$468 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Africa

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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Africa

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Cairo
Cairo2 stops$1,095
Casablanca
Casablanca2 stops$1,423
Lagos
Lagos2 stops$1,342
Cape Town
Cape Town2 stops$1,490
Accra
Accra2 stops$1,294
Marrakech
Marrakech2 stops$678
Tunis
Tunis2 stops$1,685
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa2 stops$1,458
Entebbe
Entebbe3 stops$1,414
Kigali
Kigali2 stops$1,141
Cairo
Cairo2 stops$1,095
Casablanca
Casablanca2 stops$1,423
Lagos
Lagos2 stops$1,342
Cape Town
Cape Town2 stops$1,490
Accra
Accra2 stops$1,294
Marrakech
Marrakech2 stops$678
Tunis
Tunis2 stops$1,685
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa2 stops$1,458
Entebbe
Entebbe3 stops$1,414
Kigali
Kigali2 stops$1,141

Book Cheap Des Moines to Africa Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Africa that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Des Moines to Africa

Fri, May 1 - Fri, May 8
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5:58 am - 11:50 pmDSM-CAI
33h 52m2 stops
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2:05 am - 11:26 pmCAI-DSM
29h 21m2 stops
$1,073Qatar Airways
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Fri, May 1 - Sat, May 9
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12:49 pm - 11:50 pmDSM-CAI
27h 01m2 stops
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7:50 pm - 11:26 pmCAI-DSM
35h 36m2 stops
$1,074Qatar Airways
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Wed, Nov 26 - Fri, Dec 5
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1:05 pm - 9:00 pmDSM-CAI
23h 55m2 stops
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4:35 am - 5:24 pmCAI-DSM
20h 49m2 stops
$1,095Lufthansa
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Wed, Nov 19 - Tue, Nov 25
Delta Logo
10:21 am - 12:05 amDSM-CAI
29h 44m2 stops
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2:10 am - 10:33 pmCAI-DSM
28h 23m2 stops
$1,098Delta
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Wed, Nov 19 - Thu, Nov 27
Delta Logo
10:21 am - 12:05 amDSM-CAI
29h 44m2 stops
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2:10 am - 9:41 amCAI-DSM
39h 31m2 stops
$1,105Delta
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Wed, Nov 26 - Sat, Dec 6
Lufthansa Logo
3:15 pm - 9:00 pmDSM-CAI
21h 45m2 stops
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5:15 am - 5:24 pmCAI-DSM
20h 09m2 stops
$1,171Lufthansa
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Tue, Dec 30 - Mon, Jan 12
United Airlines Logo
3:14 pm - 10:00 pmDSM-NBO
21h 46m2 stops
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11:40 pm - 10:55 amNBO-DSM
44h 15m2 stops
$1,334United Airlines
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Mon, Dec 29 - Mon, Jan 12
United Airlines Logo
6:46 pm - 10:00 pmDSM-NBO
42h 14m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
11:40 pm - 10:55 amNBO-DSM
44h 15m2 stops
$1,340United Airlines
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Sat, Dec 20 - Sat, Dec 27
British Airways Logo
1:24 pm - 10:25 amDSM-JNB
37h 01m2 stops
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10:00 pm - 6:22 pmJNB-DSM
28h 22m2 stops
$2,154British Airways
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Fri, Dec 19 - Fri, Dec 26
British Airways Logo
6:35 pm - 10:25 amDSM-JNB
55h 50m2 stops
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7:35 pm - 6:26 pmJNB-DSM
30h 51m2 stops
$2,212British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to Africa flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Des Moines to Africa to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Des Moines to Africa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Africa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Des Moines to Africa is September, when tickets cost $1,062 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,576 and $1,463 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Des Moines to Africa?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Des Moines to Africa clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Des Moines to Africa, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Des Moines, you’ll find the best rates on Fridays and the most expensive ones on Tuesdays.

