Travel to Francistown
Every way to reach Francistown: 2 modes compared, with fares.
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Francistown is reachable from 9 places across 3 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 3 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €27.29 and the fastest takes 2h 4m door to door. The nearest origin is 158 km away.
How people reach Francistown
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 16 | €27.29 | 2h 4m | 421 km | 2 |
| Flight | 4 | €65.04 | 4h 8m | 562 km | 1 |
- €27.29 to €65.04Fare range
- 9Places you can arrive from
- 3Countries
- 3Operators
€27.29 to €65.04 for one passenger across the 2 routes priced below, all of them on 8 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
The train gets you into Francistown. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Francistown for the night the train gets in
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 6 | 30% | Palapye, 158 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 14 | 70% | Mahalapye, 227 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 16 | 80% |
| South Africa | 2 | 10% |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 10% |
Stations, airports and ports in Francistown
Francistown
- FRW
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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The cheapest journeys into Francistown
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulawayo to Francistown train | €27.29 | 2h 15m | 159 km |
| Serowe to Francistown train | €28.39 | 2h 11m | 158 km |
| Palapye to Francistown train | €28.39 | 2h 4m | 158 km |
| Mahalapye to Francistown train | €39.39 | 2h 36m | 227 km |
| Gaborone to Francistown flight | €65.04 | 4h 8m | 421 km |
| Mochudi to Francistown train | €65.79 | 4h 1m | 387 km |
| Mogoditshane to Francistown train | €71.29 | 4h 12m | 420 km |
| Tlokweng to Francistown train | €71.29 | 4h 4m | 420 km |
| Gaborone to Francistown train | €72.94 | 3h 57m | 421 km |
| Johannesburg to Francistown flight | €83.92 | 4h 21m | 562 km |
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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Popular journeys to Francistown
Common questions about Travel to Francistown
How can I get to Francistown?
Francistown is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 9 places, across 3 countries, on services run by 3 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to Francistown?
The cheapest way into Francistown is by train, from €27.29 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 9 origins we sell into Francistown over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to Francistown?
The fastest journey into Francistown is by train, at 2h 4m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 158 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does Francistown have?
Francistown has 1 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are FRW. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where can I travel to Francistown from within 200 km?
6 of the routes we sell into Francistown start within 200 km. The nearest is Palapye, 158 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from Francistown in Botswana?
Francistown connects to 9 places on our network across 3 countries the furthest of them 562 km away in a straight line. Botswana routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.
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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances
Elsewhere in Botswana
The wider region
The train 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.
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