Distance from Hellet N3 to Berea

N Hellet N3 → Berea
Road distance
673.9 km
Highway dominant · M4 / N3 / N6
Hellet N3 to Berea is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 673.9 km in roughly 8 hrs 34 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
480.0 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.40×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
24
Info Travel board
Travel time
8 hrs 34 min
Start point
Hellet
End point
Baynes Street
Return: 17 hrs 9 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
514 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
78.6 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 4 planned rest stops
9 hrs 34 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R1,356.13
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R1,361.46
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R1,354.67
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R1,419.69
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R1,789.33
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R1,796.38
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R1,787.41
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R1,873.20
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R2,354.39
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R2,363.65
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R2,351.86
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R2,464.73
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
202° SSW
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
22° NNE
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
-29.0107, 29.8705
End coords Destination point
-32.9903, 27.9172
Taxi Transport options
Shared taxi fare
Long-distance caution
Route class Operational trip category
Long-distance
Operator type Service format
Minibus taxi
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Travel modes
Hellet N3 → Berea
Places along your journey

Places from Hellet N3 to Berea

Fuel stops, restaurants, shops and services along or near your route.

68 places Submit a place
Convenience store 0.3 km

Shell Select

5241, Eastern Cape
Convenience store 0.3 km

Shell

8 Old Transkei Road, 5241, Eastern Cape
🏫
Schools & education 0.5 km

Hudson Park High School

East London, 5247, Eastern Cape
🏫
Schools & education 0.5 km

Stirling Primary School

East London, 5241, Eastern Cape
🛒
Supermarkets 0.5 km

Checkers

East London, 5241, Eastern Cape
🏠
Home & garden 0.6 km

Tosca Wholesalers

Chamberlain Road
🛒
Convenience store 0.6 km

Pick n Pay Express

Pearce Street, East London, 5241, Eastern Cape
🏫
Schools & education 0.6 km

Port Rex Technical High School

East London, 5247, Eastern Cape
🏫
Schools & education 0.7 km

Hudson Park Primary School

East London, 5247, Eastern Cape
🏫
Schools & education 0.7 km

Stirling High School

East London, 5241, Eastern Cape
🏫
Schools & education 1.2 km

McJannet Drive, East London, 5241
🛒
Supermarkets 1.4 km

Pick n Pay

Devereux Avenue, East London, 5217
🏫
Schools & education 1.4 km

Southernwood Primary School

East London, 5201, Eastern Cape
👔
Clothing & fashion 1.5 km

Woolworths

Surrey Road, East London, 5247
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 1.5 km

AmazingMall Africa

60 Saint Georges Road, East London, 5201
🏫
Schools & education 1.6 km

Selborne Primary School

East London, 5201, Eastern Cape
🛒
Convenience store 1.7 km

Bonjour

8 Devereux Avenue, 5247
🛒
Convenience store 1.7 km

Pick n Pay Express

10 Gately Street, East London, 5213, Eastern Cape
🛒
Supermarkets 1.8 km

Spar

Gately Street
🛒
Convenience store 1.8 km

Quickshop

2 Devereux Avenue, East London
🛒
Supermarkets 1.9 km

Checkers

East London, 5247, Eastern Cape
🏛️
Government offices 2.1 km

Amatola Water

Lancaster Road, East London
🏛️
Government offices 2.1 km

Amatola Water

Lancaster Road, East London
Fuel stations 2.4 km

Shell

234 Oxford Street, 5201, Eastern Cape
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 2.5 km

Tops at Spar

18 Garcia Street, East London, Eastern Cape
👔
Clothing & fashion 2.7 km

Pick n Pay Clothing

East London, 5201, Western Cape
👔
Clothing & fashion 2.7 km

PEP

East London, 5201, Eastern Cape
🏬
Shopping malls 2.7 km

Hemingways Mall

Two Rivers Drive, East London
🏦
Banks 2.8 km

Capitec Bank

Two Rivers Drive, East London, 5247
🥩
Butcheries 2.9 km

Wilsons Butchery Quigney

Caxton Street, East London, 5201
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 3.0 km

Romer Packaging CC

4 Jacob Nanni Place, 5201
Fuel stations 3.0 km

Shell

5201, Eastern Cape
Convenience store 3.0 km

Shell Select

5247, Eastern Cape
🏦
Banks 3.1 km

ABSA

Oxford Street, East London
🏦
Banks 3.1 km

Standard Bank

77 Oxford Street, East London, 5201
👔
Clothing & fashion 3.1 km

Kingons

82 Queen Street
🔧
Car services 3.1 km

Cliffie's Auto Repairs

6 St Pauls Road, East London, 5201
🔧
Car services 3.2 km

Audi Centre East London

35 Wyse Avenue, 5210
🔧
Car services 3.2 km

NTT Volkswagen East London

35 Wyse Avenue, 5200
🏬
Shopping malls 3.2 km

Spargs Mall

Bonza Bay Road, East London
👔
Clothing & fashion 3.4 km

JetStores

JetStores, Caxton Street, North End, Buffalo City Ward 47, KuGompo (East London), Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, 5201, South Africa
👔
Clothing & fashion 4.1 km

