Trip cost
Maldives from Johannesburg: trip cost
For 2 travellers sharing a room, a 7-day trip to Maldives from Johannesburg comes to about $6,556 (about $7,015 with a 7% buffer), including flights, stay, food, local transport and activities. Flights are the typical observed range, $843 to $941 per person, last observed 30 Oct 2026. Visa fees are not included.
Complete trip estimate, 7 days, 2 travellers
Shown for a default of 7 days and 2 travellers sharing one room. Those are our defaults, not your plans: change them above.
- Flights, Johannesburg and back TYPICALTypical observed, last observed 30 Oct 2026: $843 to $941 per person over 17 observation days · Typical fare per person across the usable months; the month table below shows each month.
- ~$1,836
- Stay, 6 nights About $180 a night for one mid-range room, our model's estimate. Hotel observations replace this as they arrive.
- about $1,080estimate, refreshed 27 Oct
- Food About $120 per person per day, our model's estimate.
- about $1,680estimate, refreshed 27 Oct
- Local transport About $40 per person per day for buses, metro, taxis and transfers, our model's estimate.
- about $560estimate, refreshed 27 Oct
- Activities About $100 per person per day, our model's estimate.
- about $1,400estimate, refreshed 27 Oct
- Visa or entry permit
- Not in the total. Confirm the fee on the official portal.
About R 108 952 at the 30 Oct 2026 rate.
About R 116 579 at the 30 Oct 2026 rate. Your bank's rate will differ a little.
The buffer is a default for the things a plan leaves out, not a fee. It is never folded into the estimate above.
Other trip lengths for 2: 3 days about $3,756, 5 days about $5,156, 10 days about $8,656.
Flights, Johannesburg to Maldives and back, are the observed range where we hold one and our distance estimate otherwise; stay, food, local transport and activities are planning figures from the destination's daily costs. Nothing here is a quote. How we calculate.
Typical fares by month, Johannesburg to Maldives
Round trip, per person, from fares observed on different days in the last 30 days. The cheapest usable month is Nov 2026. Prices last refreshed 30 Oct 2026.
| Travel month | Typical fare, per person | Days sampled | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | $917 to $917 | 4 | TYPICAL |
| Nov 2026cheapest | $843 to $941 | 7 | TYPICAL |
| Dec 2026 | $918 to $1,136 | 17 | TYPICAL |
| Jul 2027 | $1,062 to $1,062 | 4 | TYPICAL |
8 more months are not observed yet.
Often forgotten
- Checked baggage · About 13 hours of travel each way, airport time included
Many long-haul fares include one bag; low-cost carriers price each bag separately. Check the fare rules.
- Airport transfer · Arriving by air
The local transport line budgets getting around, not a private transfer. Check whether your stay includes one.
- Travel insurance · An international trip
Medical cover abroad and trip cancellation. Priced by the insurer for your party and dates.
- SIM or eSIM · An international trip
Roaming or a local data plan for the days you are away.
- Tips and service charges · Any trip
Customs differ by country; restaurants and drivers may expect them.
- Souvenirs and gifts · Any trip
Outside the activities line, which budgets what you do, not what you bring home.
A checklist, not a price list: we show an amount only where a named source has published one.
Best months to visit Maldives
November, December, January, February, March and April, from the destination's own record. The fare table above shows which of the coming months is cheapest to fly.
About Maldives
A chain of low coral atolls in the Indian Ocean where the trip is built around one resort island or a local island guesthouse, and meal plans often fold food into a single figure. Reaching your island is a separate, separately charged leg after landing at Male: speedboat for nearer resorts, seaplane or a domestic flight for distant ones, and seaplanes operate in daylight only. Driest around December to April.
Plan a Maldives trip with your own dates