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Amsterdam to Windhoek

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Amsterdam to Windhoek. From €647.37, fastest 16h 18m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Amsterdam to Windhoek runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €647.37, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 16h 18m over 9,588 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 22 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €647.37, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026

€647.37

  • 234%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Amsterdam

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €2,009.09Wed23
  2. about €1,901.12Thu24
  3. about €2,115.88Fri25
  4. about €1,679.87Sat26
  5. about €1,659.22Sun27
  6. about €1,019.66Mon28
  7. about €1,283.39Tue29
  8. about €1,141.79Wed30
  9. about €1,018.48Thu1
  10. about €990.75Fri2
  11. about €1,132.35Sat3
  12. about €1,176.01Sun4
  13. about €897.53Mon5
  14. about €914.05Tue6
  15. about €858.59Wed7
  16. about €1,067.45Thu8
  17. about €1,083.38Fri9
  18. about €970.69Sat10
  19. about €984.26Sun11
  20. about €647.37Mon12
  21. about €783.07Tue13

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Windhoek. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Windhoek for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Windhoek Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Amsterdam to Windhoek

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €827.3290 days
  2. €733.5160 days
  3. €634.3945 days
  4. €714.0430 days
  5. €783.0721 days
  6. €914.0514 days
  7. €1,283.397 days
  8. €2,115.883 days
  9. €2,009.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €634.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 234 percent. The dearest point is €2,115.88, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€2,115.88€634.39137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Amsterdam to Windhoek and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

9,588 km

8,416 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

741,636386,219

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 9,588 km against 8,416 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Lusaka, Luanda, Johannesburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from WDH into Windhoek is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Windhoek

Settled in advance, so the ride into Windhoek costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Windhoek Railway Station

Most of the points near Windhoek Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Amsterdam to Windhoek

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Amsterdam to Windhoek?

The fastest journey from Amsterdam to Windhoek takes 16h 18m door to door, of which 12h 49m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 18h 16m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Amsterdam to Windhoek?

The cheapest fare from Amsterdam to Windhoek is €647.37, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,176.01. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Amsterdam to Windhoek?

The cheapest way from Amsterdam to Windhoek is by flight, at €647.37 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 17h 17m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Amsterdam to Windhoek?

Fares from Amsterdam to Windhoek bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €634.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 234 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Amsterdam to Windhoek?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Amsterdam to Windhoek, at €897.53. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 22 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Amsterdam to Windhoek?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Amsterdam to Windhoek, at €548.84 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Amsterdam to Windhoek?

4 operators sell services from Amsterdam to Windhoek across 1 mode: Airlink (SAA), Kenya Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, TAAG Angola Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Amsterdam to Windhoek?

0 percent of the services we sell from Amsterdam to Windhoek are direct. The rest connect at Lusaka, Luanda, Johannesburg, with about 54 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Amsterdam to Windhoek use?

Services from Amsterdam to Windhoek by flight leave from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol AMS and arrive at Hosea Kutako International Airport WDH. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Amsterdam to Windhoek?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Amsterdam to Windhoek allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Amsterdam to Windhoek on 22 September 2026: 9588 km of route against 8416 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €647.37, and 16h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Windhoek is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Windhoek and across Namibia

Day trips that leave Windhoek in the morning and cover a good part of Namibia by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Amsterdam reaches 454 places in 108 countries on services we hold, over distances from 22 to 12,142 km. Windhoek reaches 19 places in 9 countries, from 237 to 8,416 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Amsterdam

  • 454Places you can leave for
  • 108Countries
  • 122Operators

Arriving in Windhoek

Leaving Windhoek

  • 19Places you can leave for
  • 9Countries
  • 8Operators

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