--- title: "Johannesburg to Mbombela – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Johannesburg to Mbombela is 304 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/johannesburg-to-mbombela" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/johannesburg-to-mbombela.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Johannesburg to Mbombela [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Johannesburg&to=Mbombela) [Mbombela to Johannesburg](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mbombela-to-johannesburg) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 304 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Tue 27 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 304 km apart. Times are the timetables for Tue 27 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best R2,200 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 4h 4m R305–405 Estimated 341 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Johannesburg&to=Mbombela) - [**Taxi** 4h 4m R2,030–3,040 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Johannesburg&to=Mbombela) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from South Africa; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in South Africa** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.zaf.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Johannesburg to Mbombela? The fastest way is by car: about 4h 4m door to door. The straight-line distance is 304 km. What is the cheapest way from Johannesburg to Mbombela? Drive is the cheapest, from R305. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Mbombela from Johannesburg by road? About 341 km, roughly 4h 4m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around R305–405; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Mbombela Capital of Mpumalanga province in South Africa Mbombela, formerly Nelspruit, is a city in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province. Located on the Crocodile River, the city lies about 110 km (68 mi) by road west of the Mozambique border, 330 km (210 mi) east of Johannesburg and 82 km (51 mi) north of the Eswatini border. Mbombela was one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [The Mbombela guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/mbombela) Worth your time - Lowveld National Botanical Gardens It's on the road to White River before you get to the casino. - Emnotweni Casino Try your luck at gaming, or there are the Movies at Emnotweni, stores, and restaurants on the premises, too. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Mbombela Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/johannesburg-to-mbombela, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt