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Distance from Gumbu to Paarl N1

N Gumbu → Paarl N1
Road distance
1,924.3 km
Highway dominant · N1 / N12
Gumbu to Paarl N1 is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 1,924.3 km in roughly 20 hrs 55 min.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
1,713.3 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.12×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
21
Info Travel board
Travel time
20 hrs 55 min
Return: 41 hrs 51 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
1255 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
91.9 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 10 planned rest stops
23 hrs 25 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R3,762.94
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R3,767.10
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R3,747.70
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R3,879.32
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R4,965.00
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R4,970.48
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R4,944.89
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R5,118.55
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R6,532.89
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R6,540.11
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R6,506.43
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R6,734.94
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
220° SW
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
40° NE
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
-22.3670, 30.7885
End coords Destination point
-33.7550, 18.9865
Taxi Transport options
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Route class Operational trip category
Long-distance
Operator type Service format
Minibus taxi
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Gumbu → Paarl N1
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Car
1,924.3 km
20 hrs 55 min
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Two-wheeler
1,924.3 km
~29 hrs 36 min
65 km/h avg
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Places from Gumbu to Paarl N1

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Food & drink Soon after Gumbu

Corner Bakery

Polokwane, 0699 214 km from start
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Convenience store Soon after Gumbu

Bonjour

Roodeplaat, 0186 442 km from start
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Convenience store Soon after Gumbu

Bonjour

Roodeplaat, 0186 442 km from start
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Food & drink Soon after Gumbu

Sungardens Coffee Shop

18 Twig Street 455 km from start
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Convenience store Soon after Gumbu

Shell Select

Atterbury Road, Pretoria, 0081, Gauteng 457 km from start
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Food & drink Soon after Gumbu

Polfyntjie tuisnywerhein home industry

73B 13th Street, Pretoria, 0081 458 km from start
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Fuel stations Soon after Gumbu

Shell

893 Rubenstein Drive, 0044, Gauteng 459 km from start
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Food & drink Soon after Gumbu

Bar Ber Black Sheep

2 Bolton Road 505 km from start
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Convenience store Soon after Gumbu

Quickshop

Johannesburg 508 km from start
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Convenience store Soon after Gumbu

Shell Select

2092, Gauteng 509 km from start
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Food & drink Soon after Gumbu

Bean There Coffee Company

44 Stanley Avenue 509 km from start
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Convenience store Soon after Gumbu

Shell Select

1804, Gauteng 522 km from start
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Convenience store Approaching Paarl N1

Quickshop

Beaufort West 1,373 km from start
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Convenience store Approaching Paarl N1

Quickshop

Laingsburg 1,549 km from start
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Convenience store 1.8 km

Bonjour

Paarl, 7624
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Supermarkets 1.9 km

Pick n Pay

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Clothing & fashion 2.0 km

PEP

Cape Town, 7646, Western Cape
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Convenience store 2.3 km

Quickshop

Paarl
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Convenience store 2.5 km

Shell Select

7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 2.5 km

Paarl Boys' Primary School

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Convenience store 2.6 km

Pick n Pay Express

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Convenience store 2.7 km

Shell Select

7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 2.8 km

Paarl Girls' High School

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 2.8 km

La Rochelle Girls' High School

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 2.9 km

La Rochelle Girls' Primary School

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 2.9 km

Paarl Boys' High School

Paarl, 7622, Western Cape
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Supermarkets 3.0 km

Shoprite

Van Der Lingen Street, Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Government offices 3.1 km

Home Affairs

39 Castle Street, Paarl, 7646
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Schools & education 3.2 km

Carnegie House Preparatory (Paarl)

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 3.3 km

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Supermarkets 3.3 km

Checkers

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Schools & education 3.5 km

Labori High School

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Car services 5.1 km

Mercedes-Benz

Suid Agter Paarl Road, Paarl, 7645
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Supermarkets 5.6 km

Checkers

Paarl, 7646, Western Cape
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Home & garden 6.0 km

Simla Hardware

Simfonielaan Wes
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Supermarkets 6.3 km

Fair Foods

Bartolomeu Street
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Route

Route overview

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Route map

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Start, destination and route line.

