Distance from Ou Kaapse Weg to Poitiers

N Ou Kaapse Weg → Poitiers
Road distance
1,021.6 km
Provincial mix · M3 / M5 / N1 / N2 / R706
Ou Kaapse Weg to Poitiers is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 1,021.6 km in roughly 11 hrs 20 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
924.4 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.11×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
38
Info Travel board
Travel time
11 hrs 20 min
Start point
Ou Kaapse Weg
End point
Poitiers Street
Return: 41 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
680 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
90.0 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 5 planned rest stops
12 hrs 35 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R1,950.76
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R1,958.85
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R2,375.93
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R2,390.64
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R2,573.92
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R2,584.60
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R3,134.91
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R3,154.32
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R3,386.74
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R3,400.79
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R4,124.88
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R4,150.42
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
55° NE
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
235° SW
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
North-East
Start coords Origin point
-34.0815, 18.4316
End coords Destination point
-29.0852, 26.2386
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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Ou Kaapse Weg → Poitiers
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Car
1,021.6 km
11 hrs 20 min
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Two-wheeler
1,021.6 km
~15 hrs 43 min
65 km/h avg
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Along the route

Places along the route from Ou Kaapse Weg to Poitiers

These places are located along or near the Ou Kaapse Weg–Poitiers route, sorted by where they appear on your trip. Useful for planning fuel stops, meal breaks and rest points.

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Food & drink Near Ou Kaapse Weg

Lebanese Bakery

Imam Haron Road 12 km from start
Convenience store Near Ou Kaapse Weg

Shell Select

7700, Western Cape 12 km from start
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Food & drink Near Ou Kaapse Weg

Kristen's Kick-Ass Ice Cream

60 Main Street, Newlands, 7700 12 km from start
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Food & drink Near Ou Kaapse Weg

Bootlegger Coffee Company

1 Koeberg Road, Brooklyn, Cape Town, 7405 19 km from start
Convenience store Before halfway

Shell Select

6900, Western Cape 245 km from start
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Convenience store Before halfway

Quickshop

Laingsburg 246 km from start
Convenience store Around halfway

Shell Select

6950, Western Cape 359 km from start
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Supermarkets Past halfway

Checkers

Beaufort West, 6970, Western Cape 431 km from start
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Convenience store Near Poitiers

Quickshop

Bloemfontein 917 km from start
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Convenience store Near Poitiers

Bonjour

Bloemfontein, 9301 918 km from start
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Supermarkets Near Poitiers

Pick n Pay

Curie Avenue, Bloemfontein, 9300, Free State 918 km from start
Convenience store Near Poitiers

Shell Select

9301, Free State 921 km from start
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Food & drink Near Poitiers

Mugg & Bean

Kellner Street 920 km from start
Convenience store Near Poitiers

Shell Select

9301, Free State 924 km from start
Before you arrive

Closest stops before arriving in Poitiers

These are the nearest fuel stations, hospitals and pharmacies just before you reach Poitiers, useful for last-minute stops.

At the destination

Places in Poitiers

Fuel stops, shops, restaurants and services in and around Poitiers, sorted by distance and rating.

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Gifts & hobbies 0.9 km

The Paper Garden Bookshelf

16 Charolais Street, Bloemfontein, 9301
Convenience store 1.0 km

Shell Select

9301, Free State
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Electronics 1.0 km

LBJ Technology Solutions

33 Ryk Tulbach Street, 9301
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Schools & education 1.4 km

Brebner Primary School

31 Deale Road, Bloemfontein, 9301
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Supermarkets 1.4 km

Pick n Pay

Bloemfontein, 9301, Gauteng
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Supermarkets 1.5 km

Shoprite Mini Navalsig

Raymond Mhlaba Street, 9301
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Supermarkets 1.6 km

Pick n Pay

Eeufees Road, Noordstad, 9301, Free State
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Convenience store 1.6 km

Quickshop

187 Raymond Mhlaba Street, Bloemfontein
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Convenience store 1.7 km

Quickshop

Bloemfontein
🛒
Supermarkets 1.7 km

Woolworth Express Food

Eeufees Road
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Professional services 2.2 km

3MS SEO Bloemfontein

4 Jan Marx Street, Bloemfontein, 9301, Free State
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Supermarkets 2.4 km

Econo Foods

27 Toon van den Heever Street, Bloemfontein, 9301
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Supermarkets 2.4 km

