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Distance from Kosmos Village to Whetstone

N Kosmos Village → Whetstone
Road distance
654.4 km
Provincial mix · M26 / N1 / N2 / N3 / R102 / R511 / R564
Kosmos Village to Whetstone is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 654.4 km in roughly 7 hrs 48 min.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
538.6 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.21×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
38
Info Travel board
Travel time
7 hrs 48 min
Start point
Paul Kruger Avenue
Return: 15 hrs 36 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
468 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
83.8 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 3 planned rest stops
8 hrs 33 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R1,316.82
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R1,322.00
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R1,315.41
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R1,378.54
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R1,737.47
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R1,744.31
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R1,735.61
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R1,818.91
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R2,286.15
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R2,295.14
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R2,283.69
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R2,393.30
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
146° SE
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
326° NW
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
-25.7394, 27.8509
End coords Destination point
-29.7083, 30.9895
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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Kosmos Village → Whetstone
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Car
654.4 km
7 hrs 48 min
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Two-wheeler
654.4 km
~10 hrs 4 min
65 km/h avg
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Places from Kosmos Village to Whetstone

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Schools & education 0.2 km

Whetstone Primary School

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Schools & education 0.3 km

Northmead Secondary School

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Schools & education 0.7 km

Highstone Primary School

4080, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 0.7 km

Shell Select

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Schools & education 0.8 km

Redfern Primary School

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Schools & education 0.9 km

Swanvale Primary School

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Schools & education 1.0 km

Crystal Point Secondary School

4080, KwaZulu-Natal
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Schools & education 1.1 km

Allingham Primary School

4300, KwaZulu-Natal
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Schools & education 1.2 km

Northlen Primary School

4080, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 1.4 km

Shell Select

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Fuel stations 1.6 km

Shell

4309, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 1.6 km

Shell Select

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 1.6 km

Quickshop

Phoenix
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Supermarkets 1.7 km

Shoprite

19 Parthenon Street Phoenix Plaza, Phoenix, 4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Shopping malls 1.8 km

Phoenix Plaza

19 Parthenon Street Phoenix Plaza, Phoenix, 4068
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Convenience store 1.9 km

Pick n Pay Express

Curnick Ndlovu Highway, Durban, 4310, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 1.9 km

Pick n Pay Express

KwaMashu, 4359, KwaZulu-Natal
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Supermarkets 2.0 km

Shoprite

Inanda, 4309, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 2.5 km

Shell Select

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 3.0 km

Shell Select

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 3.5 km

Shell Select

4360, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 3.9 km

Shell Select

4068, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 4.0 km

Quickshop

Inanda
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Clothing & fashion 4.5 km

PEP

300 Malandela Road, KwaMashu, 4359, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 4.5 km

Quickshop

Mount Edgecombe
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Convenience store 4.7 km

Bonjour

106354 Street, KwaMashu, 4359
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Clothing & fashion 5.1 km

PEP

Hillhead Drive, Durban, 4302, KwaZulu-Natal
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Professional services 5.9 km

Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa

8 Montreal Road
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Home & garden 6.6 km

23 Interiors

18 Tottum Road, Durban, 4339
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Route

Route overview

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Start, destination and route line.

654.4 km 468 min
Start Kosmos Village
Finish Whetstone
Map key
Start point
Destination
Driving route
Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

