There are 4 ways to get from Melbourne to Samar by plane or ferry
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Fly to Tacloban
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tacloban (TAC)plane MEL - TAC
13h 48m₱14,887–42,927Fly to Catarman
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Catarman (CRM)plane MEL - CRM
19h 14m₱22,717–70,717Fly to Calbayog
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Calbayog (CYP)plane MEL - CYP
17h 7m₱21,867–60,897Fly to Mactan–Cebu International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Mactan–Cebu International Airport (CEB)plane MEL - CEB
- Take the ferry from MEPZ 1 Mactan to Cebu Pier 3ferry
- Take the ferry from Cebu to Ormocferry
17h 37m₱16,422–42,892
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tacloban (TAC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Samar is to fly and ferry which costs ₱16,000 - ₱43,000 and takes 17h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Samar is to fly which takes 13h 48m and costs ₱14,000 - ₱43,000.
The distance between Melbourne and Samar is 5846 km.
It takes approximately 13h 48m to get from Melbourne to Samar, including transfers.
Samar is 3h behind Melbourne. It is currently 12:09 AM in Melbourne and 9:09 PM in Samar.
There are 91+ hotels available in Samar.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Samar, Philippines?
Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tacloban (TAC) 3 times a day.
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tacloban via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱15,000–47,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tacloban via Manila, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱15,000–48,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catarman via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱22,000–70,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catarman via Manila, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₱23,000–75,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catarman via Ngurah Rai, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱29,000–110,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catarman via Tan Son Nhat, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₱27,000–95,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catarman via Bandar Seri Begawan, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₱22,000–70,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catarman via Singapore Changi, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₱29,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catarman via Brisbane, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₱22,000–85,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Calbayog via Manila, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱21,000–70,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Calbayog via Tan Son Nhat, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱25,000–75,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱11,000–35,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–80,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tacloban via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–42,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tacloban via Manila, Iloilo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱15,000–42,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱10,000–31,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Calbayog via Manila, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱21,000–60,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Calbayog via Brisbane, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱20,000–80,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱15,000–22,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱10,000–39,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–45,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱16,000–60,000
- Website
- topline.ph
Ferry from MEPZ 1 Mactan to Cebu Pier 3
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₱25
- Schedules at
- topline.ph
- Phone
- +63(32)255 7560
- customerservice@oceanjet.net
- Website
- oceanjet.net
Ferry from Cebu to Ormoc
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₱650–2,058
- Website
- http://www.oceanjet.net/
- Tourist Class
- ₱1,415
- Business Class
- ₱2,058
- Open Air
- ₱1,415
- Phone
- +63916-6426171
- supercat-customercare@supercat.ph
- Website
- supercat.com.ph
Ferry from Cebu to Ormoc
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₱1,340–1,827
- Website
- https://supercat.ph/
- Tourist
- ₱1,340
- Business
- ₱1,827
- Economy
- ₱1,340
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