Trains, coaches, flights and ferries across Africa

We sell NaN routes across Africa, reaching 709 places in 56 countries through 266 operators 14,542 of them stay inside one country, 1,718 cross a border inside the region and 5,154 leave it. On the 16 busiest corridors, priced on 4 October 2026, the cheapest fare is €44.98 and the fastest journey is 4h 1m door to door. The median route runs 305 km.

Checked 4 October 2026Priced for 4 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network
Modes compared
Routes
Countries
When to book
Operators
Questions

The network

All modes in Africa, in numbers

What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.

21,414Routes we sell
5,308Corridors
709Places served
56Countries
266Operators
14,542Domestic routes
1,718Cross border routes
5,154Routes out of the region
305 kmMedian route
14,445 kmLongest route

Door to door

How the modes compare across Africa

Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in Africa, priced on 4 October 2026 for one passenger.

Median fare, median door-to-door time and median carbon per passenger, over the corridors of Africa where each mode runs.
Mode	Corridors priced	From	Door to door	CO2
Train	3	€62.49	4h 12m	16.5 kg
Flight	16	€137.61	5h 33m	383.8 kg

Routes

The corridors that matter in Africa

Ranked by how much service actually runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.

The busiest routes we sell in Africa, priced on 4 October 2026 for one passenger with every fee included.
Route	From	Fastest	Distance
Harare to Lusaka	€44.98	4h 6m	399 km
Arusha to Dar es Salaam	€50.29	4h 1m	479 km
Durban to Johannesburg	€51.47	4h 12m	501 km
East London to Johannesburg	€73.30	4h 34m	758 km
Madrid to Casablanca	€82.74	4h 40m	835 km
Benghazi to Alexandria	€89.82	4h 48m	937 km
Medina to Cairo	€96.31	4h 56m	1,034 km
Jeddah to Alexandria	€130.53	5h 25m	1,420 km
Monastir to Paris	€144.69	5h 40m	1,610 km
Houmt Souk to Paris	€161.21	5h 55m	1,808 km
Paris to Casablanca	€168.29	6h 2m	1,887 km
Marrakesh to Paris	€186.58	6h 18m	2,102 km
Hurghada to Budapest	€227.88	6h 56m	2,592 km
Schkeuditz to Hurghada	€282.75	7h 46m	3,238 km
Hurghada to Frankfurt am Main	€291.60	7h 52m	3,317 km
Paris to Abidjan	€420.81	9h 54m	4,874 km

Countries

Countries in Africa

Every country in Africa we sell in, most routes first.

Routes, places and carriers in each country of Africa.
Country	Routes	Places	Operators
Morocco	4,550	110	78
Algeria	2,614	105	36
South Africa	2,532	117	51
Tunisia	1,896	64	61
Egypt	1,286	34	126
Nigeria	1,122	58	35
Congo - Kinshasa	1,108	62	15
Tanzania	970	38	29
Kenya	934	88	38
Ethiopia	864	77	16
Angola	674	41	16
Zambia	546	33	14
Côte d’Ivoire	492	34	17
Burkina Faso	324	26	11
Benin	320	27	15
Zimbabwe	278	29	15
Cape Verde	190	8	23
Madagascar	168	24	14
Djibouti	158	22	10
Senegal	148	19	29
Botswana	142	17	7
Cameroon	134	19	13
Ghana	114	17	27
Libya	108	12	13
Congo - Brazzaville	104	15	12
Mauritius	104	10	15
Sudan	98	11	15
Mozambique	94	16	13
Mali	92	21	17
Rwanda	76	16	7
Togo	68	15	8
Uganda	68	11	16
Réunion	64	12	5
Gambia	62	10	13
Mauritania	56	8	9
Seychelles	46	5	11
Gabon	42	11	8
Namibia	42	9	8
Somalia	42	7	5
Western Sahara	38	6	5

Regions within Africa

The markets inside Africa, each with its own routes, carriers and fares.

North AfricaNaN routes across 7 countries West AfricaNaN routes across 16 countries Central AfricaNaN routes across 9 countries East AfricaNaN routes across 19 countries Southern AfricaNaN routes across 5 countries

Booking window

When to book in Africa

The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Africa.

€127.583 days
€122.277 days
€73.3021 days
€59.1445 days
€77.4384 days

Cheapest lead time: Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €59.14.
How much it moves: The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 54 percent. The dearest point is €127.58, 3 days out.

Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
Distance	Routes	Share	Nearest of them
Under 200 km	8,078	38%	’Aïn Benian, 17 km
200 to 600 km	5,988	28%	Abengourou, 200 km
600 to 1,500 km	2,722	13%	Banfora, 600 km
Over 1,500 km	4,626	22%	Nantes, 1505 km

Carriers

Who runs it in Africa

The carriers with the largest networks inside Africa.

United Airlines easyJet easyJet Europe China Southern Airlines Wizz Air Malta Sichuan Airlines Ryanair UK Smartwings Norwegian Air Sweden TUIfly Wizz Air UK

Where people travel in Africa

Every way to travel in Africa

Trains Flights Buses

Every region we sell in

EuropeNaN routes across 46 countries AsiaNaN routes across 49 countries North AmericaNaN routes across 32 countries South AmericaNaN routes across 13 countries OceaniaNaN routes across 14 countries

Common questions about Every way to travel across Africa

How many routes does Orlero sell across Africa?

NaN routes across 56 countries reaching 709 places through 266 operators 14,542 stay inside one country, 1,718 cross a border inside Africa and 5,154 leave the region altogether.

What is the cheapest way to travel across Africa?

On the 16 busiest corridors in Africa, priced on 4 October 2026, the lowest fare we sell is €44.98. By median fare the cheapest mode is train, at €62.49 on a typical corridor.

Which way to travel is fastest across Africa?

train, at a median of 4h 12m door to door on the corridors we priced. Door to door includes reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end, which is why it is the only figure worth comparing across modes.

Which way to travel across Africa produces least carbon?

train, at 16.5 kg per passenger on a typical corridor in Africa, against 383.8 kg by Flight.

When should I book travel across Africa?

Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 54 percent cheaper on this sample.

How far apart are the places we sell in Africa?

The median route runs 305 km in a straight line and the shortest is 17 km. The longest we sell is 14,445 km, from Everett to Nairobi.

Which countries are in Africa?

Morocco, Algeria, South Africa, Tunisia, Egypt, Nigeria, Congo - Kinshasa, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Angola, Zambia, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Madagascar, Djibouti, Senegal, Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Libya, Congo - Brazzaville, Mauritius, Sudan, Mozambique, Mali, Rwanda, Togo, Uganda, Réunion, Gambia, Mauritania, Seychelles, Gabon, Namibia, Somalia, Western Sahara, Malawi, Guinea, Mayotte, Niger, Liberia, Chad, Comoros, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, South Sudan, Eritrea, Burundi, Central African Republic, São Tomé & Príncipe, Lesotho.

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.

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 Fares, Carbon, Distances

Regions: A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
The sample: Fares, journey times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.