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  1. Directions from Kosmos Village to Whetstone via N1 and N3 and N2
    National highway route N1N3N2
  2. Directions from Kosmos Village to Whetstone via M26
    Metro arterial route M26
  3. Directions from Kosmos Village to Whetstone via R564 and R511 and R102
    Provincial road routes R564R511R102
  4. Head on Paul Kruger Avenue
    0.3 km
  5. Keep slight left at the fork onto Paul Kruger Avenue
    0.2 km
  6. Continue straight onto Coleman Street
    0.5 km
  7. Go straight onto Simon Bekker Avenue
    0.1 km
  8. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Simon Bekker Avenue
    0.0 km
  9. Continue onto Simon Bekker Avenue
    2.6 km
  10. At the end of the road, turn left
    2.3 km
  11. Take the ramp left
    1.0 km
  12. Merge slight right
    4.1 km
  13. Continue left
    9.5 km
  14. Turn right onto Pelindaba Road
    20.4 km
  15. Turn left onto 6th Road
    6.8 km
  16. Continue straight onto Cedar Avenue
    4.9 km
  17. Turn left onto Witkoppen Road towards R564
    0.8 km
  18. Turn right towards R511: William Nicol Drive
    0.2 km
  19. Keep slight left at the fork towards R511: William Nicol Drive
    0.2 km
  20. Go straight onto Winnie Mandela Drive
    1.6 km
  21. Take the ramp straight towards N1 Toll: Pretoria
    0.7 km
  22. Merge slight right onto Western Bypass
    30.6 km
  23. Keep slight left at the fork
    58.7 km
  24. Keep slight left at the fork
    464.0 km
  25. Keep slight right at the fork towards N3: Durban
    9.3 km
  26. Keep slight left at the fork
    15.8 km
  27. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N2: Port Shepstone
    0.3 km
  28. Keep slight left at the fork towards N2: King Shaka International Airport
    0.8 km
  29. Merge slight right onto Outer Ring Road
    10.1 km
  30. Take the exit ramp slight left towards R102: Inanda
    0.5 km
  31. Keep slight left at the fork towards R102: KwaMashu
    0.2 km
  32. Go straight onto Curnick Ndlovu Highway
    4.8 km
  33. Turn slight left towards M26
    0.5 km
  34. Turn right onto Ntuzuma Access Road
    1.0 km
  35. Turn left onto Fernham Drive
    0.2 km
  36. Turn right onto Whetfern Road
    0.9 km
  37. At the end of the road, turn right onto Whetstone Drive
    0.3 km
  38. Turn right onto Burnstone Place
    0.1 km
  39. Turn sharp right
    0.1 km
  40. Turn left
    0.0 km
  41. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 37
Known total R1,445.00
Main toll road N2 - North Coast Toll Road
This route includes 37 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N2 - North Coast Toll Road. 10 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll points are shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.041, 28.077
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.222, 28.128
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
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
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Mariannhill Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Wilge
Road: 169
R94.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.153, 28.132
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.274, 28.149
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
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
e-Toll Blouvalk
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
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
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.187, 28.134
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.245, 28.135
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.062, 28.107
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.093, 28.117
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Gosforth
Road: Road not linked yet
R17.00
Gosforth
Road: Road not linked yet
R17.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.116, 28.133
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
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
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.167, 28.141
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Routes ↩ Whetstone → Kosmos Village Kosmos Village to Johannesburg Kosmos Village to Pretoria Kosmos Village to Cape Town Kosmos Village to Durban Johannesburg to Whetstone Pretoria to Whetstone Cape Town to Whetstone
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
327.7 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
3 hrs 54 min • 3 hrs 54 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
47.1 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
108.8 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
35.3 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R2.02
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
82.3%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Whetstone
06:46 – 17:03
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
11:55
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 16 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
7 hrs 24 min
SunriseDawn break
06:46
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R2,735.20
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R13.09
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R130.87
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R2,879.16
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
High (29)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
1
Lane merges Yield required
3
Complex forks Path selection
8
Highway exits Deceleration zones
3
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Kosmos Village Start: Paul Kruger Avenue -25.73938, 27.85085
Midpoint
327.7 km
Total: 654.4 km
Midpoint 327.7 km
654.4 km 468 min
Destination Whetstone -29.70826, 30.98953

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route
Province span South Africa
One-way road span 654.4 km
Return-cycle span 1308.8 km
Traversal time 468 min
Maneuver count 38
Maneuver density 5.8 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 327.7 km

Coordinate frame

Start -25.73938, 27.85085
Midpoint -28.14578, 29.06284
End -29.70826, 30.98953
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Questions 9
How far is Kosmos Village from Whetstone? +
Kosmos Village is about 654.4 km from Whetstone by road.
How long does it take from Kosmos Village to Whetstone? +
The drive usually takes about 468 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Kosmos Village to Whetstone 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 Kosmos Village to Whetstone? +
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 Kosmos Village to Whetstone? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R1,316.82 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R1,322.00 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R1,315.41 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R1,378.54 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Kosmos Village to Whetstone? +
Yes. There are 37 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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