Popular in | June | High demand for flights, 16% potential price rise |
Cheapest in | October | Best time to find cheap flights, 3% potential price drop |
Average price | R28 751 | Average for round-trip flights in June 2022 |
Information is based on travel restrictions from South Africa to Tasmania
Most visitors from South Africa need to provide a negative COVID-19 test result and/or quarantine to enter Tasmania.
COVID-19 testing requirements
Visitors from South Africa are not required to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test or antigen result upon entering Tasmania.
Quarantine requirements
Visitors from South Africa are not required to quarantine after entering Tasmania.
Documents
Travel Authorization Form - Travelers who are not in an exempt category may request an individual exemption to Australia's travel restrictions using this form.
Digital Passenger Declaration - You can start a DPD seven days before your flight to Australia, but you can only submit a DPD within 72 hours before your departure.
Returning to South Africa from Tasmania
COVID-19 testing requirements
Visitors from Tasmania must present a negative RT-PCR (NAAT) or Antigen (quick-test) test taken 72 hours for RT-PCR (NAAT) and 48 hours for Antigen (quick-test) before departing to South Africa.
Quarantine requirements
Visitors from Tasmania are not required to quarantine after entering South Africa.
ZA1 - HBA Price
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R16 858 - R39 558
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HBA Temperature
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13 - 23 °C
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HBA Rainfall
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22 - 51 mm
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Travellers taking cheap flights to Tasmania are spoiled for choice when it comes to destinations and activities. This small island is remarkably diverse and wonderfully wild.
Hobart, the capital, has the heritage as well as the stunning setting and, within a 90-minute drive, beautiful, bird-full Bruny Island and Port Arthur, the historic former penal settlement. Along the east coast – which has the mildest weather – the beaches are pristine, white-sanded and lapped by the bluest of seas.
Launceston, Tasmania’s second city, is in the north. It boasts the Cataract Gorge and, thanks to the bounty of the Tamar Valley, a reputation as a foodie city. Across the island, to the west, small villages give way to the Tarkine wilderness and the World Heritage Area, which accounts for about 20 per cent of Tasmania.
The national parks in the World Heritage Area include Southwest National Park, the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, the Walls of Jerusalem National Park, the Hartz Mountain National Park and Mole Creek Karst National Park. Few places are as unexplored as Tasmania’s national parks.
Tasmanians like to say that the island gets all four seasons in one day, but it has a mild, maritime, climate with plenty of rainfall. On the east coast, Hobart, for example, gets an average of 630mm, making it Australia’s second-driest capital city (after Adelaide). The west coast gets four times that, about 2,400mm per year.December-March are the warmest months with temperatures between 17 and 23 degrees. May through August is winter; temperatures hover between 3 and 11 degrees.
Peak Season:
Summer (December to February) is high season, when most travellers take cheap flights to Tasmania.
Off Season:
Winter – May to August – is low season.
Shoulder Season:
The autumn and spring months – March and November – are shoulder season, but the weather can be unpredictable. However, if you brave the elements you can save on flights and accommodation.