Pick n Pay

Bloemfontein, 9301, Gauteng
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Schools & education 2.6 km

Sentraal Primary School

Bloemfontein
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Schools & education 2.8 km

Sentraal Pre-Primary School

Bloemfontein
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Schools & education 2.9 km

Haasbekkie Pre-Primary

Bloemfontein
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Schools & education 2.9 km

37 General Conroy Street, Bloemfontein, 9301
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Clothing & fashion 3.3 km

Bridal Emporium

14 General Hertzog
Convenience store 3.4 km

Shell Select

9301, Free State
Convenience store 3.5 km

Shell Select

9300, Free State
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Government offices 3.6 km

Ons Winkel

Nelson Mandela Drive
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Car services 3.6 km

Orange County KTM

51 Nelson Mandela Drive, Bloemfontein, 9301
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Professional services 3.7 km

Visalink Germany

80 President Reitz, 9301
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Schools & education 3.9 km

Dr. Bethuel Setai Primary School

Tielman Roos Street, Bloemfontein, 9307
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Electronics 3.9 km

Cash Crusaders Bloem Plaza

9301
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Clothing & fashion 3.9 km

PEP

Bloemfontein, 9301, Free State
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Schools & education 3.9 km

St. Andrews Pre Primary

3rd Avenue, Bloemfontein
Convenience store 4.0 km

Shell Select

9301, Free State
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Schools & education 4.0 km

St. Andrew's

Bloemfontein
Convenience store 4.0 km

Shell Select

9301, Free State
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Government offices 4.1 km

Saldan Building

Bloemfontein
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Banks 4.1 km

FNB

Nelson Mandela Drive
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Clothing & fashion 4.1 km

PEP

Bloemfontein, 9301, Free State
🏛️
Government offices 4.2 km

Free State Department of Education

55 Merriam Makeba Street, Bloemfontein
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Clothing & fashion 4.2 km

Spitz

Bloemfontein
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Banks 4.2 km

Nedbank

Henry Street, Bloemfontein
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Department store 4.3 km

Edgars

Bloemfontein
🏬
Shopping malls 4.3 km

Loch Logan Mall

105 Henry
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Clothing & fashion 4.4 km

Foschini Mimosa Mall

Kellner Street
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Clothing & fashion 4.4 km

Fashion World

Kellner Street
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Clothing & fashion 4.4 km

Truworths

Kellner Street
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Food & drink 4.4 km

Mugg & Bean

Kellner Street
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Shopping malls 4.5 km

Mimosa Mall

Bloemfontein
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Gifts & hobbies 5.2 km

Clover RBC

58 Harvey Road
Convenience store 5.2 km

Shell Select

9301, Free State
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Professional services 5.2 km

Microzone

54 Victoria Road, 9301
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Home & garden 5.3 km

Desley

Ehrlich Street
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Home & garden 5.3 km

Gas Market Bloemfontein

81 Nelson Mandela Drive, 9301
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Car services 5.5 km

Sidz Motorcycles

Kolbe Avenue, Bloemfontein
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Professional services 5.6 km

Liber Accounting and Professional Services

29 Tielman Roos Street, Bloemfontein, 9301
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Banks 5.9 km

Standard Bank

Fakulteits Street
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Home & garden 6.1 km

Adendorff

Oliver Tambo Road
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Clothing & fashion 6.1 km

Adenddorf machinery mart

10 Harvey Road, 9301
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Home & garden 6.3 km

Vermeulen Verf

Ferreira Road
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Home & garden 6.4 km

D.I.Y. Superstore

Ferreira Road
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Department store 6.8 km

Quantum cigarettes

228 Mlamleli Road
Before you leave

Places near Ou Kaapse Weg

Useful stops near your starting point — fill up on fuel, grab supplies or check your car before departure.

6 places
Route

Route overview

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Start, destination and route line.

