Any journey · Driving Namibia
Driving Etosha (Namutoni) to Opuwo
679 km and about 7h 7m on the B1 / C38, B1, C46, then the C35, via Tsumeb, Ondangwa, Oshakati and 1 more. It is tar the whole way.
Rather have a driver?
Book a private transfer for this route. The fare is fixed for the whole vehicle before you commit.
N$8,650 per vehicle
What the road is like
- Distance
- 679 km
- Driving time
- 7h 7m
- On gravel
- None
- Roads
- B1 / C38 · B1 · C46 · C35
Any car does this leg.
The time above is not a map-app estimate. It is computed at 100 km/h on tar and 65 km/h on gravel with a rest stop included — the speeds a careful driver actually sustains over a whole leg, tested against published driving times.
This drive ends at a gate that closes
Etosha (Namutoni) is reached through Etosha's Von Lindequist Gate, and Namibian park gates close at sunset rather than on a clock — arrive after it and you stay outside. With 7h 7m of driving, that puts a hard deadline on when you can set off, and in midwinter it is earlier than most people expect.
What it costs to be driven
A fixed price for the whole vehicle — the same whether one of you travels or the car is full — agreed before you commit.
The two directions are not the same price, and the N$950 between them is real rather than a rounding artefact. A car finishing its day at Opuwo can pick up another fare; one sent out to Etosha (Namutoni) usually drives home empty, and that empty return is in the fare. If your itinerary can run this leg in the Etosha (Namutoni)-to-Opuwo direction, it is the cheaper way round.
Worth driving yourself?
Honestly, yes — this one is tar the whole way and 7h 7m is a comfortable morning. Hire a car and enjoy it.
Getting to either end
What it takes to reach each of these places from every gateway, not just from this one.
Legs that join this one
Every figure on this page is computed from our road network model — the length and surface of each segment this route crosses — rather than copied from a map app. How we compute our numbers.