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Windhoek to Gaborone

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Windhoek to Gaborone. From €147.64, fastest 7h 38m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Windhoek to Gaborone runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €147.64, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 38m over 1,500 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €147.64, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€147.64

  • 257%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Windhoek

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 €421.40Thu24
  2. about €344.70Fri25
  3. about €322.28Sat26
  4. about €217.26Sun27
  5. about €199.56Mon28
  6. about €244.99Tue29
  7. about €213.13Wed30
  8. about €227.88Thu1
  9. about €207.23Fri2
  10. about €185.99Sat3
  11. about €165.34Sun4
  12. about €173.60Mon5
  13. about €170.06Tue6
  14. about €148.23Wed7
  15. about €167.11Thu8
  16. about €188.35Fri9
  17. about €197.20Sat10
  18. about €167.70Sun11
  19. about €159.44Mon12
  20. about €147.64Tue13
  21. about €174.19Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Gaborone for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Gaborone Bus Rank and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Windhoek to Gaborone

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

  1. €157.6790 days
  2. €151.1860 days
  3. €118.1445 days
  4. €122.8630 days
  5. €174.1921 days
  6. €148.2314 days
  7. €213.137 days
  8. €322.283 days
  9. €421.401 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €118.14.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 257 percent. The most expensive point is €421.40, 1 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.
€421.40€118.14137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Windhoek to Gaborone 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

1,500 km

929 km as the crow flies, 61% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

386,219246,325

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

The route

South AfricaBotswanaZimbabweEswatiniJohannesburgJohannesburgPretoriaPretoriaSoshanguveSoshanguveBulawayoBulawayoVereenigingVereenigingPolokwanePolokwaneKlerksdorpKlerksdorpGweruGweruKroonstadKroonstadFrancistownFrancistownMokopaneMokopaneMaunMaunWalvis BayWalvis BayBeitbridgeBeitbridgeSeroweSeroweModimolleModimolleWindhoekWindhoekGaboroneGaboroneMap 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 1,500 km against 929 km in a straight line, a detour of 61 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 102 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

The fare from GBE into Gaborone is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Gaborone

Settled in advance, so the ride into Gaborone costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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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 Gaborone Bus Rank

Most of the points near Gaborone Bus Rank open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Windhoek to Gaborone

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 Windhoek to Gaborone?

The fastest journey from Windhoek to Gaborone takes 7h 38m door to door, of which 2h 59m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 43m, 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 Windhoek to Gaborone?

The cheapest fare from Windhoek to Gaborone is €147.64, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €188.35. 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 Windhoek to Gaborone?

The cheapest way from Windhoek to Gaborone is by flight, at €147.64 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 7h 51m 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 Windhoek to Gaborone?

Fares from Windhoek to Gaborone bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €118.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 257 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Windhoek to Gaborone, at €167.70. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Windhoek to Gaborone?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Windhoek to Gaborone, at €130.53 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 Windhoek to Gaborone?

1 operators sell services from Windhoek to Gaborone across 1 mode: Airlink (SAA). 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 Windhoek to Gaborone?

0 percent of the services we sell from Windhoek to Gaborone are direct. The rest connect at Johannesburg, with about 102 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 Windhoek to Gaborone use?

Services from Windhoek to Gaborone by flight leave from Hosea Kutako International Airport WDH and arrive at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport GBE. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Windhoek to Gaborone?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Windhoek to Gaborone 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 Windhoek to Gaborone on September 23, 2026: 1500 km of route against 929 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €147.64, and 7h 38m 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 Gaborone is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Gaborone and across Botswana

Day trips that leave Gaborone in the morning and cover a good part of Botswana by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Windhoek reaches 19 places in 9 countries on services we hold, over distances from 237 to 8,416 km. Gaborone reaches 15 places in 7 countries, from 175 to 3,995 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Windhoek

  • 19Places you can leave for
  • 9Countries
  • 8Operators

Arriving in Gaborone

Leaving Gaborone

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

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