Distance from O 1 to A 79

N O 1 → A 79
Road distance
1,911.0 km
Metro routes · M16 / M3 / M5 / M64 / N1 / N12 / N2
O 1 to A 79 is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 1,911.0 km in roughly 21 hrs 12 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
1,710.5 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.12×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
43
Info Travel board
Travel time
21 hrs 12 min
End point
the fork
Return: 42 hrs 24 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
1272 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
90.1 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 10 planned rest stops
23 hrs 42 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R3,736.91
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R3,741.04
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R3,721.78
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R3,852.49
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R4,930.65
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R4,936.09
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R4,910.68
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R5,083.14
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R6,487.69
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R6,494.86
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R6,461.42
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R6,688.34
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
221° SW
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
41° NE
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
-23.0379, 30.6494
End coords Destination point
-34.1032, 18.4395
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
O 1 → A 79
Places along your journey

Places from O 1 to A 79

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

73 places Submit a place
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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
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Schools & education 3.3 km

Fish Hoek Primary School

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

Fish Hoek Pre-Primary

Abington Circle, Fish Hoek, 7975
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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
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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
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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
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Shopping malls 4.6 km

Blue Route Mall

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

Paintsmiths

1 Buller Louw Drive
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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
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Electronics 6.8 km

Deltec Batteries

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

Heart and Soil

42 Lochiel Road, Caope Town, 7975
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Protea Hotel Pretoria Loftus Park Hotel Soon after O 1

Protea Hotel Pretoria Loftus Park

416 Kirkness Street, Arcadia, Pretoria, Gauteng, 0007 389 km from start
"Protea Hotel Pretoria Loftus Park is a modern city hotel in Arcadia, Pretoria, a…"
Protea Hotel Johannesburg Wanderers Hotel Soon after O 1

Protea Hotel Johannesburg Wanderers

Corner Corlette Drive and Rudd Road, Illovo, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2196 439 km from start
"Protea Hotel Johannesburg Wanderers is a well-placed hotel for travellers who wa…"
54 on Bath Hotel Soon after O 1

54 on Bath

54 Bath Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg, Gauteng 440 km from start
"54 on Bath is a smaller, more polished hotel in Rosebank, and it feels quite dif…"
City Lodge Hotel Bloemfontein Hotel Before halfway

City Lodge Hotel Bloemfontein

175 Nelson Mandela Drive, Westdene, Westdene, Bloemfontein, Free State, 9301 808 km from start
"City Lodge Hotel Bloemfontein offers comfortable, convenient accommodation in th…"
Protea Hotel Bloemfontein Willow Lake Hotel Before halfway

Protea Hotel Bloemfontein Willow Lake

101 Henry Street, Willows, Willows, Bloemfontein, Free State, 9301 808 km from start
"Protea Hotel Bloemfontein Willow Lake offers a stay that feels convenient withou…"
Victoria & Alfred Hotel Hotel Near A 79

Victoria & Alfred Hotel

PierHead, V&A Complex, Dock Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001 1,699 km from start
"Victoria & Alfred Hotel is one of those Cape Town hotels where the location does…"
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Start, destination and route line.

1,911.0 km 21 hrs 12 min
Start O 1
Finish A 79
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Start point
Destination
Driving route
Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

