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Windhoek to Livingstone

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Windhoek to Livingstone. From €174.78, fastest 8h 21m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Windhoek to Livingstone runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €174.78, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 8h 21m over 1,838 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €174.78, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€174.78

  • 182%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 €390.13Wed23
  2. about €499.87Thu24
  3. about €516.98Fri25
  4. about €438.51Sat26
  5. about €380.69Sun27
  6. about €283.93Mon28
  7. about €295.14Tue29
  8. about €278.62Wed30
  9. about €289.83Thu1
  10. about €237.91Fri2
  11. about €308.12Sat3
  12. about €262.69Sun4
  13. about €206.05Mon5
  14. about €248.53Tue6
  15. about €219.62Wed7
  16. about €255.02Thu8
  17. about €206.64Fri9
  18. about €264.46Sat10
  19. about €203.10Sun11
  20. about €174.78Mon12
  21. about €203.69Tue13

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Livingstone for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Livingstone Local Bus Terminal 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 Livingstone

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

  1. €190.1290 days
  2. €191.3060 days
  3. €183.6345 days
  4. €184.8130 days
  5. €203.6921 days
  6. €248.5314 days
  7. €295.147 days
  8. €516.983 days
  9. €390.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €183.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 182 percent. The most expensive point is €516.98, 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.
€516.98€183.63137142130456090

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 Livingstone 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

1,838 km

1,055 km as the crow flies, 74% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

386,219178,361

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

The route

BotswanaAngolaMozambiqueZambiaZimbabweSouth AfricaLusakaLusakaHarareHarareBlantyreBlantyreBulawayoBulawayoLubangoLubangoPolokwanePolokwaneMossamedesMossamedesMenongueMenongueGaboroneGaboroneOndjivaOndjivaKadomaKadomaMbombelaMbombelaMazabukaMazabukaFrancistownFrancistownMokopaneMokopaneChomaChomaWindhoekWindhoekLivingstoneLivingstoneMap 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 1,838 km against 1,055 km in a straight line, a detour of 74 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Lusaka. The gap between arriving and leaving is 88 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.

The fare from LVI into Livingstone is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Livingstone

Settled in advance, so the ride into Livingstone 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 Livingstone Local Bus Terminal

Most of the points near Livingstone Local Bus Terminal open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Windhoek to Livingstone

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 Livingstone?

The fastest journey from Windhoek to Livingstone takes 8h 21m door to door, of which 5h 3m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 35m, 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 Livingstone?

The cheapest fare from Windhoek to Livingstone is €174.78, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €264.46. 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 Livingstone?

The cheapest way from Windhoek to Livingstone is by flight, at €174.78 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 8h 28m 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 Livingstone?

Fares from Windhoek to Livingstone bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €183.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 182 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 Windhoek to Livingstone?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Windhoek to Livingstone, at €206.05. 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 Windhoek to Livingstone?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Windhoek to Livingstone, at €153.54 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 Livingstone?

2 operators sell services from Windhoek to Livingstone across 1 mode: Kenya Airways, Zambia Railways. 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 Livingstone?

0 percent of the services we sell from Windhoek to Livingstone are direct. The rest connect at Lusaka, with about 88 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 Livingstone use?

Services from Windhoek to Livingstone by flight leave from Hosea Kutako International Airport WDH and arrive at Livingstone 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 Windhoek to Livingstone?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Windhoek to Livingstone 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 Livingstone on September 22, 2026: 1838 km of route against 1055 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €174.78, and 8h 21m 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 Livingstone is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Livingstone and across Zambia

Day trips that leave Livingstone in the morning and cover a good part of Zambia 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. Livingstone reaches 21 places in 6 countries, from 166 to 2,196 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Windhoek

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

Arriving in Livingstone

Leaving Livingstone

  • 21Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 6Operators

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