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Distance from Germiston to Gateway Shopping

N Germiston → Gateway Shopping
Road distance
570.2 km
Highway dominant · M41 / N2 / N3
Germiston to Gateway Shopping is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 570.2 km in roughly 6 hrs 34 min.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
481.0 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.19×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
29
Info Travel board
Travel time
6 hrs 34 min
Return: 13 hrs 8 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
394 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
86.8 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 3 planned rest stops
7 hrs 19 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R1,115.00
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R1,116.23
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R1,110.48
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R1,149.48
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R1,471.18
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R1,472.80
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R1,465.22
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R1,516.68
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R1,935.76
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R1,937.90
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R1,927.92
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R1,995.63
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
145° SE
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
325° NW
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
-26.2294, 28.1806
End coords Destination point
-29.7260, 31.0653
Taxi Transport options
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Long-distance caution
Route class Operational trip category
Long-distance
Operator type Service format
Minibus taxi
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Germiston → Gateway Shopping
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Car
570.2 km
6 hrs 34 min
Road route
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Two-wheeler
570.2 km
~8 hrs 46 min
65 km/h avg
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Places from Germiston to Gateway Shopping

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Supermarkets 0.2 km

Checkers Hyper

Umhlanga Rocks, 4320, KwaZulu-Natal
View details → Umhlanga Rocks
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Gifts & hobbies 0.2 km

Tops at Spar

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
View details → Durban
👔
Clothing & fashion 0.3 km

Pick n Pay Clothing

1 Palm Boulevard, Umhlanga, 4319, KwaZulu-Natal
View details → Umhlanga
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Clothing & fashion 0.3 km

Safari Centre Gateway

Palm Boulevard
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🔧
Car services 0.4 km

Midas

Meridian Drive
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Supermarkets 0.5 km

Pick n Pay

Sunset Crescent, Umhlanga Ridge, 4320, KwaZulu-Natal
View details → Umhlanga Ridge
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Convenience store 1.7 km

Quickshop

38 Flanders Drive, Mount Edgecombe
View details → Mount Edgecombe
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Shopping malls 2.0 km

Oceans Mall Umhlanga

Lagoon Drive, Umhlanga
View details → Umhlanga
🏫
Schools & education 2.2 km

Atholton Primary School

4320, KwaZulu-Natal
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Beverly Hills Accommodation 2.2 km

Beverly Hills

1 Lighthouse Road, Umhlanga, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
"Beverly Hills is one of uMhlanga’s more established luxury hotels, sitting right on the be…"
View details → Durban
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Convenience store 2.5 km

Quickshop

89 Flanders Drive, Mount Edgecombe
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Clothing & fashion 2.6 km

PEP

Hillhead Drive, Durban, 4302, KwaZulu-Natal
View details → Durban
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Supermarkets 2.6 km

Shoprite

Phoenix, 4300, KwaZulu-Natal
View details → Phoenix
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Schools & education 3.0 km

Phoenix Technical Secondary School

4300, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 3.1 km

Quickshop

47 Armstrong Avenue, La Lucia
View details → La Lucia
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Supermarkets 3.1 km

Pick n Pay

La Lucia, 4051, KwaZulu-Natal
View details → La Lucia
🛒
Convenience store 3.4 km

Pick n Pay Express

49 Sagewood Way, Umhlanga, 4022, KwaZulu-Natal
View details → Umhlanga
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Schools & education 3.6 km

La Lucia Junior Primary School

10 Winston Crescent, Durban, 4051, KwaZulu-Natal
View details → Durban
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Gym & fitness 3.7 km

ocean2air

5 Forest Drive
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Schools & education 4.1 km

Glenashley Preparatory School

2A Marion Avenue, 4051, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 4.3 km

Shell Select

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Schools & education 4.6 km

Danville Park Girls' High School

21 Middlebrook Avenue, 4051, KwaZulu-Natal
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Schools & education 4.7 km

Grove-End Secondary School

4300, KwaZulu-Natal
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Professional services 4.7 km

Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa

8 Montreal Road
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Schools & education 4.7 km

Eastbury Secondary School

4300, KwaZulu-Natal
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Schools & education 4.7 km

Solomon Mahlangu Primary School

KwaZulu-Natal
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Professional services 5.4 km

NMC Interior Design & Project Management

56 Margaret Maytom Avenue, Durban, 4051
View details → Durban
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Beauty & wellness 5.5 km

Lazlo's Barbershop

5 Terence Place, Durban, 4051
View details → Durban
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Convenience store 5.8 km

Shell Select

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Home & garden 6.0 km

23 Interiors

18 Tottum Road, Durban, 4339
View details → Durban
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Convenience store 6.2 km

Shell Select

4360, KwaZulu-Natal
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Shopping malls 6.4 km

Phoenix Plaza

19 Parthenon Street Phoenix Plaza, Phoenix, 4068
View details → Phoenix
⛽
Convenience store 6.6 km

Shell Select

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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⛽
Fuel stations 6.7 km

Shell

388 Palmview Drive, Phoenix, 4068
View details → Phoenix
⛽
Convenience store 7.0 km

Shell Select

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
View details →
Route

Route overview

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Start, destination and route line.

