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Distance from Pietermaritzburg to Lombe Cota

Pietermaritzburg to Lombe Cota is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 3,449.8 km in roughly 41 hrs 59 min.

N Pietermaritzburg → Lombe Cota
Road distance
3,449.8 km
2,143.6 mi • 1,862.4 nmi
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
2,683.0 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.29×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
94
Info Travel board
Travel time
41 hrs 59 min
Return: 83 hrs 58 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
41 hrs 59 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
82.2 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 20 planned rest stops
46 hrs 59 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R5,774.91
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R5,802.23
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R6,433.13
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R6,485.29
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R7,619.67
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R7,655.72
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R8,488.15
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R8,556.98
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R10,025.89
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R10,073.32
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R11,168.62
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R11,259.18
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41 hrs 59 min
Comfort drive Allows a short stop
42 hrs 14 min
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Local shared
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3,449.8 km 41 hrs 59 min
Start Pietermaritzburg
Finish Lombe Cota
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Turn-by-turn directions

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  1. Head on Pietermaritz Street
    0.1 km
  2. Turn right onto Chief Albert Luthuli Road
    0.7 km
  3. Continue straight onto Howick Road
    2.8 km
  4. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Peter Brown Drive
    0.0 km
  5. Continue onto Peter Brown Drive
    0.1 km
  6. Take the ramp straight towards N3: Harrismith
    0.4 km
  7. Merge slight right
    161.4 km
  8. Continue straight
    251.4 km
  9. Keep slight right at the fork
    89.8 km
  10. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M81
    0.5 km
  11. Keep slight right at the fork towards M81
    0.2 km
  12. Go straight onto Winnie Mandela Drive
    1.7 km
  13. Turn slight left towards R564: Witkoppen Road
    0.3 km
  14. Go straight onto Witkoppen Road
    0.5 km
  15. Turn right onto Cedar Avenue
    5.0 km
  16. Continue straight onto Cedar Road
    2.9 km
  17. Turn left
    4.0 km
  18. Turn right onto Pelindaba Road
    20.5 km
  19. Continue left
    9.5 km
  20. Turn right
    14.8 km
  21. Merge slight right
    183.0 km
  22. Turn right
    49.0 km
  23. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.1 km
  24. Continue
    0.7 km
  25. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  26. Continue
    0.2 km
  27. Turn slight right
    0.1 km
  28. Turn left
    0.5 km
  29. Keep slight left at the fork
    0.5 km
  30. Continue left onto Trans-Kalahari Corridor
    10.0 km
  31. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  32. Continue
    36.4 km
  33. Continue left onto Trans-Kalahari Corridor
    5.6 km
  34. Continue straight onto Main Street
    4.5 km
  35. Continue straight onto Trans-Kalahari Corridor
    74.0 km
  36. Continue straight onto Sir Seretse Khama Avenue
    2.1 km
  37. Turn slight left onto Sir Seretse Karma Highway
    0.0 km
  38. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  39. Continue
    462.6 km
  40. Take the exit ramp slight left
    0.2 km
  41. Merge slight right onto Trans-Kalahari Corridor
    164.7 km
  42. Continue straight
    0.2 km
  43. Turn left onto Trans-Kalahari Corridor
    104.3 km
  44. Turn right
    387.5 km
  45. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Okavango Road
    0.1 km
  46. Continue onto Okavango Road
    5.4 km
  47. Turn left
    96.1 km
  48. Turn right
    0.3 km
  49. Turn right
    55.0 km
  50. Turn right
    77.4 km
  51. At the end of the road, turn right
    30.4 km
  52. Continue left
    13.9 km
  53. Continue slight left
    11.5 km
  54. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  55. Continue
    339.8 km
  56. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit
    0.1 km
  57. Continue
    175.1 km
  58. Continue straight
    113.8 km
  59. Keep slight right at the fork
    23.5 km
  60. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  61. Continue
    3.9 km
  62. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Rua Joaquim Kapango
    0.1 km
  63. Continue onto Rua Joaquim Kapango
    1.0 km
  64. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Rua Joaquim Kapango
    0.0 km
  65. Continue onto Rua Joaquim Kapango
    0.3 km
  66. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Rua Joaquim Kapango
    0.1 km
  67. Continue onto Rua Joaquim Kapango
    6.5 km
  68. At the end of the road, turn left
    26.2 km
  69. Continue straight
    9.1 km
  70. Continue straight
    79.4 km
  71. Turn slight left
    0.7 km
  72. Turn slight right
    0.1 km
  73. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit
    0.0 km
  74. Continue
    0.0 km
  75. Go straight
    2.0 km
  76. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  77. Continue
    2.3 km
  78. Continue straight
    62.9 km
  79. Keep slight right at the fork
    102.8 km
  80. Turn right
    116.0 km
  81. Continue straight
    10.8 km
  82. Turn slight left
    0.1 km
  83. Continue straight
    2.7 km
  84. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  85. Continue
    0.2 km
  86. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  87. Continue
    0.2 km
  88. At the end of the road, turn left
    1.8 km
  89. Go straight
    1.2 km
  90. Turn slight left
    0.0 km
  91. Keep slight right at the fork
    21.0 km
  92. Turn right
    1.6 km
  93. Continue straight onto Lombe-Cota
    0.6 km
  94. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
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Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 39
Known total R1,592.00
Main toll road N4
This route includes 39 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N4. 10 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll points are shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
Marikana Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.062, 28.107
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Swartruggens Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R103.00
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
e-Toll Blouvalk
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.153, 28.132
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
Mooi
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.187, 28.134
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Treverton Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R21.00
Wilge
Road: 169
R94.00
Mooi Ramp Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R49.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.093, 28.117
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.222, 28.128
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Kroondal
Road: Road not linked yet
R20.00
Treverton Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R21.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.274, 28.149
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Kroondal
Road: Road not linked yet
R20.00
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Buffelspoort Ramp Plaza
Road:
R20.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.245, 28.135
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.116, 28.133
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Gosforth
Road: Road not linked yet
R17.00
Buffelspoort Ramp Plaza
Road:
R20.00
Gosforth
Road: Road not linked yet
R17.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.041, 28.077
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.167, 28.141
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
1,728.2 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
20 hrs 59 min • 20 hrs 59 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Loc Route geography
Route geography
Pietermaritzburg → Lombe Cota
Start and destination context
Start area Origin
Pietermaritzburg
Destination area Arrival
Lombe Cota, Malanje
Road span Street reference
— • —
Post Postal reference
Postal reference
— • —
Pietermaritzburg → Lombe Cota
Pietermaritzburg Origin postcode
Not available
Lombe Cota Destination postcode
Not available
Province span Route area
South Africa
Set Nearby route set
Nearby route set
Johannesburg to Polokwane
3 other similar routes
Johannesburg to Polokwane Similar distance
3,156.7 km
Pretoria to Nelspruit Similar distance
3,173.4 km
Cape Town to George Similar distance
3,077.3 km
Rev Related route set
Related route set
Lombe Cota → Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg ↔ Lombe Cota
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Pietermaritzburg -29.60000, 30.37889
Midpoint
1,728.2 km
Total: 3,449.8 km
Midpoint 1,728.2 km
3,449.8 km 41 hrs 59 min
Destination Lombe Cota -9.47551, 16.14855

