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Distance from Pretoria M1 to Chivu

Pretoria M1 to Chivu is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 3,551.2 km in roughly 47 hrs 41 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.

N Pretoria M1 → Chivu
Road distance
3,551.2 km
N1
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
2,597.9 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.37×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
113
Info Travel board
Travel time
47 hrs 41 min
Start point
Church Square
Return: 22 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
2861 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
74.5 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 23 planned rest stops
53 hrs 26 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R5,944.63
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R5,972.75
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R6,622.19
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R6,675.88
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R7,843.61
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R7,880.72
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R8,737.61
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R8,808.45
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R10,320.53
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R10,369.36
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R11,496.85
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R11,590.07
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
6° N
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
186° S
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
North-East
Start coords Origin point
-25.7459, 28.1879
End coords Destination point
-2.4977, 30.5979
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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3,551.2 km 47 hrs 41 min
Start Pretoria M1
Finish Chivu
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Driving route
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Turn-by-turn directions

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  1. Head on Church Square
    0.2 km
  2. Turn sharp left
    0.1 km
  3. Turn sharp right onto Bank Lane
    0.1 km
  4. Turn right onto Pretorius Street
    0.1 km
  5. Turn left onto Paul Kruger Street
    0.3 km
  6. Turn left onto Nana Sita Street
    1.0 km
  7. Go straight onto Nelson Mandela Drive
    0.1 km
  8. Turn right onto Francis Baard Street
    5.9 km
  9. Take the ramp straight towards N1: Polokwane
    0.4 km
  10. Keep slight left at the fork towards N1: Polokwane
    1.2 km
  11. Merge slight right
    142.0 km
  12. Keep slight right at the fork
    220.6 km
  13. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  14. Continue
    5.0 km
  15. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  16. Continue
    10.8 km
  17. Turn slight left
    3.1 km
  18. Continue straight
    89.9 km
  19. Keep slight right at the fork
    1.1 km
  20. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.3 km
  21. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.0 km
  22. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.9 km
  23. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.1 km
  24. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    4.1 km
  25. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.1 km
  26. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    280.5 km
  27. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.0 km
  28. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    1.2 km
  29. Continue straight onto Robert Mugabe Way
    0.9 km
  30. Turn left onto Josiah Tongogara Road
    4.2 km
  31. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    145.9 km
  32. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    0.0 km
  33. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    2.5 km
  34. Take the exit ramp slight left towards Beatrice
    0.2 km
  35. Merge slight right onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    48.8 km
  36. Continue straight onto Harare Masvingo Beitbridge Road
    48.5 km
  37. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    21.6 km
  38. Continue straight onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    12.7 km
  39. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    0.0 km
  40. Continue onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    5.0 km
  41. Take the exit ramp straight
    0.2 km
  42. Continue straight onto Abdel Gamal Nasser Road
    2.0 km
  43. Continue straight onto Prince Edward Street
    3.8 km
  44. Continue straight onto King George Road
    1.3 km
  45. Turn left onto Nemakonde Way
    6.4 km
  46. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  47. Continue
    339.5 km
  48. Keep slight left at the fork
    1.7 km
  49. Keep slight left at the fork
    79.5 km
  50. Continue straight
    40.7 km
  51. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  52. Continue onto Kafue Road
    3.5 km
  53. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  54. Continue onto Kafue Road
    3.4 km
  55. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  56. Continue onto Kafue Road
    2.1 km
  57. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  58. Continue onto Kafue Road
    1.3 km
  59. Keep slight right at the fork onto Kafue Road
    4.3 km
  60. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Cairo Road
    0.1 km
  61. Continue onto Cairo Road
    1.8 km
  62. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  63. Continue onto Great North Road
    3.6 km
  64. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  65. Continue onto Great North Road
    1.1 km
  66. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  67. Continue onto Great North Road
    1.2 km
  68. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  69. Continue onto Great North Road
    4.0 km
  70. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.0 km
  71. Continue onto Great North Road
    1.6 km
  72. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.0 km
  73. Continue onto Great North Road
    130.5 km
  74. Continue straight onto Great North Road
    62.4 km
  75. Continue right onto Great North Road
    435.9 km
  76. Turn left
    213.0 km
  77. Turn right onto Indepedence Avenue
    0.9 km
  78. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  79. Continue
    162.8 km
  80. At the end of the road, turn right
    2.7 km
  81. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kasesha Road
    0.0 km
  82. Continue onto Kasesha Road
    23.9 km
  83. Continue straight
    24.3 km
  84. Turn slight right
    69.4 km
  85. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  86. Continue
    240.3 km
  87. Turn slight right
    2.0 km
  88. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  89. Continue
    0.6 km
  90. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  91. Continue
    191.9 km
  92. At the end of the road, turn left
    6.8 km
  93. Turn slight left
    54.1 km
  94. At the end of the road, turn right
    8.5 km
  95. Turn right
    0.6 km
  96. Turn left
    0.1 km
  97. At the end of the road, turn right
    8.1 km
  98. Continue
    118.1 km
  99. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.1 km
  100. Continue
    27.6 km
  101. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  102. Continue
    81.9 km
  103. Go straight
    1.5 km
  104. At the end of the road, turn left onto Truck Route
    84.4 km
  105. Turn left
    26.4 km
  106. Turn right
    0.2 km
  107. At the end of the road, turn right
    0.2 km
  108. Turn left
    2.2 km
  109. Keep slight left at the fork
    1.6 km
  110. Turn sharp right
    1.6 km
  111. Keep slight left at the fork
    1.9 km
  112. At the end of the road, turn left
    1.7 km
  113. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 27
Known total R1,132.00
Main toll road N1
This route includes 27 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N1.
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Stormvoël
Road: Road not linked yet
R12.50
Maubane
Road: Road not linked yet
R33.00
Stormvoël
Road: Road not linked yet
R12.50
Sebetiela
Road: Road not linked yet
R24.50
Sebetiela
Road: Road not linked yet
R24.50
Maubane
Road: Road not linked yet
R33.00
Capricorn
Road: Road not linked yet
R63.50
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Baobab Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Murrayhill
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Murrayhill
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Wallmansthal
Road: Road not linked yet
R7.50
Wallmansthal
Road: Road not linked yet
R7.50
Routes ↩ Chivu → Pretoria M1 Pretoria M1 to Johannesburg Pretoria M1 to Pretoria Pretoria M1 to Cape Town Pretoria M1 to Durban Johannesburg to Chivu Pretoria to Chivu Cape Town to Chivu
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
1,780.1 km
Gauteng to Kagera
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
23 hrs 50 min • 23 hrs 50 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Gauteng to Kagera
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
255.7 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
590.6 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
191.8 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.68
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
73.2%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Chivu
05:53 – 17:54
Outside daylight hours
Solar noonHighest sun position
Total daylightUsable driving light
12 hrs 0 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
17 hrs 48 min
SunriseDawn break
05:53
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R14,843.81
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R71.02
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R710.23
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R15,625.07
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Very High (157)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
27
Lane merges Yield required
2
Complex forks Path selection
8
Highway exits Deceleration zones
29
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Pretoria M1 Start: Church Square -25.74593, 28.18791
Midpoint
1,780.1 km
Total: 3,551.2 km
Midpoint 1,780.1 km
3,551.2 km 47 hrs 41 min
Destination Chivu -2.49766, 30.59786