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Low seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$468
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 12% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from Des Moines to Addis Ababa

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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Des Moines to Africa?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from Des Moines to Africa with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Des Moines to Africa?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Des Moines to Africa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Africa?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $1,200 on average. Morning departures are around 1% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,221.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Des Moines to Africa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to Africa? 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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8001 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
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I truly love flying with Delta. They have always treated me with the upmost respect

10.0 ExcellentMAYRA, Nov 2025JFK - MIA
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I truly love flying with Delta. They have always treated me with the upmost respect

Our flight attendant in FIRST CLASS was one of the worst I’ve ever had. She was not at all pleasant, nor particularly good at her service.

Everything went well and was good. Nothing exceptional, but no complaints either. Cheap seats are pretty comfortable.

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

They ended up paying for the bag twice, but the counter wouldn't take my baggage receipt. Left it to me to resolve. Not sure how to resolve the issue.

The customer service before board was very rude and when I expressed my concerns about making the connecting flight she laughed and told me I bought the wrong ticket. I explained once it showed the flight was delayed it no longer let me change seats or anything. I was trying to upgrade to make sure I would get to the next gate on time.

Non stop on long haul is the way to go. Great experience

The aircraft interior is old and tired on this aircraft. The entertainment system never worked despite the crews attempt to reset the system.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Old plane and old configuration/seats but still comfortable for a morning flight

All good. Over four hours flight if provided snacks like Qatar Airways would be better

Lobster starter in business class was not good, tough, served cold, and without butter. Movie selection was missing latest releases, did not offer older classic, high quality movies

Food was absolutely pathetic. I wasted so much food which I thought was inedible. I also loathe the inflight entertainment system which has very little content

My entire row did not have power for the full duration of a 14.5 hour flight. Could not charge any devices such as laptop or phones for the entirety of the long flight. The flight attendants tried to remedy the issue by resetting the power, but were not successful. The only other solution provided was to move me to another seat on the plane which was in the middle row. I had paid for a “preferred” seat that was a window seat. This was a downgrade being offered due to the power issue.

Nothing to complain. The staff and flight was good especially the seats which was better compared than the cloth ones on Qatar airways

I was travelling 3.5 years after. Agree Economy is no business class but the food was mediocre. Ordered a Hindu meal, the salads were bitter . The food was really below quality and had no tast from what I had in the past. Indian Railways probably have a better quality food when compared. However the kids meal was really nice and really appreciate how they were taken care of. The restrooms were dirty .

My flight was with American Airlines 120. The flight was delayed 3 hours and I missed my connection. When I arrived in Doha, the AA staff told me to call an 800 number to rebook a different flight, which was unacceptable. Eventually a Qatar Air staff member helped rebook me on a flight to Manila, that was 12 hours later. They offered me a hotel and meal voucher which I declined, because I didn’t want to leave the airport. Long story short, I spent 12 hours in the Doha airport waiting for my next flight.

Overall the experience was neat with crew being nice and caring especially to parent with kids. The free snacks option was okay. The kiosk at Philly airport didn’t work.

Reason for travelling Tampa to Orlando is to fly Qatar Airline. we end up with American Airline. This was the miserable experience I ever had in my entire travel history. Flight attendants were rude. They hit my knee with the food cart and I was holding ice pack for 2 hours. I still have the pain after a week. WE boarded the flight twice because of the temperature inside the plan.

First keep the airline as you promise. Reason for travelling from Orlando to Tampa is to go with Qatar Airline. We end up with American Airline. As expected the service was horrible.

Plane boarded early a quickly, was mostly full. We left close to on time. And landed early.

My experience on this United Airlines flight was highly uncomfortable, primarily due to two issues: Cabin Temperature: The temperature on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 was unacceptably high, feeling consistently around 80 degrees throughout the flight. This made sleeping impossible and significantly detracted from the experience. Seating Arrangement: Being stuck in a middle seat for a six-and-a-half-hour overnight flight compounded the discomfort. Moving forward, I will always purchase a seat assignment to avoid this situation.

Premium Plus is a really good idea for longer flights

7 hours delayed due to operational issues on United’s end. Basically laziness.

Short flight but an "eager to help" crew made the journey more enjoyable!

Flight was delayed only slightly before takeoff due to traffic control. However, the flight arrived early to ORD. Good flight. United has been very reliable for me.