1,924.3 km 20 hrs 55 min
Start Gumbu
Finish Paarl N1
Map key
Start point
Destination
Driving route
Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

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  1. Directions from Gumbu to Paarl N1 via N1 and N12
    National highway route N1N12
  2. Start your journey
    0.2 km
  3. At the end of the road, turn right
    10.5 km
  4. At the end of the road, turn right
    92.1 km
  5. Turn left
    42.2 km
  6. Continue straight
    2.0 km
  7. Go straight
    10.8 km
  8. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  9. Continue
    5.0 km
  10. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  11. Continue
    383.2 km
  12. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N1: Johannesburg
    1.6 km
  13. Merge slight right onto Ben Schoeman Highway
    18.9 km
  14. Continue straight
    28.2 km
  15. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.8 km
  16. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N12: Soweto
    1.4 km
  17. Merge slight right onto Southern Bypass
    6.1 km
  18. Keep slight right at the fork
    915.9 km
  19. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Donkin Street
    0.1 km
  20. Continue onto Donkin Street
    388.0 km
  21. Continue straight
    17.2 km
  22. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 50
Known total R1,722.00
Main toll road N1
This route includes 50 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.
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Verkeerdevlei
Road: Road not linked yet
R78.50
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Unnamed toll booth near Huguenot
Road: Near Huguenot / N1 corridor
R0.00
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
e-Toll Sunbird
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.819, 28.254
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Ihobe
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
e-Toll Gantry TG001
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.263, 27.976
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Stormvoël
Road: Road not linked yet
R12.50
e-Toll Ivusi
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.268, 27.950
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Pikoko
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Stormvoël
Road: Road not linked yet
R12.50
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.848, 28.229
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Vaal
Road: Road not linked yet
R91.50
Vaal
Road: Road not linked yet
R91.50
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Wallmansthal
Road: Road not linked yet
R7.50
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Wallmansthal
Road: Road not linked yet
R7.50
Murrayhill
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Capricorn
Road: Road not linked yet
R63.50
Murrayhill
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Baobab Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Routes ↩ Paarl N1 → Gumbu Gumbu to Johannesburg Gumbu to Pretoria Gumbu to Cape Town Gumbu to Durban Johannesburg to Paarl N1 Pretoria to Paarl N1 Cape Town to Paarl N1
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
963.0 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
10 hrs 27 min • 10 hrs 27 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
138.5 L needed
Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
320.0 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
103.9 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.96
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
89%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Paarl N1
07:46 – 17:41
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
12:43
Total daylightUsable driving light
9 hrs 55 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
9 hrs 39 min
SunriseDawn break
07:46
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R8,043.44
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R38.49
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R384.85
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R8,466.78
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
High (25)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
3
Lane merges Yield required
2
Complex forks Path selection
2
Highway exits Deceleration zones
5
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Gumbu -22.36698, 30.78849
Midpoint
963.0 km
Total: 1,924.3 km
Midpoint 963.0 km
1,924.3 km 20 hrs 55 min
Destination Paarl N1 -33.75498, 18.98647

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route
Province span South Africa
One-way road span 1,924.3 km
Return-cycle span 3,848.5 km
Traversal time 20 hrs 55 min
Maneuver count 21
Maneuver density 1.1 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 963.0 km

Coordinate frame

Start -22.36698, 30.78849
Midpoint -28.97579, 26.29933
End -33.75498, 18.98647
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Route FAQ

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Questions 9
How far is Gumbu from Paarl N1? +
Gumbu is about 1,924.3 km from Paarl N1 by road.
How long does it take from Gumbu to Paarl N1? +
The drive usually takes about 20 hrs 55 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Gumbu to Paarl N1 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 Gumbu to Paarl N1? +
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 Gumbu to Paarl N1? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R3,872.40 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R3,887.64 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R3,868.24 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R4,053.89 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Gumbu to Paarl N1? +
Yes. There are 50 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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: Johannesburg
From Gumbu To Paarl N1
: Soweto
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Kimberley
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: Cape Town
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