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Gaborone to Pretoria

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Gaborone to Pretoria. From €45.56, fastest 4h 45m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Gaborone to Pretoria runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €45.56, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 45m over 344 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €45.56, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€45.56

  • 115%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Gaborone

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 €76.25Wed23
  2. about €108.70Thu24
  3. about €92.77Fri25
  4. about €83.92Sat26
  5. about €63.27Sun27
  6. about €57.96Mon28
  7. about €65.63Tue29
  8. about €61.50Wed30
  9. about €65.63Thu1
  10. about €56.77Fri2
  11. about €51.46Sat3
  12. about €50.88Sun4
  13. about €51.46Mon5
  14. about €49.69Tue6
  15. about €46.74Wed7
  16. about €49.11Thu8
  17. about €53.82Fri9
  18. about €56.19Sat10
  19. about €49.69Sun11
  20. about €49.10Mon12
  21. about €45.56Tue13

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Pretoria for the night the flight gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Gaborone to Pretoria

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

  1. €47.9290 days
  2. €49.6960 days
  3. €43.2045 days
  4. €47.3330 days
  5. €45.5621 days
  6. €49.6914 days
  7. €65.637 days
  8. €92.773 days
  9. €76.251 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €43.20.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 115 percent. The most expensive point is €92.77, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€92.77€43.20137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Gaborone to Pretoria 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

344 km

259 km as the crow flies, 33% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

246,3252,112,693

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

The route

South AfricaBotswanaJohannesburgJohannesburgSowetoSowetoEvatonEvatonKrugersdorpKrugersdorpRustenburgRustenburgEmalahleniEmalahleniPolokwanePolokwaneCarletonvilleCarletonvilleeMbalenhleeMbalenhleNigelNigelMokopaneMokopaneMochudiMochudiModimolleModimolleKinrossKinrossGaboroneGaboronePretoriaPretoriaMap 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 344 km against 259 km in a straight line, a detour of 33 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Johannesburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 91 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Pretoria-Wes

Most of the points near Pretoria-Wes open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Gaborone to Pretoria

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Pretoria?

The fastest journey from Gaborone to Pretoria takes 4h 45m door to door, of which 1h 18m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 49m, 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 Pretoria?

The cheapest fare from Gaborone to Pretoria is €45.56, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €56.19. 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 Pretoria?

The cheapest way from Gaborone to Pretoria is by flight, at €45.56 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 4h 46m 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.

When should I book Gaborone to Pretoria?

Fares from Gaborone to Pretoria bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €43.20. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 115 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Gaborone to Pretoria?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Gaborone to Pretoria, at €49.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 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 Pretoria?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Gaborone to Pretoria, at €42.61 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 service from Gaborone to Pretoria?

2 operators sell services from Gaborone to Pretoria across 1 mode: Airlink (SAA), Bombela Consession. 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 Pretoria?

0 percent of the services we sell from Gaborone to Pretoria are direct. The rest connect at Johannesburg, with about 91 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Gaborone to Pretoria use?

Services from Gaborone to Pretoria by flight leave from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport GBE and arrive at Pretoria-Wes. 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 Gaborone to Pretoria?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Gaborone to Pretoria 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 labeled 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 Gaborone to Pretoria on September 22, 2026: 344 km of route against 259 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €45.56, and 4h 45m 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 Pretoria is somebody else's catalog.

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The two ends, compared

Gaborone reaches 15 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 175 to 3,995 km. Pretoria reaches 44 places in 6 countries, from 41 to 1,308 km.

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Leaving Gaborone

  • 15Places you can leave for
  • 7Countries
  • 6Operators

Arriving in Pretoria

Leaving Pretoria

  • 44Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 3Operators

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