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Driving Etosha (Okaukuejo) to Otjiwarongo

185 km and about 2h 11m on the C38, via Outjo. 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$2,300 per vehicle

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Map of the route from Etosha — Andersson Gate (Okaukuejo) to Otjiwarongo
Etosha — Andersson Gate (Okaukuejo) → Otjiwarongo· 185 km· about 2h 11m

What the road is like

Distance
185 km
Driving time
2h 11m
On gravel
None
Roads
C38

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 (Okaukuejo) is reached through Etosha's Andersson Gate, and Namibian park gates close at sunset rather than on a clock — arrive after it and you stay outside. With 2h 11m of driving, that puts a hard deadline on when you can set off, and in midwinter it is earlier than most people expect.

The departure deadline for every park gate, by season

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$300 between them is real rather than a rounding artefact. A car finishing its day at Otjiwarongo can pick up another fare; one sent out to Etosha (Okaukuejo) usually drives home empty, and that empty return is in the fare. If your itinerary can run this leg in the Etosha (Okaukuejo)-to-Otjiwarongo direction, it is the cheaper way round.

Worth driving yourself?

Honestly, yes — this one is tar the whole way and 2h 11m is a comfortable morning. Hire a car and enjoy it.

Compare the real cost of hiring a car against being driven

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.