Gaborone to Francistown runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:36 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €40.26 and €55.89, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 39m over 427 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€40.26 to €55.89
- 119%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Gaborone
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:36First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Botswana Railway runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Gaborone to Francistown on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €93.29Wed16
- about €126.99Thu17
- about €90.41Fri18
- about €79.79Sat19
- about €82.15Sun20
- about €75.07Mon21
- about €58.55Tue22
- about €60.91Wed23
- about €66.22Thu24
- about €65.04Fri25
- about €72.12Sat26
- about €77.43Sun27
- about €63.27Mon28
- about €49.11Tue29
- about €48.52Wed30
- about €50.29Thu1
- about €48.52Fri2
- about €53.83Sat3
- about €49.70Sun4
- about €40.26Mon5
- about €42.62Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Francistown. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Francistown for the night the flight gets in
The search opens on Francistown with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Gaborone to Francistown
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €50.8890 days
- €48.7460 days
- €44.9845 days
- €52.5930 days
- €42.6221 days
- €49.1114 days
- €58.557 days
- €90.413 days
- €93.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €42.62.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 119 percent. The dearest point is €93.29, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Gaborone to Francistown 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
427 km
421 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
246,325 → 103,417
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 427 km against 421 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Mahalapye, Johannesburg, Palapye, Serowe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 FRW into Francistown is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Francistown
Settled in advance, so the ride into Francistown costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Francistown is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in Francistown
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Gaborone to Francistown
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 Gaborone to Francistown?
The fastest journey from Gaborone to Francistown takes 3h 39m door to door, of which 3h is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 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 Gaborone to Francistown?
The cheapest fare from Gaborone to Francistown is €40.26, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €65.73. 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 Gaborone to Francistown?
The cheapest way from Gaborone to Francistown is by flight, at €49.11 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 13m 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 Gaborone to Francistown?
The fastest way from Gaborone to Francistown is by train, at 3h 44m door to door. Only 3h of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €55.89.
When should I book Gaborone to Francistown?
Fares from Gaborone to Francistown bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €42.62. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 119 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Gaborone to Francistown?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Gaborone to Francistown, at €49.11. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Gaborone to Francistown?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Gaborone to Francistown, at €37.90 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 Gaborone to Francistown?
2 operators sell services from Gaborone to Francistown across 2 modes: Air Botswana, Botswana Railway. 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 Gaborone to Francistown?
33 percent of the services we sell from Gaborone to Francistown are direct. The rest connect at Mahalapye, Johannesburg, Palapye, Serowe, with about 65 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 Gaborone to Francistown produce?
Travelling from Gaborone to Francistown by train produces about 13.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 106.5 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Gaborone to Francistown use?
Services from Gaborone to Francistown by train leave from Gaborone station and arrive at Francistown station. Allow about 44m 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 Gaborone to Francistown?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Gaborone to Francistown 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Gaborone to Francistown on 15 September 2026: 427 km of route against 421 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €40.26, and 3h 39m 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 Francistown is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Francistown and across Botswana
Day trips that leave Francistown in the morning and cover a good part of Botswana by evening.
See Francistown on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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The two ends, compared
Gaborone reaches 12 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 195 to 3,995 km. Francistown reaches 9 places in 3 countries, from 158 to 562 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Gaborone
- 12Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Francistown
Leaving Francistown
- 9Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 3Operators