
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Kenya

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

What is the cheapest flight to Kenya?

These are the best return prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to Kenya from South Africa found in the last 72 hours was to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, at R6 749 return. The most popular route is Cape Town (CPT) to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport (NBO) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R6 749.

How much is a flight to Kenya?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to Kenya from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

A flight to Kenya costs R7 158 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was R3 989 for the route Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport (JNB) to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport (NBO). The most popular routes on KAYAK are Johannesburg to Nairobi which costs R9 212 on average, and Cape Town to Nairobi, which costs R11 141 on average.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from South Africa to Kenya, 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 South Africa to Kenya is October, when tickets cost R6 403 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is R8 250 and R8 171 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Kenya, 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 a flight from South Africa to Kenya, you should book around 7 weeks before departure, which saves you about 14% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Kenya?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Kenya is Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport (NBO), with an average flight price of R4 919.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flightR3 201
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Flight from Johannesburg to Nairobi

FAQs - booking Kenya flights

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

    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 South Africa to Kenya.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from South Africa to Kenya 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 South Africa to Kenya?

    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 South Africa to Kenya 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 South Africa to Kenya?

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

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Kenya?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Kenya is Friday when return tickets can be as cheap as R8 581. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, when return prices are R9 140 on average.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Kenya is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost R7 754 on average. Morning departures are around 19% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Kenya is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R9 629.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Kenya

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Kenya? 25% of our users found return tickets to Kenya for the following prices or less: From Cape Town R14 930, from Johannesburg OR Tambo R15 351
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Kenya flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Kenya

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from South Africa to Kenya? 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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AirlinkOverall score based on 84 reviews
6,4Entertainment
8,3Comfort
8,2Boarding
8,0Food
8,9Crew
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I can't understand how the priority boarding queue has so many people standing in it. I was travelling business class and arrived 40 minutes before boarding time and there we about 25 people in the queue ahead of me?

6,0 GoodAlistair, Feb 2026
JNB - CPT
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I can't understand how the priority boarding queue has so many people standing in it. I was travelling business class and arrived 40 minutes before boarding time and there we about 25 people in the queue ahead of me?

Great flight, excellent service comfortable plane. No entertainment available on the flight but it was only a 3 hour flight.

Delayed boarding... we were kept standing in the bus for too long... the bus was packed and smelling people!!! As if it's not enough,when we finally came off the bus, we had to wait again standing in the sun waiting to board..

Our flight from Kasane to JNB was delayed, which meant we missed our connection to CPT. The JNB ground staff were not helpful at first, initially insisting that our flight into JNB had been on time when in fact it was 40 minutes late. No domestic transfer staff available. So we had to wait another 3 hours for the next flight to CPT, then nearly 40 minutes for our luggage. Getting into our hotel after midnight was never in the itinerary. Airlink travel is not in our future!

+ There was a great small meal even on the short flight + They gave our kids a magazine that kept them busy because there were no screens - We didn't get a boarding pass for our infant in arms for the connecting flight

Just an short flight. So it was great. Airlink is pretty good😀

Airlink is my preferred airline for travel in South and Southern Africa. Upington international airport is small so check in and security screening is a breeze. Boarding is easy and the flight was good. Took a while to get the luggage at OR Tambo airport but all in all a nice experience

It was a great experience , it was quick and on time

this route is more expensive than you would expect. Boarding, disembarking was easy and fast. Cabin crew was friendly. Seats are small

The meal was excellent and well suited to a short journey.

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.

A bit chaotic boarding flight but over all good experience.

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

The plane was ok, I was in business class and was surprised there were no pods and each seat was right next to another one. That said it was comfortable and the food and coffee were good. Entertainment wise again I was surprised to see only movies and no TV shows. Check-in at Toronto Pearson was an absolute disaster, which was especially disappointing as I was a business class passenger. There was no dedicated staffing for the business counter and four (4) airlines employees assisted one economy class passenger for about 15 minutes when one could have easily assisted me. Overall room for improvement, particularly in the on-ground experience and airplane infrastructure.

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

Check in took over an hour because printer was not working. Attendant did not know how to give free layover Addis Ababa hotel vouchers or update frequent flyer number. After repeated attempts, got voucher emailed. However hotel wanted printed voucher hence more delay. Bus time from hotel back to airport was printed 4:50 hours, but hotel reception called at 3 pm saying bus will leave at 4 pm. Then hotel reception called again saying 4:15 pm. We rushed at 4:15 pm and bus was not ready until 4:40 pm. Many audio outlets were not working in planes.

I have my baggage left either in Jeddah or Addis and undelivered to Abuja

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.

It was an old aircraft, stiff seats almost wooden chairs with thin cushions. Food was ok.

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

Got delayed for over 24 hours. Fight was cancelled. Was put up at a nice hotel whose kitchen was unfortunately not prepared for the sudden influx of guests The headphone jacks on the seat were loose and sound kept getting dropped over the headphones. Food was good though. Certain items (Amarula) were not available for purchase over the on-plane duty free. Had been told i would pick my luggage at my final destination*wrong* had to pick it up in JFK and recheck it and then got charged for it**** too tired to argue with the Delta staff on the issue.... after a 15 hr flight.

Uganda Airlines notified me less than 24 hours before departure that my early evening flight from JRO to EBB had been moved five hours later into the middle of the night. That was an unacceptable change, putting me in the position of having to find a last minute flight on another carrier, at a high price, to get me where I needed to go. They did not offer refunds, did not offer rebooking options. When I contacted them to cancel my flight and refund, they told me I had to do that through kayak. The phone number listed for customer service was incorrect. There was no way to contact or chat with an actual person. Even online they would not allow me to cancel the flight, only modify it to another time. Their customer care was completely worthless. I would urge you to never fly them, and I will never fly them again. Kayak was also unhelpful. They said I had to deal with the airline for refunds. So neither kayak nor Uganda Airlines have been helpful to me. I have lost the money paid for the original fare. I had to rebook on my own to get an acceptable timetable. I would also urge you not to book through a third-party like kayak because kayak and the airline blame each other. This was a completely awful experience.

The agent you recommended is a big scam. I missed my flight. It’s either you are colluding with your agents to sabotage clients or something is terribly wrong. In overall would give zero ratings.

I missed my flight because you refeered a scam agent.

I like that they provided food during the long layover in Entebbe, other than that, they delayed, they changed the time twice, the flight from Entebbe to Burundi was very uncomfortable, my neck and back were killing me, it felt worse than travelling by road. They should improve on the layover hours, and make the flights sit comfortably.

Probably the worst airline I have flown in recent years. From check in to the on board experience, everything was terrible

improve sercice on board and to assist passengers to get thier needs

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