Travel to Gaborone
Every way to reach Gaborone: 2 modes compared, with fares.
Gaborone is reachable from 12 places across 6 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 6 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €33.34 and the fastest takes 2h 20m door to door. The nearest origin is 195 km away.
How people reach Gaborone
Every mode that actually calls at Gaborone, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 8 | €33.34 | 2h 20m | 421 km | 1 |
| Flight | 17 | €36.13 | 3h 56m | 3,995 km | 5 |
- 12Places you can arrive from
- 12Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 6Operators
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Gaborone is not something we sell.

A room in Gaborone for the night the train gets in
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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 | 2 | 8% | Mahalapye, 195 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 12 | 48% | Palapye, 265 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 8 | 32% | Livingstone, 758 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 3 | 12% | Nairobi, 2851 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
Countries with at least one route into Gaborone that we sell.
Stations, airports and ports in Gaborone
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Gaborone
- Gaborone Bus Rank
- Kanye buses
- GBE
GBE is not in Gaborone, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
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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The cheapest journeys into Gaborone
Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahalapye to Gaborone train | €33.34 | 2h 20m | 195 km |
| Johannesburg to Gaborone flight | €36.13 | 3h 56m | 275 km |
| Serowe to Gaborone train | €44.89 | 3h 7m | 265 km |
| Palapye to Gaborone train | €44.89 | 2h 53m | 265 km |
| Francistown to Gaborone flight | €50.29 | 4h 12m | 421 km |
| Francistown to Gaborone train | €57.54 | 3h 53m | 421 km |
| Maun to Gaborone flight | €65.63 | 4h 24m | 579 km |
| Livingstone to Gaborone flight | €82.74 | 4h 35m | 758 km |
| Harare to Gaborone flight | €99.85 | 4h 54m | 927 km |
| Lusaka to Gaborone flight | €112.24 | 5h 1m | 1,058 km |
| Cape Town to Gaborone flight | €132.30 | 5h 25m | 1,260 km |
| Nairobi to Gaborone flight | €316.38 | 7h 51m | 2,851 km |
| Addis Ababa to Gaborone flight | €412.55 | 9h 7m | 3,995 km |
Check-in is at three and you will be in Gaborone well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Baggage storage near Gaborone Bus Rank
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Popular trips to Gaborone
Common questions about Travel to Gaborone
How can I get to Gaborone?
Gaborone is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 12 places, across 6 countries, on services run by 6 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to Gaborone?
The cheapest way into Gaborone is by Train, from €33.34 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 12 origins we sell into Gaborone over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to Gaborone?
The fastest journey into Gaborone is by Train, at 2h 20m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 195 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does Gaborone have?
Gaborone has 3 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are GBE. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where can I travel to Gaborone from within 200 km?
2 of the routes we sell into Gaborone start within 200 km. The nearest is Mahalapye, 195 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from Gaborone in Botswana?
Gaborone connects to 12 places on our network across 6 countries, the furthest of them 3,995 km away in a straight line. Botswana routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.
Where these numbers come from
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
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Elsewhere in Botswana
The wider region
The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Gaborone are the half people leave until last.

Day trips out of Gaborone and across Botswana
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