570.2 km 6 hrs 34 min
Start Germiston
Finish Gateway Shopping
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Start point
Destination
Driving route
Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

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  1. Directions from Germiston to Gateway Shopping via N3 and N2
    National highway route N3N2
  2. Directions from Germiston to Gateway Shopping via M41
    Metro arterial route M41
  3. Start your journey
    0.1 km
  4. Turn left onto Elsburg Road
    0.6 km
  5. Turn left onto Delville Road North
    0.6 km
  6. Continue straight onto Vimy Ridge
    0.5 km
  7. Continue right onto Vimy Ridge
    0.0 km
  8. Turn left onto Lake Road
    1.0 km
  9. Continue straight onto Russel Road
    0.7 km
  10. Continue straight onto Wits Rifles Road
    1.8 km
  11. Go straight onto Black Reef Road
    0.8 km
  12. Turn right onto Grey Avenue
    1.2 km
  13. Take the ramp slight left towards N3: Durban
    0.6 km
  14. Merge slight right
    53.6 km
  15. Keep slight left at the fork
    464.0 km
  16. Keep slight right at the fork towards N3: Durban
    9.3 km
  17. Keep slight left at the fork
    15.8 km
  18. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N2: Port Shepstone
    0.3 km
  19. Keep slight left at the fork towards N2: King Shaka International Airport
    0.8 km
  20. Merge slight right onto Outer Ring Road
    15.8 km
  21. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M41: uMhlanga
    0.8 km
  22. Keep slight left at the fork towards M41: uMhlanga
    0.6 km
  23. Merge slight right
    0.4 km
  24. Take the exit ramp slight left towards Umhlanga Ridge
    0.4 km
  25. Keep slight right at the fork towards La Lucia Ridge
    0.2 km
  26. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Sugar Road
    0.1 km
  27. Continue onto Sugar Road
    0.1 km
  28. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  29. Continue
    0.2 km
  30. Turn left
    0.1 km
  31. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 29
Known total R1,479.00
Main toll road N2 - North Coast Toll Road
This route includes 29 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N2 - North Coast Toll Road. 1 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll point is shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.274, 28.149
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
Mariannhill Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Mariannhill Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Mariannhill Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Mariannhill Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Wilge
Road: 169
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Mooi
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Ramp Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R49.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
Treverton Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R21.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
Treverton Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R21.00
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
Gosforth
Road: Road not linked yet
R17.00
Gosforth
Road: Road not linked yet
R17.00
Gosforth
Road: Road not linked yet
R17.00
Gosforth
Road: Road not linked yet
R17.00
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
Routes ↩ Gateway Shopping → Germiston Germiston to Johannesburg Germiston to Pretoria Germiston to Cape Town Germiston to Durban Johannesburg to Gateway Shopping Pretoria to Gateway Shopping Cape Town to Gateway Shopping
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
285.5 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
3 hrs 17 min • 3 hrs 17 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
41.1 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
94.8 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
30.8 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.96
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
84.4%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Gateway Shopping
06:48 – 17:03
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
11:55
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 14 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
2 hrs 51 min
SunriseDawn break
06:48
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R2,383.35
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R11.40
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R114.04
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R2,508.79
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Very High (31)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
2
Lane merges Yield required
3
Complex forks Path selection
6
Highway exits Deceleration zones
5
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Germiston -26.22944, 28.18056
Midpoint
285.5 km
Total: 570.2 km
Midpoint 285.5 km
570.2 km 6 hrs 34 min
Destination Gateway Shopping -29.72600, 31.06529

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route
Province span South Africa
One-way road span 570.2 km
Return-cycle span 1,140.4 km
Traversal time 6 hrs 34 min
Maneuver count 29
Maneuver density 5.1 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 285.5 km

Coordinate frame

Start -26.22944, 28.18056
Midpoint -28.37114, 29.31746
End -29.72600, 31.06529
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Route FAQ

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Questions 9
How far is Germiston from Gateway Shopping? +
Germiston is about 570.2 km from Gateway Shopping by road.
How long does it take from Germiston to Gateway Shopping? +
The drive usually takes about 6 hrs 34 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Germiston to Gateway Shopping 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 Germiston to Gateway Shopping? +
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 Germiston to Gateway Shopping? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R1,147.43 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R1,151.95 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R1,146.20 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R1,201.21 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Germiston to Gateway Shopping? +
Yes. There are 29 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

Vimy Ridge
From Germiston To Gateway Shopping
: Durban
From Germiston To Gateway Shopping
: Port Shepstone
From Germiston To Gateway Shopping
King Shaka International Airport
From Germiston To Gateway Shopping
Stanger
From Germiston To Gateway Shopping
and Coast
From Germiston To Gateway Shopping
Coast
From Germiston To Gateway Shopping
: uMhlanga
From Germiston To Gateway Shopping
Cornubia
From Germiston To Gateway Shopping
Umhlanga Ridge
From Germiston To Gateway Shopping

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