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R5 868 Find cheap flights to South America

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from South Africa to South America departing on 29/9. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Sao Paulo
Sao PaulodirectR8 388
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires2 stopsR17 678
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro1 stopR10 541
Santiago
Santiago2 stopsR17 550
Lima
Lima2 stopsR24 687
Bogotá
Bogotá1 stopR23 970
Quito
Quito2 stopsR22 608

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Flight from Johannesburg to Sao Paulo Guarulhos Airport

FAQs - booking South America flights

  • How long is the flight to South America?

    An average direct flight from South Africa to South America takes 25h 33m, covering a distance of 13116 km. The most popular route is Johannesburg - Sao Paulo with an average flight time of 9h 45m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to South America?

    The cheapest ticket to South America from South Africa found in the last 72 hours was R9 148 one-way, and R9 860 round-trip. The most popular route is Johannesburg OR Tambo to Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R9 860.

  • Which airlines fly to South America?

    South African, GOL & Kenya Airways fly the most frequently from South Africa to South America. The most popular route is from Johannesburg to Sao Paulo, and Cathay Pacific, LATAM Airlines and GOL fly this route the most.

  • What are the most popular destinations in South America?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Sao Paulo (48% of total searches to South America). The next most popular destinations are Buenos Aires (16%) and Rio de Janeiro (14%). Searches for flights to Bogotá (7%), to Santa Cruz de la Sierra (5%) and to Lima (4%) are also popular.

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

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Top 5 airlines flying to South America

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from South Africa to South America? 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.
7,6
South AfricanOverall score based on 151 reviews
7,3Food
8,2Crew
8,0Boarding
7,4Comfort
6,6Entertainment
Airline reviews

Flight was cancelled with no notification until I reached the check-in desk at the airport. I also got downgraded and they lost my luggage.

2,0 MediocreDafydd, May 2024CPT - JNB
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Flight was cancelled with no notification until I reached the check-in desk at the airport. I also got downgraded and they lost my luggage.

Very bad. Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

Very bad, Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

The flight SA227 on 2nd March Sao Paulo to Cape Town was delayed by 3 hours. All other flights leaving Sao Paulo left on time. We were told that we were waiting for push back and a routing from Air traffic control. I don't believe this, what was the real reason for the flight delay?

I think more immigration officers at Or Tambo- I spent 90 mins in a queue before I can assisted and most people missed their appointments and meetings

Not sure it was a basic airline so nothing much to like but what was annoying was they delayed so much we missed our connecting flight and we had to almost fight to be out on the next flight and also even get food

Everything the crew werr nice and helpful plus the food was good

First row in business class is terrible - no storage space with video screen folded down between seats. Entertainment system didn't show flight info...

At the last minute as I boarded the airplane they made me check my carry on bag. When I arrived my Apple Watch, sunglasses, and medications had been stolen. I find this absolutely unacceptable. I will never fly with SAA again.

Cons: "It’s a hop and a skip, just 2 1/2 hours. But. Nice flight"

Being a platinum member, no attention given. No towel or tissue provided.

Between Air India and Qatar my luggage was lost for three days. I eventually found my own luggage location using the Apple Air Tag. Air India used a paper form to report my lost luggage. I could never get past getting past luggage personnel with my report number before they would hang up on me. Only after them specifically telling Air India at Chandigarh airport where my luggage was located which was right under their noses did they react. After three days I finally received my luggage. The Air India luggage folks didn’t seem proactive in finding the luggage’s rightful owner.