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route
Province span South Africa
One-way road span 3,449.8 km
Return-cycle span 6,899.5 km
Traversal time 41 hrs 59 min
Maneuver count 94
Maneuver density 2.7 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 1,728.2 km

Coordinate frame

Start -29.60000, 30.37889
Midpoint -21.90443, 19.07801
End -9.47551, 16.14855
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Questions 9
How far is Pietermaritzburg from Lombe Cota? +
Pietermaritzburg is about 3,449.8 km from Lombe Cota by road.
How long does it take from Pietermaritzburg to Lombe Cota? +
The drive usually takes about 41 hrs 59 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Pietermaritzburg to Lombe Cota in one day? +
It is possible, but for many travellers this is better treated as a very long same-day trip or an overnight trip.
Is taxi available from Pietermaritzburg to Lombe Cota? +
Taxi may be available, but for this route it is better to confirm the latest fare at the local taxi rank.
What's the estimated fuel amount from Pietermaritzburg to Lombe Cota? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R5,774.91 (R23.25 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R5,802.23 (R23.36 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R6,433.13 (R25.90 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R6,485.29 (R26.11 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Pietermaritzburg to Lombe Cota? +
Yes. There are 39 tollgates currently matched for this route.
What is the route verdict for this trip? +
Very long trip: This is a demanding long-distance route. Treat it as a serious travel day and consider an overnight stop.
Is there a long-trip warning on this route? +
This is a long trip. Plan rest stops, avoid driving tired, and be careful with late-night travel.
Is there a road note for this route? +
This is a longer road trip, so a fuel or rest stop is recommended. Take a short break about every 2 hours if possible. National roads appear in this route, so watch for toll signs and busier sections.
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Towns along the route

: Harrismith
From Pietermaritzburg To Lombe Cota
: Fourways
From Pietermaritzburg To Lombe Cota
Trans-Kalahari Corridor
From Pietermaritzburg To Lombe Cota
Rua Joaquim Kapango
From Pietermaritzburg To Lombe Cota
Lombe-Cota
From Pietermaritzburg To Lombe Cota

Route Locations

Start area
Pietermaritzburg
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Lombe Cota, Malanje
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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