There are 3 ways to get from Melbourne to Tacloban by plane, ferry, bus, or train
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Fly Melbourne Airport to Tacloban
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tacloban (TAC)plane MEL - TAC
15h 58m₱25,371–56,411Fly Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport, ferry, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Mactan–Cebu International Airport (CEB)plane MEL - CEB
- Take the ferry from Cebu to Ormocferry
- Take the bus from Ormoc to Taclobanbus
19h 31m₱16,471–48,201Train to Avalon Airport, fly to Tacloban
- Take the train from Southern Cross Station to Lara Stationtrain
- Fly from Avalon Airport (AVV) to Tacloban (TAC)plane AVV - TAC
20h 26m₱27,771–80,937
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tacloban (TAC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Tacloban is to fly and ferry and bus which costs ₱16,000 - ₱49,000 and takes 19h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Tacloban is to fly which takes 15h 58m and costs ₱25,000 - ₱60,000.
The distance between Melbourne and Tacloban is 5846 km.
It takes approximately 15h 58m to get from Melbourne to Tacloban, including transfers.
Tacloban is 2h behind Melbourne. It is currently 3:43 PM in Melbourne and 1:43 PM in Tacloban.
There are 99+ hotels available in Tacloban.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Tacloban, Philippines?
Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tacloban (TAC) twice daily.
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tacloban via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 48m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱24,000–55,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱18,000–38,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Tacloban via Ngurah Rai, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₱29,000–85,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Tacloban via Brisbane, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱41,000–140,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Tacloban via Sydney, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱36,000–80,000
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tacloban via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱19,000–70,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–55,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Tacloban via Adelaide, Melbourne Airport, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₱30,000–110,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱15,000–120,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱13,000–42,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₱15,000–44,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱19,000–55,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱21,000–60,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱17,000–60,000
- Website
- fireflyz.com.my
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱17,000–60,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱13,000–42,000
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mactan–Cebu International Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–36,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Avalon Airport to Tacloban via Brisbane, Mactan–Cebu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱27,000–80,000
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- vline.com.au
Train from Southern Cross Station to Lara Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₱350–490
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- ₱350–490
- Phone
- 0981 432 4061
- [email protected]
- Website
- dltbbus.com.ph
Bus from Ormoc to Tacloban
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₱340–550
- Schedules at
- dltb.dltb.ph
- Phone
- +63(32)255 7560
- [email protected]
- 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
- (02) 7709 0289
- [email protected]
- 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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