As gold member there is no priority checkin. Meaning you either have to board with your zone or last with business class pax. As economy pax all the baggage bays are filled by the time you arrive

I had first class service from them. A little late taking off, but no major problem

I staff or crew they were very friendly and humbly, they done theirs service very well, I appreciate them and thank you to the company or Qatar 🇶🇦 Government for providing as good service in their flight ,once again, thank you 😊 🙏 😀 😉 👍

There’s lots of problem I faced from Bom to Doha that experience was worst I never faced before like this

I found it weird that the quality of the flight different from Australia to Doha than the Doha to Berlin leg. The quality of the toiletries pack (was in a box from Australia) and then a proper bag from Doha. The biggest variation was the inflight entertainment, which had a significantly shorter amount of content compared to the Doha flight. My QSuite seat was also broken and did not recline all the way flat. Wasn’t the best and I wouldn’t be happy if I’d paid cash for the flight.

I had already opted for Vegan food before 2 months yet they say we have no record for it,

Boarding procedures are very tiring. We have to clear security twice for our connecting flights from Doha. Also every time we board flights we have to show boarding passes 5-6 times.

Excellent will be flying again in May with Qatar. to Botswana.

For bus boarding, group 1 should have been sent on a separate bus ahead of the general boarding. It would have been nice.

You delayed my trip three days for no reason other than your lack of preparedness, did not offer any compensation, including food or a bed. I couldn’t trust you so I moved up my return flight and lost another day at the end of my trip to hopefully make sure I make my next flight. I will never fly LATAM again. You have the worse accountability and reliability and clearly do not care that your clients have lives and what it cost to fly to another country.

TAM is a real disappointment. We had to jump on a crowded bus for a 6am flight - although there were at least 15 available fingers that could have been used by our plane. Then, we were placed on row 30 - the last row of the plane, despite having purchased the tickets a long time ago and being TAM gold plus members. Note: worse seats on the plane. Great way of rewarding your frequent flyers TAM ! I now remember why I stoped flying internationally with TAM and moved to American, United, Swiss, Lufthansa and BA. TAM has no respect for its customers.

I do not speak Spanish or read in Spanish When asking for help, people were hard to find they spoke quickly and pointed a lot directions for where to go and what to do we’re unclear. Which made my traveling uneasy.

I do not read or speak in Spanish. Only English. When asking for help, the people spoke quickly in English and pointed a lot. I wish they would’ve spoken a little slower for me to understand. There was much confusion and hurried in their message and I was unclear as to where to go

It’s been some time since I saw the plane and the cabin that old and worn out.

No air in the middle rows. Had a hard time breathing. Was dying of heat.

Flight was great Customer service was questionable until we found someone at checkin to help us. One young lady took all our passports disappeared for 15 minutes, came back with nothing done, handed to someone else and left for lunch. Very complacent. Baggage was very expensive until we went to the service counter and a separate person helped us. Even with platinum status they wouldn’t allow free bags. We will continue to fly Delta as our preferred carrier but will avoid checking in with Latam. Dr. Armand Radke

Terrible They charged me 157$ for excess baggage even though my bags were within the normally accepted limits Flight was late. Service was poor. The snacks were really bad

Horrific checkin procedure with neither Delta nor Latam figuring out how to check me in. 4 hrs on customer support with both and both airlines pointing to each other who should do checking. I was not checked in until morning of flight, which for international flight is concerning.

United failed me in cancelling flight to Chicago. Then put me on American Airlines standby to Miami for onward connection to RMO via IST. Standby failed. They looked me for Sunday morning 24 hours late at this point). Made it to Miami but Turkish airlines cancelled my seats and demanded $1360 to rebook the flights for the following day ! I went to United, spent two hours negotiating with Mr Ruis ? Who said he could do anything for me as he could fix problems that United caused in Miami. He suggested I call the 800 number. When I managed to.get through on my 6th call, I was on hold 2 hours and 30 minutes waiting for an agent when the call was cut off by United phone system. I went back to American. At last a lady , who had zero responsibility in this fiasco, helped me to find a replacement flight that night with Polish airlines to RMO through Warsaw at a cost of $968 including bag charge. I booked it with only a few hours to spare. The lady at American helped to recover and redirect my checked suitcase that had arrived in Miami a day earlier United customer service were awful. United partner Turkish airlines were horrendous and took zero responsibility. I ended up being late to my appointment overseas by 45 hours with zero compensation, no food vouchers, no replacement flights until I found one and paid for it myself. I reporting the entire fiasco to the secretary of state for Tennessee for law violations and refusal to remedy and compensate. I now need help to extend the trip by two days but United are not responding to communications

Request for “strict vegan” as in the airlines meal selection was not strictly adhered to. My two travelling partners with their Asian vegetarian meals said that their meals were not Asian.

