--- title: "Polokwane to Durban – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Polokwane to Durban is 680 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/polokwane-to-durban" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/polokwane-to-durban.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Polokwane to Durban [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Polokwane&to=Durban) [Durban to Polokwane](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/durban-to-polokwane) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 680 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Thu 29 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 680 km apart. Times are the timetables for Thu 29 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 R5,600 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 10h 16m R780–1,040 Estimated 879 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Polokwane&to=Durban) - [**Taxi** 10h 16m R5,200–7,850 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Polokwane&to=Durban) 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 Polokwane to Durban? The fastest way is by car: about 10h 16m door to door. The straight-line distance is 680 km. What is the cheapest way from Polokwane to Durban? Drive is the cheapest, from R780. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Durban from Polokwane by road? About 879 km, roughly 10h 16m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around R780–1,040; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Durban City in South Africa Durban is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Situated on the east coast of South Africa, on the Natal Bay of the Indian Ocean, Durban is the busiest port city in sub-Saharan Africa and was formerly named Port Natal. North of the harbour and city centre lies the mouth of the Umgeni River; the flat city centre rises to the hills of the Berea on the west; and to the south, running along the coast, is the Bluff. [The Durban guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/durban) Worth your time - Moses Mabhida Stadium The new landmark of Durban, built for the football World Cup 2010. - City Hall There is an art gallery and outdated science museum inside, and a public library. - Mahatma Gandhi Settlement Tours available. - Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve This is a good place to see some zebras and gazelle and get away from it all within the city limits, but you have to book ahead to see the gallery and castle on site. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Durban 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/polokwane-to-durban, 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