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Distance from Essoubinca to Paarl

N Essoubinca → Paarl
Road distance
1790.1 km
Highway dominant · N1 / N12
Essoubinca to Paarl is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 1,790.1 km in roughly 20 hrs 38 min.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
1,539.2 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.16×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
38
Info Travel board
Travel time
20 hrs 38 min
End point
Lady Grey Street
Return: 41 hrs 16 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
1238 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
86.8 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 10 planned rest stops
23 hrs 8 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R3,500.62
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R3,504.49
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R3,486.44
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R3,608.88
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R4,618.87
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R4,623.97
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R4,600.16
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R4,761.72
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R6,077.46
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R6,084.18
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R6,052.85
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R6,265.43
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
216° SW
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
36° NE
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
-22.9178, 28.8123
End coords Destination point
-33.7310, 18.9642
Taxi Transport options
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Route class Operational trip category
Long-distance
Operator type Service format
Minibus taxi
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Essoubinca → Paarl
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Car
1790.1 km
20 hrs 38 min
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Two-wheeler
1790.1 km
~27 hrs 32 min
65 km/h avg
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Places from Essoubinca to Paarl

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Supermarkets Soon after Essoubinca

Superspar

Mokopane, 0600 142 km from start
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Food & drink Soon after Essoubinca

Sungardens Coffee Shop

18 Twig Street 321 km from start
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Convenience store Soon after Essoubinca

Shell Select

Atterbury Road, Pretoria, 0081, Gauteng 323 km from start
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Food & drink Soon after Essoubinca

Polfyntjie tuisnywerhein home industry

73B 13th Street, Pretoria, 0081 322 km from start
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Fuel stations Soon after Essoubinca

Shell

893 Rubenstein Drive, 0044, Gauteng 326 km from start
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Convenience store Soon after Essoubinca

Shell Select

2193, Gauteng 368 km from start
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Food & drink Soon after Essoubinca

Bar Ber Black Sheep

2 Bolton Road 368 km from start
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Convenience store Soon after Essoubinca

Quickshop

Johannesburg 372 km from start
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Convenience store Soon after Essoubinca

Shell Select

2092, Gauteng 372 km from start
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Food & drink Soon after Essoubinca

Bean There Coffee Company

44 Stanley Avenue 372 km from start
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Convenience store Soon after Essoubinca

Shell Select

1804, Gauteng 383 km from start
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Food & drink Before halfway

Mugg & Bean

Kellner Street 736 km from start
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Convenience store Past halfway

Quickshop

Beaufort West 1,214 km from start
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Supermarkets Past halfway

Checkers

Beaufort West, 6970, Western Cape 1,215 km from start
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Convenience store Approaching Paarl

Quickshop

Laingsburg 1,383 km from start
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Supermarkets 0.1 km

Checkers

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 0.3 km

Carnegie House Preparatory (Paarl)

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 0.3 km

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 0.3 km

Labori High School

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Supermarkets 0.5 km

Shoprite

Van Der Lingen Street, Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 0.7 km

La Rochelle Girls' High School

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Government offices 0.7 km

Home Affairs

39 Castle Street, Paarl, 7646
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Schools & education 0.7 km

La Rochelle Girls' Primary School

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 0.8 km

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 1.0 km

Paarl Boys' High School

Paarl, 7622, Western Cape
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Schools & education 1.0 km

Paarl Boys' Primary School

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Convenience store 1.3 km

Shell Select

7646, Western Cape
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Convenience store 1.3 km

Pick n Pay Express

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Convenience store 2.1 km

Quickshop

Paarl
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Supermarkets 2.5 km

Checkers

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Convenience store 3.7 km

Bonjour

Paarl, 7624
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Clothing & fashion 3.8 km

PEP

Cape Town, 7646, Western Cape
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Supermarkets 3.8 km

Pick n Pay

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Convenience store 4.0 km

Shell Select

7646, Western Cape
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Home & garden 4.2 km

Simla Hardware

Simfonielaan Wes
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Supermarkets 4.7 km

Fair Foods

Bartolomeu Street
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Car services 5.3 km

Car Doc

7074 Langeni Street, paarl mbekweni
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Car services 6.3 km

Mercedes-Benz

Suid Agter Paarl Road, Paarl, 7645
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Route

Route overview

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Route map

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Start, destination and route line.

