Any journey · Driving Namibia
Driving Hosea Kutako (WDH) to Otjiwarongo
290 km and about 3h 14m on the B6, then the B1, via Windhoek and Okahandja. 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$3,550 per vehicle
What the road is like
- Distance
- 290 km
- Driving time
- 3h 14m
- On gravel
- None
- Roads
- B6 · 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.
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.
- Hosea Kutako (WDH) → OtjiwarongoN$3,550 per vehicle
- Otjiwarongo → Hosea Kutako (WDH)N$2,500 per vehicle
The two directions are not the same price, and the N$1,050 between them is real rather than a rounding artefact. A car finishing its day at Hosea Kutako (WDH) can pick up another fare; one sent out to Otjiwarongo usually drives home empty, and that empty return is in the fare. If your itinerary can run this leg in the Otjiwarongo-to-Hosea Kutako (WDH) direction, it is the cheaper way round.
Worth driving yourself?
Honestly, yes — this one is tar the whole way and 3h 14m 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.