--- title: "Mbombela to Balfour – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Mbombela to Balfour is 272 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mbombela-to-balfour" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mbombela-to-balfour.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Mbombela to Balfour [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mbombela&to=Balfour) [Balfour to Mbombela](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/balfour-to-mbombela) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 272 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Sun 25 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 272 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sun 25 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 38m R315–420 Estimated 352 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mbombela&to=Balfour) - [**Taxi** 4h 38m R2,090–3,140 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mbombela&to=Balfour) 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 Mbombela to Balfour? The fastest way is by car: about 4h 38m door to door. The straight-line distance is 272 km. What is the cheapest way from Mbombela to Balfour? Drive is the cheapest, from R315. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Balfour from Mbombela by road? About 352 km, roughly 4h 38m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around R315–420; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Balfour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. He also later served as foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, from 1916 to 1919. [The Balfour guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/balfour) [Hotels in Balfour 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/mbombela-to-balfour, 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