1790.1 km 1238 min
Start Essoubinca
Finish Paarl
Map key
Start point
Destination
Driving route
Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

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  1. Directions from Essoubinca to Paarl via N1 and N12
    National highway route N1N12
  2. Start your journey
    0.1 km
  3. Turn right
    0.1 km
  4. Turn right
    0.5 km
  5. Continue straight
    0.5 km
  6. Turn right
    3.0 km
  7. At the end of the road, turn right
    6.9 km
  8. Turn right
    6.4 km
  9. At the end of the road, turn right
    16.3 km
  10. Continue straight
    1.9 km
  11. At the end of the road, turn right
    6.4 km
  12. Continue straight
    0.4 km
  13. Turn right
    5.8 km
  14. Turn left
    25.6 km
  15. Turn right
    5.5 km
  16. Turn right
    8.1 km
  17. At the end of the road, turn left
    99.3 km
  18. Turn right onto Thabo Mbeki Drive
    0.6 km
  19. Turn left onto Van Riebeeck Road
    5.3 km
  20. Continue straight
    0.5 km
  21. Turn slight right towards N1
    0.6 km
  22. Continue straight
    0.5 km
  23. Merge slight right
    215.4 km
  24. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N1: Johannesburg
    1.6 km
  25. Merge slight right onto Ben Schoeman Highway
    18.9 km
  26. Continue straight
    28.2 km
  27. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.8 km
  28. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N12: Soweto
    1.4 km
  29. Merge slight right onto Southern Bypass
    6.1 km
  30. Keep slight right at the fork
    915.9 km
  31. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Donkin Street
    0.1 km
  32. Continue onto Donkin Street
    388.0 km
  33. Continue straight
    13.7 km
  34. Take the exit ramp slight left towards Sonstraal Road
    0.3 km
  35. Turn right onto Sonstraal Road
    0.5 km
  36. Turn left onto Klein Drakenstein Road
    3.6 km
  37. Turn left onto Jan van Riebeeck Drive
    0.3 km
  38. Turn right onto Lady Grey Street
    1.3 km
  39. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 48
Known total R1,618.00
Main toll road N1
This route includes 48 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N1. 6 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll points are shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
Vaal
Road: Road not linked yet
R91.50
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.263, 27.976
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
e-Toll Pikoko
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Vaal
Road: Road not linked yet
R91.50
e-Toll Gantry TG001
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.939, 28.140
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
e-Toll Sunbird
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Unnamed toll booth near Huguenot
Road: Near Huguenot / N1 corridor
R0.00
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.268, 27.950
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Verkeerdevlei
Road: Road not linked yet
R78.50
Maubane
Road: Road not linked yet
R33.00
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.819, 28.254
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Maubane
Road: Road not linked yet
R33.00
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Wallmansthal
Road: Road not linked yet
R7.50
Wallmansthal
Road: Road not linked yet
R7.50
Stormvoël
Road: Road not linked yet
R12.50
Stormvoël
Road: Road not linked yet
R12.50
e-Toll Ihobe
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Routes ↩ Paarl → Essoubinca Essoubinca to Johannesburg Essoubinca to Pretoria Essoubinca to Cape Town Essoubinca to Durban Johannesburg to Paarl Pretoria to Paarl Cape Town to Paarl
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
895.9 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
10 hrs 19 min • 10 hrs 19 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
128.9 L needed
Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
297.7 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
96.7 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.96
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
86%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Paarl
07:40 – 17:43
Outside daylight hours
Solar noonHighest sun position
12:41
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 3 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
Expired
SunriseDawn break
07:40
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R7,482.71
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R35.80
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R358.02
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R7,876.53
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
High (18)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
1
Lane merges Yield required
3
Complex forks Path selection
2
Highway exits Deceleration zones
4
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Essoubinca -22.91777, 28.81233
Midpoint
895.9 km
Total: 1790.1 km
Midpoint 895.9 km
1790.1 km 1238 min
Destination Paarl End: Lady Grey Street -33.73103, 18.96421

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route
Province span South Africa
One-way road span 1790.1 km
Return-cycle span 3580.2 km
Traversal time 1238 min
Maneuver count 38
Maneuver density 2.1 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 895.9 km

Coordinate frame

Start -22.91777, 28.81233
Midpoint -29.52410, 26.07963
End -33.73103, 18.96421
Destination brief

Travelling to Paarl

A polished arrival snapshot covering what stands out, who the place suits best and what to keep in mind before you get there.

Signature Cape Winelands town
Standout Wine farms, country hospitality and conference stays
Paarl offers a broader Winelands mix than a simple tasting stop, with estate travel, countryside scenery, conference use and a more spread-out stay pattern than compact village destinations.
Best for Who this destination suits
Winelands base Conference stay Country hospitality Food and wine trip
Arrival What to expect on arrival
The town centre, estates, wedding venues and countryside stays each produce different final drives, so the exact property matters.
Regional base Good base for nearby trips
Use Paarl as a base for Cape Winelands touring, estate visits, conferences and slower countryside stays close to Cape Town.
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Route FAQ

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Questions 9
How far is Essoubinca from Paarl? +
Essoubinca is about 1790.1 km from Paarl by road.
How long does it take from Essoubinca to Paarl? +
The drive usually takes about 1238 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Essoubinca to Paarl 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 Essoubinca to Paarl? +
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 Essoubinca to Paarl? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R3,500.62 (R27.16 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R3,504.49 (R27.19 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R3,486.44 (R27.05 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R3,608.88 (R28.00 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Essoubinca to Paarl? +
Yes. There are 48 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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