Trains, coaches, flights and ferries across West Africa
NaN routes and 73 operators across 16 countries Every figure on this page is counted off our own network or priced by the engine that answers the search box.
We sell NaN routes across West Africa, reaching 103 places in 16 countries through 73 operators 1,530 of them stay inside one country, 412 cross a border inside the region and 778 leave it. On the 16 busiest corridors, priced on 8 October 2026, the cheapest fare is €31.41 and the fastest journey is 3h 45m door to door. The median route runs 415 km.
All modes in West Africa, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 2,720Routes we sell
- 705Corridors
- 103Places served
- 16Countries
- 73Operators
- 1,530Domestic routes
- 412Cross border routes
- 778Routes out of the region
- 415 kmMedian route
- 10,489 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across West Africa
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in West Africa, priced on 8 October 2026 for one passenger.
The corridors that matter in West Africa
Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotonou to Lomé | €31.41 | 3h 45m | 135 km |
| Mindelo to Praia | €36.72 | 3h 56m | 268 km |
| Freetown to Monrovia | €46.16 | 4h 3m | 363 km |
| Accra to Lagos | €49.70 | 4h 7m | 410 km |
| Abuja to Lagos | €60.91 | 4h 17m | 537 km |
| Lomé to Abuja | €92.18 | 4h 40m | 764 km |
| Bamako to Abidjan | €101.62 | 4h 47m | 917 km |
| N'Djamena to Abuja | €109.88 | 4h 53m | 892 km |
| Niamey to Bamako | €116.96 | 5h 7m | 1,097 km |
| Espargos to Lisbon | €277.44 | 7h 11m | 2,787 km |
| Casablanca to Bamako | €288.65 | 7h 5m | 2,333 km |
| Tunis to Nouakchott | €325.82 | 7h 57m | 3,296 km |
| Nantes to Dakar | €386.59 | 8h 55m | 3,904 km |
| Abuja to Istanbul | €414.91 | 9h 38m | 4,133 km |
| Johannesburg to Lagos | €526.42 | 10h 11m | 4,501 km |
| Paris to Lomé | €547.66 | 9h 46m | 4,752 km |
Countries in West Africa
Every country in West Africa we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,122 | 49 | 35 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 492 | 27 | 17 |
| Burkina Faso | 324 | 22 | 11 |
| Benin | 320 | 20 | 15 |
| Cape Verde | 190 | 6 | 23 |
| Senegal | 148 | 13 | 29 |
| Ghana | 114 | 11 | 27 |
| Mali | 92 | 16 | 17 |
| Togo | 72 | 11 | 9 |
| Gambia | 62 | 9 | 13 |
| Mauritania | 56 | 6 | 9 |
| Guinea | 36 | 6 | 9 |
| Niger | 32 | 5 | 6 |
| Liberia | 28 | 6 | 5 |
| Sierra Leone | 24 | 4 | 5 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 20 | 4 | 3 |
When to book in West Africa
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in West Africa.
- €712.863 days
- €537.047 days
- €325.8221 days
- €238.5045 days
- €391.3184 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €238.50.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 67 percent. At the dearest point the typical fare is €712.86, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 944 | 35% | Ebute Ikorodu, 40 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 620 | 23% | Abengourou, 200 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 398 | 15% | Banfora, 600 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 758 | 28% | Dakar, 1506 km |
Who runs it in West Africa
The carriers with the largest networks inside West Africa.
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Turkish Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Lufthansa
Air France
Vueling Airlines
British Airways
Thomsonfly
Transavia France
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
TUI fly Belgium
Transavia Holland
Qatar Airways
Iberia Airlines
Brussels Airlines
Emirates
Sunclass Airlines
TAP Portugal
ITA Airways
European Air Transport
Royal Air Maroc
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad Airways
Neos
Luxair
Tunisair
Egyptair
Edelweiss Air
Air Algerie
TUIfly Nordic
Nigerian Railway Corporation
Royal Jordanian
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Corendon Dutch Airlines
Kenya Airways
South African Airways
Binter Canarias
Martinair
Corsair
Middle East Airlines
Azores Airlines
Where people travel in West Africa
Every way to travel in West Africa
Other regions in Africa
Common questions about Trains, coaches, flights and ferries across West Africa
How many routes does Orlero sell across West Africa?
NaN routes across 16 countries reaching 103 places through 73 operators 1,530 stay inside one country, 412 cross a border inside West Africa and 778 leave the region altogether.
What is the cheapest way to travel across West Africa?
On the 16 busiest corridors in West Africa, priced on 8 October 2026, the lowest fare we sell is €31.41. By median fare the cheapest mode is flight, at €113.42 on a typical corridor.
Which way to travel is fastest across West Africa?
flight, at a median of 5h 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 West Africa produces least carbon?
flight, at 261.7 kg per passenger on a typical corridor in West Africa, against 591.1 kg by Train.
When should I book travel across West Africa?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 67 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in West Africa?
The median route runs 415 km in a straight line and the shortest is 40 km. The longest we sell is 10,489 km, from Houston to Lagos.
Which countries are in West Africa?
Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cape Verde, Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Togo, Gambia, Mauritania, Guinea, Niger, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau.
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.