Distance from Gap to A 6

N Gap → A 6
Road distance
1,466.3 km
Metro routes · M16 / M3 / M5 / M64 / N1 / N2
Gap to A 6 is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 1,466.3 km in roughly 17 hrs 35 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
1,164.2 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.26×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
40
Info Travel board
Travel time
17 hrs 35 min
End point
the fork
Return: 10 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
1055 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
83.4 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 8 planned rest stops
19 hrs 35 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R2,799.81
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R2,811.42
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R3,410.02
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R3,431.14
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R3,694.19
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R3,709.51
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R4,499.33
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R4,527.19
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R4,860.78
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R4,880.94
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R5,920.18
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R5,956.83
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
238° WSW
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
58° ENE
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
-29.0096, 29.1855
End coords Destination point
-34.1032, 18.4395
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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Travel modes
Gap → A 6
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Car
1,466.3 km
17 hrs 35 min
Road route
🏍️ Estimate
Two-wheeler
1,466.3 km
~22 hrs 33 min
65 km/h avg
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Nearby places

Places in A 6

Fuel stops, shops, restaurants and services near your destination.

50 places View all →
🏬
Shopping malls 2.5 km

Lakeside Strip mall

Service Road, Lakeside, 7945
🛒
Supermarkets 2.5 km

Pick n Pay

Main Road, Lakeside, 7945, Western Cape
👔
Clothing & fashion 2.6 km

Kalk Bay Quarter

Main Road
🏠
Home & garden 2.6 km

Artvark Gallery

Main Road
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 2.7 km

Kalk Bay Books

62 Main Road, Kalk Bay
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 2.7 km

Kalk Bay Vintage

Main Road
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 2.7 km

Kalk Bay Books

62 Main Road, Kalk Bay
👔
Clothing & fashion 2.7 km

nanou B fashion

Main Road
👔
Clothing & fashion 2.7 km

Mediterraneo

Main Road
👔
Clothing & fashion 2.7 km

SKA

Main Road
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 2.7 km

bokke & blomme

Main Road
👔
Clothing & fashion 2.7 km

Kalk Bay Garden Shop

Main Road
👔
Clothing & fashion 2.7 km

Nicki & Co.

Main Road
🏠
Home & garden 2.7 km

Gaboon Protection

1 Bell Crescent, Cape Town, 7945
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 2.7 km

Quagga Rare Books & Art

84/86 Main Road, 7990
🏠
Home & garden 2.7 km

Kalk Bay Trading Post

71 Main Road, 7990
🛒
Supermarkets 2.7 km

Checkers

Muizenberg, 7945, Western Cape
🏫
Schools & education 2.9 km

AIMS

Melrose Road
🔧
Car services 3.1 km

Tyre tech

Lake Road
🏫
Schools & education 3.3 km

Laerskool Paul Greyling

Sunray Road
🏫
Schools & education 3.3 km

Fish Hoek Primary School

Upper Recreation Road, Fish Hoek, 7975
🏫
Schools & education 3.3 km

Fish Hoek Pre-Primary

Abington Circle, Fish Hoek, 7975
🏫
Schools & education 3.4 km

Bay Primary Junior Campus

Tenth Avenue, Fish Hoek, 7975
🛒
Supermarkets 3.6 km

Shoprite

Fish Hoek, 7975, Western Cape
👔
Clothing & fashion 3.7 km

PEP

60 Main Road, Cape Town, 7975, Western Cape
🏫
Schools & education 3.7 km

Tiny Tots

15 Pollsmoor Road
🛒
Convenience store 3.7 km

Quickshop

Cape Town
🏫
Schools & education 3.8 km

Bright Light Montessori

4 Sterlig Road, Kirstenhof
🏫
Schools & education 3.9 km

Fish Hoek High School

Thirteenth Avenue, Fish Hoek, 7974
Fuel stations 3.9 km

Shell

61 Main Road, 7975, Western Cape
🛒
Convenience store 4.0 km

Quickshop

69 Main Road, Cape Town
🛒
Supermarkets 4.1 km

Pick n Pay

100-120 Main Road, Western Cape, 7975
🏛️
Government offices 4.1 km

Angels Resource Center

81 Main Road, Fish Hoek, 7975
🐾
Pet services 4.1 km

Tropical Paradise Pets

24 1st Avenue, Fish Hoek, 7975
🛒
Convenience store 4.1 km

Pick n Pay Express

Cape Town, 7950, Western Cape
👔
Clothing & fashion 4.2 km

PEP

Cape Town, 7945, Western Cape
🛒
Supermarkets 4.2 km

Pick n Pay

Muizenberg, 7945, Western Cape
🔧
Car services 4.5 km

Volkswagen

Main Road
Fuel stations 4.5 km

Shell

148 Military Road, 7845, Western Cape
💼
Professional services 4.6 km

ST Communcations

20 Sea Breeze Crescent, Noordhoek, 7979
🏬
Shopping malls 4.6 km

Blue Route Mall

16 Tokai Road, Cape Town, 7945
🏠
Home & garden 4.9 km

Paintsmiths

1 Buller Louw Drive
🏠
Home & garden 5.5 km

Cape Dutch Gardens

Noordhoek Road
🏛️
Government offices 6.5 km

Masi Corp

Chasmay Road, Cape Town
🏠
Home & garden 6.6 km

Harry Goemans Garden Centre

Kommetjie Road
🍽️
Food & drink 6.6 km

Freedom Bakery

19 Dunlop Lane, Cape Town, 7945
Convenience store 6.7 km

Shell Select

7945, Western Cape
🏠
Home & garden 6.8 km

Green Guerrillas

44 Lochiel Road
📱
Electronics 6.8 km

Deltec Batteries

59 Main Road Service Road, Cape Town, 7945
🏠
Home & garden 7.0 km

Heart and Soil

42 Lochiel Road, Caope Town, 7975
Route

Route overview

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Start, destination and route line.