Pick n Pay Clothing

Banza Bay Road, East London, 5205, Eastern Cape
🏠
Home & garden 4.2 km

PEP Home

Bonza Bay Road, East London, 5241, Eastern Cape
👔
Clothing & fashion 4.2 km

PEP

East London, 5241, Eastern Cape
Fuel stations 4.2 km

Shell

Main Road, 5252, Eastern Cape
Convenience store 4.3 km

Shell Select

5252, Eastern Cape
📱
Electronics 4.6 km

Vodacom

Amalinda Main Road, East London, 5252
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 4.6 km

Super Sweets

Amalinda Main Road, East London, 5252
💊
Pharmacies 4.6 km

Clicks

Amalinda Main Road, East London, 5252
👔
Clothing & fashion 4.6 km

PEP

Main Street, East London, 5201, Eastern Cape
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 4.7 km

Tops at Spar

68 Griffin Road, East London, Eastern Cape
🔧
Car services 4.8 km

Hi-Q Countrywide Amalinda

89 Amalinda Main Road, East London
🔧
Car services 5.0 km

Nates Car Sales

106 Amalinda Main Road, East London, 5252
🏨

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Route

Route overview

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Route map

Live map

Start, destination and route line.

673.9 km 515 min
Start Hellet N3
Finish Berea
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Start point
Destination
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Turn-by-turn directions

  1. Directions from Hellet N3 to Berea via N3 and N6
    National highway route N3N6
  2. Directions from Hellet N3 to Berea via M4
    Metro arterial route M4
  3. Head on Hellet
    0.4 km
  4. Continue slight left onto Richmond
    0.2 km
  5. Turn right onto Lorne Road
    4.5 km
  6. Go straight
    2.0 km
  7. Take the ramp left towards N3: Pietermaritzburg
    0.7 km
  8. Merge slight right
    80.1 km
  9. Take the exit ramp slight left
    0.7 km
  10. Turn right onto Peter Brown Drive
    0.4 km
  11. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Howick Road
    0.1 km
  12. Continue onto Howick Road
    2.8 km
  13. Continue straight onto Chief Albert Luthuli Road
    2.4 km
  14. Turn right onto Alexandra Road
    2.5 km
  15. Turn slight right onto Reggie Hadebe Road
    142.1 km
  16. Take the ramp right
    0.5 km
  17. Merge slight right
    212.0 km
  18. Turn right onto Nelson Mandela Drive
    217.9 km
  19. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N6
    0.5 km
  20. Merge slight right onto North East Expressway
    2.9 km
  21. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M4: Pearce Street
    0.4 km
  22. Turn right onto Pearce Road
    0.2 km
  23. Turn right onto Latimer Street
    0.1 km
  24. Turn right onto Winkley Street
    0.1 km
  25. Turn left onto Baynes Street
    0.2 km
  26. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 8
Known total R441.00
Main toll road M4 - Magalies Toll Route
This route includes 8 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is M4 - Magalies Toll Route.
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
Treverton Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R21.00
Treverton Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R21.00
Mooi
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Ramp Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R49.00
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
337.2 km
KwaZulu-Natal to Eastern Cape
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
4 hrs 17 min • 4 hrs 17 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
KwaZulu-Natal to Eastern Cape
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
48.5 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
112.1 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
36.4 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R2.02
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
71.2%
Solar data
Daylight window at Berea
07:05 – 17:08
Outside daylight hours
Solar noonHighest sun position
12:06
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 2 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
10 hrs 48 min
SunriseDawn break
07:05
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R2,816.84
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R13.48
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R134.78
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R2,965.09
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Moderate (14)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
1
Lane merges Yield required
3
Complex forks Path selection
0
Highway exits Deceleration zones
4
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Hellet N3 Start: Hellet -29.01074, 29.87050
Midpoint
337.2 km
Total: 673.9 km
Midpoint 337.2 km
673.9 km 515 min
Destination Berea End: Baynes Street -32.99028, 27.91722

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span KwaZulu-Natal to Eastern Cape
One-way road span 673.9 km
Return-cycle span 1347.8 km
Traversal time 515 min
Maneuver count 24
Maneuver density 3.6 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 337.2 km

Coordinate frame

Start -29.01074, 29.87050
Midpoint -30.84903, 29.11576
End -32.99028, 27.91722
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Route FAQ

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Questions 9
How far is Hellet N3 from Berea? +
Hellet N3 is about 673.9 km from Berea by road.
How long does it take from Hellet N3 to Berea? +
The drive usually takes about 515 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Hellet N3 to Berea 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 Hellet N3 to Berea? +
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 Hellet N3 to Berea? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R1,356.13 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R1,361.46 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R1,354.67 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R1,419.69 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Hellet N3 to Berea? +
Yes. There are 8 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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