1,021.6 km 11 hrs 20 min
Start Ou Kaapse Weg
Finish Poitiers
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Start point
Destination
Driving route
Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

Route directions
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Directions from Ou Kaapse Weg to Poitiers via N2 and N1
National highway route N2 N1
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Directions from Ou Kaapse Weg to Poitiers via M3 and M5
Metro arterial routes M3 M5
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Directions from Ou Kaapse Weg to Poitiers via R706
Provincial road route R706
3 route directions identified on this trip
  1. Head on Ou Kaapse Weg
    0.1 km
  2. Turn right onto Steenberg Road
    1.3 km
  3. Take the ramp slight left towards M3: Cape Town
    0.6 km
  4. Merge slight right onto Simon van der Stel Freeway
    8.5 km
  5. Continue straight onto Edinburgh Drive
    2.5 km
  6. Continue straight onto Paradise Road
    0.6 km
  7. Continue straight onto Union Avenue
    2.0 km
  8. Continue straight onto Rhodes Drive
    1.9 km
  9. Take the exit ramp slight right towards N2: Cape Town International Airport
    0.2 km
  10. Turn left towards N2: Cape Town International Airport
    0.4 km
  11. Merge slight left onto Settlers Way
    1.2 km
  12. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M5 North: Milnerton
    0.4 km
  13. Merge slight right onto Black River Parkway
    2.3 km
  14. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N1: Paarl
    1.3 km
  15. Merge slight right
    456.5 km
  16. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Donkin Street
    0.1 km
  17. Continue onto Donkin Street
    2.0 km
  18. Continue straight
    527.7 km
  19. Take the exit ramp slight left towards R706: Curie Avenue
    0.4 km
  20. Turn right onto Curie Avenue towards Fauna
    2.4 km
  21. Turn slight left
    0.1 km
  22. Turn right towards R706
    0.1 km
  23. Go straight onto Curie Avenue
    2.0 km
  24. Continue straight onto Kolbe Avenue
    1.1 km
  25. Continue straight onto President Boshoff Street
    0.5 km
  26. Continue straight onto Markgraaff Street
    1.1 km
  27. At the end of the road, turn right onto Barnes
    0.1 km
  28. Turn left
    0.0 km
  29. Go straight onto Collins Road
    0.3 km
  30. Continue straight onto 4th Street
    0.1 km
  31. Turn left onto Aliwal Street
    1.0 km
  32. Continue straight onto Milner Road
    1.4 km
  33. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kenneth Kaunda Road
    0.1 km
  34. Continue onto Kenneth Kaunda Road
    0.3 km
  35. Turn right onto Metz Street
    0.5 km
  36. At the end of the road, turn right onto Alsace Street
    0.3 km
  37. Turn left onto Poitiers Street
    0.1 km
  38. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

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Tolls found 4
Known total R163.50
Main toll road N2 - North Coast Toll Road
This route includes 4 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N2 - North Coast Toll Road.
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Unnamed toll booth near Huguenot
Road: Near Huguenot / N1 corridor
R0.00
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
510.8 km
Western Cape to Free State
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
5 hrs 40 min • 5 hrs 40 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Western Cape to Free State
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
73.6 L needed
Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
169.9 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
55.2 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.92
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
90.5%
Solar data
Daylight window at Poitiers
06:56 – 17:26
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 30 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
3 hrs 46 min
SunriseDawn break
06:56
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R4,270.46
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R20.43
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R204.33
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R4,495.22
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
High (22)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
2
Lane merges Yield required
4
Complex forks Path selection
0
Highway exits Deceleration zones
6
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Ou Kaapse Weg Start: Ou Kaapse Weg -34.08146, 18.43156
Midpoint
510.8 km
Total: 1,021.6 km
Midpoint 510.8 km
1,021.6 km 11 hrs 20 min
Destination Poitiers End: Poitiers Street -29.08520, 26.23857

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span Western Cape to Free State
One-way road span 1,021.6 km
Return-cycle span 2,043.3 km
Traversal time 11 hrs 20 min
Maneuver count 38
Maneuver density 3.7 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 510.8 km

Coordinate frame

Start -34.08146, 18.43156
Midpoint -32.19652, 22.85486
End -29.08520, 26.23857
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Route FAQ

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Questions 9
How far is Ou Kaapse Weg from Poitiers? +
Ou Kaapse Weg is about 1,021.6 km from Poitiers by road.
How long does it take from Ou Kaapse Weg to Poitiers? +
The drive usually takes about 11 hrs 20 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Ou Kaapse Weg to Poitiers 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 Ou Kaapse Weg to Poitiers? +
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 Ou Kaapse Weg to Poitiers? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R1,950.76 (R26.52 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R1,958.85 (R26.63 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R2,375.93 (R32.30 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R2,390.64 (R32.50 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Ou Kaapse Weg to Poitiers? +
Yes. There are 4 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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Route Locations

Start area
Ou Kaapse Weg, Western Cape
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Poitiers, Free State
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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