Boarding was chaotic. The agent was so rude and yelled at me for standing in the lane according to my number instead of cutting across to get to him. So rude. Also asking to gate-check luggage was lengthy and chaotic. Not a good boarding experience.

I took a nine-hour flight in economy class, and the seats were quite comfortable. I even managed to take a long nap, which rarely happens. There was a good selection of movies, and the complimentary kit included socks, ear plugs, a sleep mask, lip balm, and a toothbrush with toothpaste.

It was ok. This flight was for my 80 year old grandparents and when they arrived to Beirut no wheelchair (as requested) was waiting for them. My grandpa had to pick up his own luggage, he got soooo tired. No one to help him as we submitted the request ahead of time

It was a good experience. With the long layover they provided the TourIstanbul option to have the free sightseeing bus tour - that was a great option to pass the time. Airport at Istanbul is very comfortable and convenient. Flight was comfortable.

Food was bad crew a bit nicer than other flights seats uncomfortable too

Terrible seats are very uncomfortable and narrow. Really hard time eating and painful buttons.. crew was very rud not allow anyone to stand not even to go to the toilets

Overall it was good, but the flight was long and crews on such long flights in my experience generally get more involved. They make more rounds with water and snacks and check on wellbeing of passengers. It was not an overnight flight, so the ‘night’ atmosphere in the cabin was not called for

Overnight flight in the old style Business class, but still very good.

Short lay-overs and total flight times. Everything else could have been better.

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Recent return flight deals

19/9Thu
directSouth African
10h 30mJNB-GRU
26/9Thu
directSouth African
8h 50mGRU-JNB
R8 388
12/8Mon
directSouth African
10h 30mJNB-GRU
12/9Thu
directSouth African
8h 50mGRU-JNB
R8 407
9/8Fri
directLATAM Airlines
10h 10mJNB-GRU
15/8Thu
directLATAM Airlines
8h 45mGRU-JNB
R8 848
4/10Fri
1 stopTAAG
15h 50mJNB-GRU
11/10Fri
1 stopTAAG
15h 25mGRU-JNB
R9 842
16/8Fri
directLATAM Airlines
10h 10mJNB-GRU
12/9Thu
directLATAM Airlines
8h 45mGRU-JNB
R9 860
9/11Sat
1 stopTAAG
15h 50mJNB-GRU
18/11Mon
1 stopTAAG
15h 25mGRU-JNB
R9 970
21/10Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
26h 20mJNB-GRU
28/10Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
26h 30mGRU-JNB
R16 593
21/10Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
26h 20mJNB-GRU
27/10Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
33h 00mGRU-JNB
R16 630
22/12Sun
2 stopsBritish Airways
45h 05mJNB-EZE
27/12Fri
2 stopsBritish Airways
39h 45mEZE-JNB
R22 112
11/12Wed
2 stopsBritish Airways
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24/12Tue
2 stopsBritish Airways
43h 20mLIM-JNB
R26 987

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15h 50mJNB-GRU
R5 868
24/8Sat
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15h 50mJNB-GRU
R6 015
12/9Thu
directSouth African
10h 30mJNB-GRU
R8 683
31/8Sat
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R8 793
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R9 897
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R10 798
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15h 50mJNB-GRU
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multi-stopTAAG
15h 25mGRU-JNB
R16 630
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R22 259
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R29 783
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8/9Sun
multi-stopEthiopian Air
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8/9Sun
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R43 561
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