The person I bought the ticket for didn’t make the flight.

Lately I like the planes have been exceptionally filthy. There’s lines of dust and dirt all across the ceiling in the vents, and the cracks in between the seats are literally full of food. It’s definitely not the quality of service that I was used to with United. I’m also very disappointed with the Wi-Fi! All I wanna do is knock out a few work jobs while I’m trapped in my seat And it spools so bad. They did provide me with a refund, but the process of getting that refund is so complicated. It’s unfortunate.

Another delayed flight. When the delays exceed the duration of the flight, it’s a problem.

Excellent flight. Smooth, efficient boarding. Quick flight. Arrived early at STL.

Trip was smooth, good drew, average meal, almost cold coffee. Excellent landing. Did not enjoy going down the stairs, walking to the gate, walking up the stairs, going a long walk to the exchange gate, and going down the stairs again to be bussed all the way where we originally landed to take our next flight! Over all an average experience. Thank you.

I booked extra leg room, due to seat neighbor i now consider extra shoulder and arm room as well. Seems like the seats shrink in width now The crew was very friendly and professional ( 100%). Food was good not great, breakfast was bad, a dry slice of bread would have been better. Facilities clean.

Luggage transfer in Chicago was not performed in time. I received my luggage at my destination two days later.

love the crews and my only problem was the delay at Frankfurt was very bad. I have travelled with Lufthansa for over 30 years now and this was cost me some planned business appointment

The flight delay made the connection a bit tight but that's outside the flight crew's control.

We just made it to our connecting flight. A long, long speed walk!

We didn't get the coffee with breakfast in the morning.. 30 mins lazer I asked flight attendant why don't we get coffee now at least.. after the breakfast..she said that captain announced possible turbulences fee minutes ago, which didn't ecplain why we didn't get it with the breakfast..breakfast was very poor btw..just little pastry which you can eat in 4 little bites. Turbulences fortunately didn't even happen.. but we didn't get that more than necessary coffee in the morning after the night flight with very poor sleep.. They just served breakfast 1 hour afzer we took off..at like 11 PM.. that doesn't make sense at all.. Also, flight attendants weren't very nice..they looked like they're not happy with their job.. :/

Lufthansa still has a good level of quality compared to US airlines, especially with respect to (1) food quality - actually tasty, (2) good French red wine - free, (3) good movie selection. Also my ticket price includes 1 free check-in luggage, while some other budget airlines sneak in an extra $150 for a checkin.

I think they overbooked Frankfurt to New York and bumped me off. This changed my return travel I arrived home about 4 hours late. Almost 24 total travel time Totally unacceptable Would not travel with United

We were moved twice on flights to the point we weren’t even on Lufthansa anymore. We had to fly united. Lost paid extra leg room twice. To top it all off we’re forced to pay $375 and $275, respectively for you luggage that was considered sports luggage. We were told it would be Lufthansa fares l, from the united desk, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A LUFTHANSA FLIGHT! I’ll be calling once my trip is over on October 7th to all airlines and Kayak. This was ridiculous!

Airlines have to stop assuming passengers bring entertainment. Provide it like you used to in business class and above!! N

I don't know about the others but the flight attendant that took care of us had the absolute wrong approach "how do we dare asking for water or anything else for that matter"

Flying on the Boeing 787 from Seattle to London was everything that I expected. Every thing was great.

Not my definition of first class. No leg room and barely any recline. The food was good. The crew was great. The comfort for the price I paid for London to Cairo was highway robbery. The Wi-Fi didn't work for me either.

Seat pitch is not enough to eat comfortably. When seat in front is reclined, your screen comes closer to your face. Ryanair seats are actually more comfortable.

The leg from Portland to Heathrow was great for a business class ticket. The BA leg from Heathrow to Lisbon was terrible. Basically coach seating with an empty seat between you and next passenger. Absolutely no leg room. Should not have been charged for business class and it was a 3 hour flight.

The flat beds. Other than that, the place was not clean.

Moved me away from my family and refused to fix it.

I have always been pleased with their service. Would not change a thing

Seating and food was the worst we have experienced in 35 years of traveling for both personal and busines .

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