Every way to travel across Southern Africa
NaN routes and 55 operators across 5 countries Every figure on this page is counted off our own network or priced by the engine that answers the search box.
We sell NaN routes across Southern Africa, reaching 108 places in 5 countries through 55 operators 2,532 of them stay inside one country, 66 cross a border inside the region and 332 leave it. On the 16 busiest corridors, priced on October 8, 2026, the cheapest fare is €10.07 and the fastest trip is 1h 8m door to door. The median route runs 269 km.
All modes in Southern Africa, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 2,930Routes we sell
- 690Corridors
- 108Places served
- 5Countries
- 55Operators
- 2,532Domestic routes
- 66Cross border routes
- 332Routes out of the region
- 269 kmMedian route
- 13,566 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across Southern Africa
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in Southern Africa, priced on October 8, 2026 for one passenger.
The corridors that matter in Southern Africa
Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantis to Cape Town | €10.07 | 1h 8m | 40 km |
| Brakpan to Diepsloot | €10.07 | 1h 15m | 49 km |
| Germiston to Emalahleni | €10.08 | 1h 43m | 113 km |
| Emalahleni to Johannesburg | €10.63 | 1h 47m | 124 km |
| Pretoria to Johannesburg | €11.88 | 1h 14m | 53 km |
| Germiston to Vereeniging | €11.88 | 1h 17m | 55 km |
| Paarl to Cape Town | €11.88 | 1h 16m | 55 km |
| Durban to Johannesburg | €57.37 | 4h 13m | 501 km |
| Upington to Johannesburg | €81.56 | 4h 34m | 715 km |
| Lusaka to Johannesburg | €128.76 | 5h 8m | 1,201 km |
| Ndola to Johannesburg | €158.85 | 5h 31m | 1,474 km |
| Doha to Durban | €711.68 | 13h 24m | 6,510 km |
| Cape Town to London | €940.01 | 16h 3m | 9,671 km |
| Hong Kong to Johannesburg | €1,131.76 | 18h 32m | 10,719 km |
| Johannesburg to Beijing | €1,442.10 | 18h 59m | 11,706 km |
| New York to Johannesburg | €1,495.20 | 21h 39m | 12,839 km |
Countries in Southern Africa
Every country in Southern Africa we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,532 | 86 | 51 |
| Zimbabwe | 278 | 22 | 15 |
| Botswana | 142 | 13 | 7 |
| Namibia | 42 | 5 | 8 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 2 | 1 |
When to book in Southern Africa
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Southern Africa.
- €78.023 days
- €72.127 days
- €57.3721 days
- €43.2145 days
- €59.1484 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €43.21.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 45 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €78.02, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 1,196 | 41% | Alberton, 40 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 948 | 32% | Welkom, 205 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 496 | 17% | Johannesburg, 603 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 290 | 10% | Dar es Salaam, 1514 km |
Who runs it in Southern Africa
The carriers with the largest networks inside Southern Africa.
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Turkish Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Lufthansa
Air France
British Airways
Condor Flugdienst
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Qatar Airways
Emirates
Swiss International Air Lines
TAP Portugal
Cathay Pacific
Singapore Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad Airways
El Al Israel Airlines
Egyptair
Edelweiss Air
Thai Airways International
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Kenya Airways
South African Airways
Martinair
Metrorail
Mango
TAAG Angola Airlines
National Railways of Zimbabwe
Rwandair Express
Air Atlanta Icelandic
Air Austral
Air Botswana
LIFT Airline
PRASA
Where people travel in Southern Africa
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Common questions about Every way to travel across Southern Africa
How many routes does Orlero sell across Southern Africa?
NaN routes across 5 countries reaching 108 places through 55 operators 2,532 stay inside one country, 66 cross a border inside Southern Africa and 332 leave the region altogether.
What is the cheapest way to travel across Southern Africa?
On the 16 busiest corridors in Southern Africa, priced on October 8, 2026, the lowest fare we sell is €10.07. By median fare the cheapest mode is coach, at €10.08 on a typical corridor.
Which way to travel is fastest across Southern Africa?
train, at a median of 1h 30m door to door on the corridors we priced. Door to door includes reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end, which is why it is the only figure worth comparing across modes.
Which way to travel across Southern Africa produces least carbon?
coach, at 2.5 kg per passenger on a typical corridor in Southern Africa, against 1113.5 kg by Flight.
When should I book travel across Southern Africa?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 45 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in Southern Africa?
The median route runs 269 km in a straight line and the shortest is 40 km. The longest we sell is 13,566 km, from Atlanta to Johannesburg.
Which countries are in Southern Africa?
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho.
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 Fares, Carbon, Distances
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, travel times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.