Buses across Southern Africa
232 routes and 2 operators across 1 country Fares and travel times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.
232 Buses routes run across Southern Africa, reaching 19 places in 1 country through 2 operators On the 16 busiest of them, priced on October 9, 2026, the cheapest fare is €10.07 and the fastest trip is 1h 30m door to door. A median route runs 97 km.
Buses in Southern Africa, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 232Routes we sell
- 58Corridors
- 19Places served
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
- 232Domestic routes
- 0Cross border routes
- 0Routes out of the region
- 97 kmMedian route
- 150 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across Southern Africa
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in Southern Africa, priced on October 9, 2026 for one passenger.
| Mode | Corridors priced | From | Door to door | CO2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | 16 | €10.07 | 2h 19m | 4.6 kg |
| Train | 16 | €18.76 | 1h 40m | 5.4 kg |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springs to Centurion bus | €10.07 | 1h 35m | 48 km |
| Etwatwa to Johannesburg bus | €10.07 | 1h 30m | 42 km |
| eMbalenhle to Brakpan bus | €10.07 | 2h 1m | 77 km |
| Nigel to eMbalenhle bus | €10.07 | 1h 47m | 60 km |
| Atlantis to Cape Town bus | €10.07 | 1h 30m | 40 km |
| eMbalenhle to Alexandra bus | €10.07 | 2h 40m | 108 km |
| eMbalenhle to Etwatwa bus | €10.07 | 1h 59m | 76 km |
| eMbalenhle to Thembisa bus | €10.07 | 2h 23m | 103 km |
| Nigel to Emalahleni bus | €10.07 | 2h 20m | 98 km |
| Brakpan to Emalahleni bus | €10.08 | 2h 16m | 95 km |
| Emalahleni to Benoni bus | €10.63 | 2h 17m | 98 km |
| Emalahleni to Thembisa bus | €10.63 | 2h 28m | 102 km |
| Ivory Park to Emalahleni bus | €10.63 | 2h 33m | 105 km |
| Centurion to Emalahleni bus | €11.18 | 2h 30m | 105 km |
| Middelburg to Boksburg bus | €12.83 | 2h 46m | 130 km |
| Middelburg to Germiston bus | €13.38 | 3h 6m | 139 km |
Countries in Southern Africa
Every country in Southern Africa we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 232 | 19 | 2 |
When to book in Southern Africa
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Southern Africa.
- €12.283 days
- €11.737 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0784 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 21 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 18 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €12.28, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Buses, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 232 | 100% | Atlantis, 40 km |
Bus operators
The carriers with the largest networks inside Southern Africa.
Bus destinations
Other ways to travel across Southern Africa
Common questions about Buses across Southern Africa
How many Buses routes does Orlero sell across Southern Africa?
232 of them, across 1 country reaching 19 places through 2 operators
How much does travelling by Buses cost in Southern Africa?
On the 16 busiest Buses corridors in Southern Africa, priced on October 9, 2026, the lowest fare is €10.07 and the median is €10.07.
Is Buses the fastest way across Southern Africa?
On the corridors we priced, coach takes a median of 2h 19m door to door, against 1h 40m by Train. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.
Which countries in Southern Africa have Buses routes we sell?
South Africa.
Who runs the Buses services in Southern Africa?
TransMagnific, MyCITi, among 2 carriers we sell across Southern Africa.
When should I book travel across Southern Africa?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 21 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 18 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in Southern Africa?
The median route runs 97 km in a straight line and the shortest is 40 km. The longest we sell is 150 km, from Johannesburg to Middelburg.
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 Door to door, Fares
- 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.