Any journey · Driving Namibia
Driving Otjiwarongo to Swakopmund
461 km and about 4h 57m on the B1, then the B2, via Okahandja, Karibib and Usakos. 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$4,850 per vehicle
What the road is like
- Distance
- 461 km
- Driving time
- 4h 57m
- On gravel
- None
- Roads
- B1 · B2
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$650 between them is real rather than a rounding artefact. A car finishing its day at Swakopmund 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-Swakopmund direction, it is the cheaper way round.
Worth driving yourself?
Honestly, yes — this one is tar the whole way and 4h 57m 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.