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Kimberley to Potchefstroom

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Kimberley to Potchefstroom. From €62.09, fastest 5h 4m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Kimberley to Potchefstroom runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €62.09, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 4m over 568 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 €62.09, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€62.09

  • 128%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Kimberley

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 €129.35Wed23
  2. about €180.68Thu24
  3. about €139.97Fri25
  4. about €134.66Sat26
  5. about €99.26Sun27
  6. about €85.69Mon28
  7. about €108.70Tue29
  8. about €96.90Wed30
  9. about €99.26Thu1
  10. about €88.05Fri2
  11. about €84.51Sat3
  12. about €73.89Sun4
  13. about €76.25Mon5
  14. about €72.71Tue6
  15. about €70.94Wed7
  16. about €75.07Thu8
  17. about €78.61Fri9
  18. about €86.87Sat10
  19. about €78.02Sun11
  20. about €68.58Mon12
  21. about €62.09Tue13

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Potchefstroom for the night the flight gets in

The search opens on Potchefstroom with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.

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Booking window

When to book Kimberley to Potchefstroom

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

  1. €70.3590 days
  2. €71.5360 days
  3. €61.5045 days
  4. €73.8930 days
  5. €62.0921 days
  6. €72.7114 days
  7. €108.707 days
  8. €139.973 days
  9. €129.351 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €61.50.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 128 percent. The most expensive point is €139.97, 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.
€139.97€61.50137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Kimberley to Potchefstroom 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

568 km

321 km as the crow flies, 77% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

142,089178,285

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

The route

BotswanaLesothoEswatiniJohannesburgJohannesburgDurbanDurbanPretoriaPretoriaSoshanguveSoshanguvePietermaritzburgPietermaritzburgEvatonEvatonBloemfonteinBloemfonteinWelkomWelkomNewcastleNewcastleKrugersdorpKrugersdorpRustenburgRustenburgEmalahleniEmalahleniMaseruMaseruRichards BayRichards BayKwaDukuzaKwaDukuzaLadysmithLadysmithKimberleyKimberleyPotchefstroomPotchefstroomMap 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 568 km against 321 km in a straight line, a detour of 77 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 71 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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

Where to leave your bags in Potchefstroom

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Kimberley to Potchefstroom

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 Kimberley to Potchefstroom?

The fastest journey from Kimberley to Potchefstroom takes 5h 4m door to door, of which 2h 2m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 8m, 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 Kimberley to Potchefstroom?

The cheapest fare from Kimberley to Potchefstroom is €62.09, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €85.69. 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 Kimberley to Potchefstroom?

The cheapest way from Kimberley to Potchefstroom is by flight, at €62.09 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 5h 10m 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 Kimberley to Potchefstroom?

Fares from Kimberley to Potchefstroom bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €61.50. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 128 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 Kimberley to Potchefstroom?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kimberley to Potchefstroom, at €72.71. 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 Kimberley to Potchefstroom?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kimberley to Potchefstroom, at €58.55 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 Kimberley to Potchefstroom?

2 operators sell services from Kimberley to Potchefstroom across 1 mode: Airlink (SAA), Shosholoza Meyl. 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 Kimberley to Potchefstroom?

0 percent of the services we sell from Kimberley to Potchefstroom are direct. The rest connect at Johannesburg, with about 71 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 Kimberley to Potchefstroom use?

Services from Kimberley to Potchefstroom by flight leave from Kimberley Airport KIM and arrive at Potchefstroom station. 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 Kimberley to Potchefstroom?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Kimberley to Potchefstroom 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 Kimberley to Potchefstroom on September 22, 2026: 568 km of route against 321 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €62.09, and 5h 4m 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 Potchefstroom is somebody else's catalog.

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Day trips out of Potchefstroom and across South Africa

Day trips that leave Potchefstroom in the morning and cover a good part of South Africa by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Kimberley reaches 7 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 321 to 834 km. Potchefstroom reaches 19 places in 1 countries, from 46 to 1,155 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Kimberley

  • 7Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Potchefstroom

Leaving Potchefstroom

  • 19Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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