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Driving Omaruru to Walvis Bay

275 km and about 3h 5m on the C33, B2, then the C34, via Karibib, Usakos and Swakopmund. It is tar the whole way.

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Book a private transfer for this route. The fare is fixed for the whole vehicle before you commit.

N$2,950 per vehicle

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Map of the route from Omaruru to Walvis Bay
Omaruru → Walvis Bay· 275 km· about 3h 5m

What the road is like

Distance
275 km
Driving time
3h 5m
On gravel
None
Roads
C33 · B2 · C34

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.

The two directions are not the same price, and the N$400 between them is real rather than a rounding artefact. A car finishing its day at Walvis Bay can pick up another fare; one sent out to Omaruru usually drives home empty, and that empty return is in the fare. If your itinerary can run this leg in the Omaruru-to-Walvis Bay direction, it is the cheaper way round.

Worth driving yourself?

Honestly, yes — this one is tar the whole way and 3h 5m 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.