1,466.3 km 17 hrs 35 min
Start Gap
Finish A 6
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Start point
Destination
Driving route
Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

Route directions
🛣️
Directions from Gap to A 6 via N1 and N2
National highway route N1 N2
🏙️
Directions from Gap to A 6 via M5 and M16 and M3 and M64
Metro arterial routes M5 M16 M3 M64
2 route directions identified on this trip
  1. Start your journey
    4.1 km
  2. At the end of the road, turn right
    0.0 km
  3. Continue straight
    20.6 km
  4. Turn sharp left
    0.3 km
  5. Turn left
    3.2 km
  6. Continue slight right
    4.4 km
  7. At the end of the road, turn left
    6.9 km
  8. At the end of the road, turn left
    66.4 km
  9. At the end of the road, turn right
    8.5 km
  10. Turn left
    85.6 km
  11. Continue left onto Eeufees Street
    1.2 km
  12. Continue straight onto Church Street
    136.4 km
  13. Take the exit ramp left towards N1: Bloemfontein
    0.7 km
  14. Merge slight right towards N1: Bloemfontein
    646.5 km
  15. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Donkin Street
    0.1 km
  16. Continue onto Donkin Street
    388.0 km
  17. Continue straight
    68.8 km
  18. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M5: Maitland
    0.3 km
  19. Keep slight left at the fork towards M5: Maitland
    0.3 km
  20. Go straight onto Koeberg Road
    0.1 km
  21. Keep slight right at the fork onto Black River Parkway towards M5: Muizenberg
    0.8 km
  22. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M16: Berkley Road
    0.4 km
  23. Keep slight right at the fork towards M16
    0.0 km
  24. Turn right onto Berkley Road
    0.7 km
  25. Turn left onto Liesbeek Parkway
    1.6 km
  26. Take the ramp slight right towards N2: Cape Town
    0.2 km
  27. Merge slight right onto Settlers Way towards Cape Town
    0.6 km
  28. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M3: Rhodes Drive
    0.4 km
  29. Merge slight right onto Rhodes Drive
    1.8 km
  30. Continue straight onto Union Avenue
    1.9 km
  31. Continue straight onto Paradise Road
    0.7 km
  32. Continue straight onto Edinburgh Drive
    2.5 km
  33. Continue straight onto Simon van der Stel Freeway
    9.1 km
  34. Turn right onto Steenberg Road
    1.4 km
  35. Turn slight left towards M64: Noordhoek
    0.2 km
  36. Go straight onto Ou Kaapse Weg
    0.2 km
  37. Turn left onto Sonneblom Road
    0.1 km
  38. Turn right
    0.5 km
  39. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.5 km
  40. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
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Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 5
Known total R242.00
Main toll road N2 - North Coast Toll Road
This route includes 5 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N2 - North Coast Toll Road.
Verkeerdevlei
Road: Road not linked yet
R78.50
Unnamed toll booth near Huguenot
Road: Near Huguenot / N1 corridor
R0.00
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
733.0 km
KwaZulu-Natal to Western Cape
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
8 hrs 47 min • 8 hrs 47 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
KwaZulu-Natal to Western Cape
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
105.6 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
243.9 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
79.2 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.92
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
79.4%
Solar data
Daylight window at A 6
07:33 – 17:51
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 17 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
5 hrs 7 min
SunriseDawn break
07:33
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R6,129.12
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R29.33
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R293.26
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R6,451.71
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
High (23)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
1
Lane merges Yield required
3
Complex forks Path selection
4
Highway exits Deceleration zones
5
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Gap -29.00958, 29.18555
Midpoint
733.0 km
Total: 1,466.3 km
Midpoint 733.0 km
1,466.3 km 17 hrs 35 min
Destination A 6 End: the fork -34.10324, 18.43953

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span KwaZulu-Natal to Western Cape
One-way road span 1,466.3 km
Return-cycle span 2,932.6 km
Traversal time 17 hrs 35 min
Maneuver count 40
Maneuver density 2.7 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 733.0 km

Coordinate frame

Start -29.00958, 29.18555
Midpoint -31.01474, 24.55874
End -34.10324, 18.43953
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Questions 9
How far is Gap from A 6? +
Gap is about 1,466.3 km from A 6 by road.
How long does it take from Gap to A 6? +
The drive usually takes about 17 hrs 35 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Gap to A 6 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 Gap to A 6? +
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 Gap to A 6? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R2,799.81 (R26.52 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R2,811.42 (R26.63 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R3,410.02 (R32.30 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R3,431.14 (R32.50 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Gap to A 6? +
Yes. There are 5 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. This route crosses a provincial boundary. National roads appear in this route, so watch for toll signs and busier sections.
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Route Locations

Start area
Gap, KwaZulu-Natal
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
A 6, Western Cape
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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