Any journey · Driving Namibia
Driving Etosha (Namutoni) to Windhoek
520 km and about 5h 32m on the B1 / C38, then the B1, via Tsumeb, Otavi, Otjiwarongo 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$4,350 per vehicle
What the road is like
- Distance
- 520 km
- Driving time
- 5h 32m
- On gravel
- None
- Roads
- B1 / C38 · B1
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 5h 32m 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$3,200 between them is real rather than a rounding artefact. A car finishing its day at Windhoek 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-Windhoek direction, it is the cheaper way round.
Worth driving yourself?
Honestly, yes — this one is tar the whole way and 5h 32m 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.