  1. Directions from O 1 to A 79 via N1 and N12 and N2
    National highway route N1N12N2
  2. Directions from O 1 to A 79 via M5 and M16 and M3 and M64
    Metro arterial routes M5M16M3M64
  3. Start your journey
    0.2 km
  4. Turn right
    0.2 km
  5. Turn left
    0.2 km
  6. At the end of the road, turn right
    0.1 km
  7. Turn left
    0.1 km
  8. Turn right
    0.1 km
  9. At the end of the road, turn left
    1.7 km
  10. At the end of the road, turn right
    3.5 km
  11. At the end of the road, turn left
    89.2 km
  12. Turn left
    361.3 km
  13. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N1: Johannesburg
    1.6 km
  14. Merge slight right onto Ben Schoeman Highway
    18.9 km
  15. Continue straight
    28.2 km
  16. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.8 km
  17. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N12: Soweto
    1.4 km
  18. Merge slight right onto Southern Bypass
    6.1 km
  19. Keep slight right at the fork
    915.9 km
  20. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Donkin Street
    0.1 km
  21. Continue onto Donkin Street
    388.0 km
  22. Continue straight
    68.8 km
  23. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M5: Maitland
    0.3 km
  24. Keep slight left at the fork towards M5: Maitland
    0.3 km
  25. Go straight onto Koeberg Road
    0.1 km
  26. Keep slight right at the fork onto Black River Parkway towards M5: Muizenberg
    0.8 km
  27. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M16: Berkley Road
    0.4 km
  28. Keep slight right at the fork towards M16
    0.0 km
  29. Turn right onto Berkley Road
    0.7 km
  30. Turn left onto Liesbeek Parkway
    1.6 km
  31. Take the ramp slight right towards N2: Cape Town
    0.2 km
  32. Merge slight right onto Settlers Way towards Cape Town
    0.6 km
  33. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M3: Rhodes Drive
    0.4 km
  34. Merge slight right onto Rhodes Drive
    1.8 km
  35. Continue straight onto Union Avenue
    1.9 km
  36. Continue straight onto Paradise Road
    0.7 km
  37. Continue straight onto Edinburgh Drive
    2.5 km
  38. Continue straight onto Simon van der Stel Freeway
    9.1 km
  39. Turn right onto Steenberg Road
    1.4 km
  40. Turn slight left towards M64: Noordhoek
    0.2 km
  41. Go straight onto Ou Kaapse Weg
    0.2 km
  42. Turn left onto Sonneblom Road
    0.1 km
  43. Turn right
    0.5 km
  44. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.5 km
  45. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 51
Known total R1,730.50
Main toll road N2 - North Coast Toll Road
This route includes 51 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N2 - North Coast Toll Road. 6 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll points are shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
e-Toll Sunbird
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.263, 27.976
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Pikoko
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed toll booth near Huguenot
Road: Near Huguenot / N1 corridor
R0.00
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Vaal
Road: Road not linked yet
R91.50
e-Toll Gantry TG001
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.268, 27.950
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Vaal
Road: Road not linked yet
R91.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Verkeerdevlei
Road: Road not linked yet
R78.50
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.819, 28.254
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Ivusi
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Maubane
Road: Road not linked yet
R33.00
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
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
Maubane
Road: Road not linked yet
R33.00
Wallmansthal
Road: Road not linked yet
R7.50
Wallmansthal
Road: Road not linked yet
R7.50
Murrayhill
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
956.2 km
Limpopo to Western Cape
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
10 hrs 36 min • 10 hrs 36 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Limpopo to Western Cape
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
137.6 L needed
Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
317.8 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
103.2 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.96
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
89.5%
Solar data
Daylight window at A 79
07:49 – 17:43
Outside daylight hours
Solar noonHighest sun position
12:46
Total daylightUsable driving light
9 hrs 53 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
17 hrs 12 min
SunriseDawn break
07:49
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R7,987.79
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R38.22
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R382.19
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R8,408.20
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
High (30)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
1
Lane merges Yield required
4
Complex forks Path selection
6
Highway exits Deceleration zones
6
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin O 1 -23.03795, 30.64938
Midpoint
956.2 km
Total: 1,911.0 km
Midpoint 956.2 km
1,911.0 km 21 hrs 12 min
Destination A 79 End: the fork -34.10324, 18.43953

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span Limpopo to Western Cape
One-way road span 1,911.0 km
Return-cycle span 3,821.9 km
Traversal time 21 hrs 12 min
Maneuver count 43
Maneuver density 2.3 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 956.2 km

Coordinate frame

Start -23.03795, 30.64938
Midpoint -29.62558, 26.00706
End -34.10324, 18.43953
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Questions 9
How far is O 1 from A 79? +
O 1 is about 1,911.0 km from A 79 by road.
How long does it take from O 1 to A 79? +
The drive usually takes about 21 hrs 12 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from O 1 to A 79 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 O 1 to A 79? +
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 O 1 to A 79? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R3,845.61 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R3,860.74 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R3,841.48 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R4,025.85 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from O 1 to A 79? +
Yes. There are 51 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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