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span Gauteng to Kagera
One-way road span 3,551.2 km
Return-cycle span 7,102.3 km
Traversal time 47 hrs 41 min
Maneuver count 113
Maneuver density 3.2 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 1,780.1 km

Coordinate frame

Start -25.74593, 28.18791
Midpoint -13.90238, 28.84743
End -2.49766, 30.59786
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Questions 9
How far is Pretoria M1 from Chivu? +
Pretoria M1 is about 3,551.2 km from Chivu by road.
How long does it take from Pretoria M1 to Chivu? +
The drive usually takes about 47 hrs 41 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Pretoria M1 to Chivu 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 Pretoria M1 to Chivu? +
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 Pretoria M1 to Chivu? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R5,944.63 (R23.25 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R5,972.75 (R23.36 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R6,622.19 (R25.90 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R6,675.88 (R26.11 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Pretoria M1 to Chivu? +
Yes. There are 27 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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Towns along the route

Church Square
From Pretoria M1 To Chivu
Bank Lane
From Pretoria M1 To Chivu
: Polokwane
From Pretoria M1 To Chivu
Rustenburg
From Pretoria M1 To Chivu
Johannesburg
From Pretoria M1 To Chivu
Robert Mugabe Way
From Pretoria M1 To Chivu
Beatrice
From Pretoria M1 To Chivu
Harare
From Pretoria M1 To Chivu
Nemakonde Way
From Pretoria M1 To Chivu

Route Locations

Start area
Pretoria M1, Gauteng
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Chivu, Kagera
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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