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Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch. From €100.44, fastest 6h 31m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €100.44 and €129.03, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 31m over 977 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€100.44 to €129.03

  • 155%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Bloemfontein

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services 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 €265.44Thu24
  2. about €237.32Fri25
  3. about €221.98Sat26
  4. about €184.22Sun27
  5. about €154.13Mon28
  6. about €191.30Tue29
  7. about €149.93Wed30
  8. about €162.98Thu1
  9. about €167.11Fri2
  10. about €161.48Sat3
  11. about €129.35Sun4
  12. about €133.48Mon5
  13. about €121.88Tue6
  14. about €115.19Wed7
  15. about €139.48Thu8
  16. about €135.25Fri9
  17. about €125.22Sat10
  18. about €131.23Sun11
  19. about €103.39Mon12
  20. about €100.44Tue13
  21. about €110.47Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Stellenbosch for the night the train gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch

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

  1. €116.3790 days
  2. €104.2860 days
  3. €108.1345 days
  4. €122.8630 days
  5. €110.4721 days
  6. €115.1914 days
  7. €149.937 days
  8. €221.983 days
  9. €265.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €104.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 155 percent. The dearest point is €265.44, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€265.44€104.28137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch 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

977 km

878 km as the crow flies, 11% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

556,63796,228

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

The route

NamibiaJohannesburgJohannesburgDurbanDurbanPretoriaPretoriaMaputoMaputoPort ElizabethPort ElizabethEvatonEvatonEast LondonEast LondonWelkomWelkomNewcastleNewcastleRichards BayRichards BayGeorgeGeorgeMthathaMthathaKwaDukuzaKwaDukuzaLadysmithLadysmithKimberleyKimberleyQueenstownQueenstownBloemfonteinBloemfonteinStellenboschStellenboschMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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 977 km against 878 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at George, Cape Town. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.

Who runs this route

Stellenbosch is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Stellenbosch

Most of the points near Stellenbosch open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch

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 Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch?

The fastest journey from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch takes 6h 31m door to door, of which 3h 55m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 1m, 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 Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch?

The cheapest fare from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch is €100.44, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €149.66. 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 Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch?

The cheapest way from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch is by flight, at €100.44 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 51m 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.

What is the fastest way to get from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch?

The fastest way from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch is by flight, at 6h 51m door to door. Only 3h 55m of that is spent moving; the remaining 2h 56m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €100.44.

When should I book Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch?

Fares from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €104.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 155 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch, at €115.19. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch, at €84.51 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 Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch?

3 operators sell services from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch across 2 modes: CemAir, Metrorail, Shosholoza Meyl. 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 Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch?

0 percent of the services we sell from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch are direct. The rest connect at George, Cape Town, with about 59 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch produce?

Travelling from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch by train produces about 31.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 149.7 kg, roughly 5 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch use?

Services from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch by flight leave from Bram Fischer International Airport BFN and arrive at Stellenbosch. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch?

2 of the 3 operators we sell from Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch 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 Bloemfontein to Stellenbosch on 23 September 2026: 977 km of route against 878 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €100.44, and 6h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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

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Day trips out of Stellenbosch and across South Africa

Day trips that leave Stellenbosch in the morning and cover a good part of South Africa by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Bloemfontein reaches 39 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 52 to 911 km. Stellenbosch reaches 19 places in 1 countries, from 41 to 1,278 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Bloemfontein

  • 39Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 6Operators

Arriving in Stellenbosch

Leaving Stellenbosch

  • 19Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

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