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Place in Free State, South Africa

# Clarens

Clarens is a scenic small town situated in the foothills of the Maluti Mountains in the Free State province of South Africa and nicknamed the "Jewel of the Eastern Free State".

![Clarens](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Clarens1_%28cropped%29.JPG)

Clarens · Wikimedia Commons

The place

Clarens is a scenic small town situated in the foothills of the Maluti Mountains in the Free State province of South Africa and nicknamed the "Jewel of the Eastern Free State". It was established in 1912 and named after the town of Clarens in Switzerland where exiled Paul Kruger spent his last days. It is situated 336 km from Johannesburg, 284 km from Bloemfontein, 389 km from Durban, and is a popular weekend tourist destination.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarens%2C_South_Africa), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

## Getting to Clarens

**Airports:** Moshoeshoe I (MSU), 134 km · Bram Fischer (BFN), 216 km · O.R. Tambo (JNB), 265 km\

- Johannesburg → Clarens 260 km · quickest by road, 4h 30m · R270–360 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/johannesburg-to-clarens) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Johannesburg&to=Clarens)
- Bloemfontein → Clarens 225 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · R255–335 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bloemfontein-to-clarens) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bloemfontein&to=Clarens)
- Durban → Clarens 294 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · R345–460 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/durban-to-clarens) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Durban&to=Clarens)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Clarens)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Clarens

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Clarens. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done

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5. [Zanzibar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zanzibar) TZ 8 ways of moving, 30 sources 2,730 km

If you know how people move in Clarens – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cclarens&title=Clarens&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fclarens), and the note gets an entry.

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