There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Samar by plane, ferry, or bus
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Fly Melbourne Airport to Tacloban
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tacloban (TAC)plane MEL - TAC
14h 13m₱15,904–40,944Fly Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport, ferry
cheapest- 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 42m₱15,439–41,909Fly Melbourne Airport to Calbayog
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Calbayog (CYP)plane MEL - CYP
17h 57m₱23,884–60,914Fly Melbourne Airport to Catarman
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Catarman (CRM)plane MEL - CRM
13h 39m₱23,734–65,734Bus to Avalon Airport, fly to Calbayog
- Take the bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminalbus
- Fly from Avalon Airport (AVV) to Calbayog (CYP)plane AVV - CYP
25h 18m₱32,884–120,914
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 ₱15,000 - ₱42,000 and takes 17h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Samar is to fly which takes 13h 39m and costs ₱23,000 - ₱70,000.
The distance between Melbourne and Samar is 5846 km.
It takes approximately 14h 13m to get from Melbourne to Samar, including transfers.
Samar is 3h behind Melbourne. It is currently 2:53 PM in Melbourne and 11:53 AM in Samar.
There are 90+ hotels available in Samar.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Samar, Philippines?
Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tacloban (TAC) twice daily.
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tacloban via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–44,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tacloban via Manila, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–45,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Calbayog via Manila, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, 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
- ₱24,000–75,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱10,000–34,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catarman via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₱23,000–65,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catarman via Ngurah Rai, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱22,000–130,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catarman via Tan Son Nhat, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₱26,000–90,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Calbayog via Manila, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱23,000–60,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Calbayog via Brisbane, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱20,000–75,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Calbayog via Brisbane, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱32,000–120,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Calbayog via Sydney, Brisbane, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱32,000–120,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Calbayog via Ngurah Rai, Manila, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₱35,000–130,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱13,000–80,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tacloban via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱15,000–40,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱11,000–31,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–21,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱10,000–38,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–44,000
- 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
- Phone
- 1300 759 287
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₱735
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Schedules at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/timetables/
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
- 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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