How to get from Nairobi to Cape Town by car, truck, walk, bike

Distance between Nairobi and Cape Town is 4214 kilometers (2613 miles).
Driving distance from Nairobi to Cape Town is 5428 kilometers (3365 miles)

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Routes from nairobi-nakuru to cape-town-western-cape
Cheapest
Car
2d 20h 16m
5428 km
cost $1085
Fastest
Truck
2d 20h 16m
price $1085
Others
Walk
44d 8h 58m
distance 5324 km
Bike
14d 13h 24m
distance 5575 km

4 Ways from Nairobi (Kenya/Nakuru) to Cape Town (South Africa/Western Cape)

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Cheapest
Car
2d 20h 16m
5428 km
cost $1085
Fastest
Truck
2d 20h 16m
price $1085
Others
Walk
44d 8h 58m
distance 5324 km
Bike
14d 13h 24m
distance 5575 km

Route instructions

1. Continue 1.16 km
2. Keep right 69 m
3. Turn right 1.91 km
4. Turn left 10.42 km
5. Turn right onto Nyeri-Nyahururu Road, B5 35.36 km
6. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Solai Road 133.33 km
7. Turn sharp left 805 m
8. Turn right onto C63 28.67 km
9. Keep left onto Southern Bypass 19.25 km
10. Keep left onto Mombasa Road, A104 439 m
11. Keep right onto Namanga Road, A104 209 m
12. Keep right onto Namanga Road, A104 289 m
13. Keep left onto Namanga Road, A104 201 m
14. Turn slight left onto Nairobi-Namanga Road, A104 26.09 km
15. Turn slight left onto Nairobi-Namanga Road, A104 210.33 km
16. Turn right 5.11 km
17. At roundabout, take exit 4 onto T5 172.52 km
18. Turn right 1.70 km
19. Turn left 905 m
20. Turn right 195 m
21. Keep left 458 m
22. Keep right 439 m
23. Turn left 26 m
24. Keep right 3.75 km
25. Turn left 2.04 km
26. Keep left 1.09 km
27. Keep right 1.06 km
28. Turn slight left 1.22 km
29. Turn sharp right 298 m
30. Keep left 3.87 km
31. Turn slight right 695 m
32. Keep left 745 m
33. Continue 1.43 km
34. Turn left 115 m
35. Turn right 1.19 km
36. Turn right 427 m
37. Keep right 393 m
38. Keep right 2.44 km
39. Keep left 849 m
40. Keep left 229 m
41. Turn right 803 m
42. Turn left 2.49 km
43. Keep left 997 m
44. Keep right 554 m
45. Keep right 1.25 km
46. Turn slight left 963 m
47. Keep right 807 m
48. Keep right 167 m
49. Turn right onto T5 47.55 km
50. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto T5 154.54 km
51. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Arusha Road, T5 696 m
52. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto T5 2.29 km
53. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto T5 60 m
54. Turn slight left onto Iringa Road, T5 1.16 km
55. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto T5 239.21 km
56. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto T5 112 m
57. Continue onto Dodoma Highway, T5 13.32 km
58. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Uhuru Avenue, A104, T5 740 m
59. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Main Road, T5 1.52 km
60. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto T5 67 m
61. Turn slight left onto Iringa Road, T5 2.07 km
62. Turn right onto Iringa Road, T1 312.92 km
63. Turn left 304 m
64. Turn left 7 m
65. Turn sharp right 4.32 km
66. Keep left 125 m
67. Turn left 207 m
68. Turn left 210 m
69. Keep right 353 m
70. Keep right 504 m
71. Turn left onto T10 140.94 km
72. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto M1 222.11 km
73. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto M1 349.43 km
74. Keep left 1.44 km
75. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Kenyatta Road 2.56 km
76. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Mzimba Street 1.54 km
77. Continue onto Mzimba Road 783 m
78. Turn right onto Kavale Road 259 m
79. Turn left 1.63 km
80. Turn left onto M1 6.68 km
81. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto M1 75.85 km
82. Turn sharp right 414 m
83. Turn slight left 606 m
84. Turn right onto S124 58 m
85. Keep left onto N304 162.46 km
86. Turn right onto N7 96.88 km
87. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto N7 14.53 km
88. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto N7 85.28 km
89. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto N8 277.00 km
90. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Enterprise Road, A2 5.06 km
91. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A2 111 m
92. Turn slight left onto Newlands Bypass, A2 928 m
93. Continue onto Enterprise Road South, A2 2.55 km
94. Turn right onto Robson Manyika Avenue 1.62 km
95. Turn left onto Julius Nyerere Way 226 m
96. Turn right onto Charter Road 6.75 km
97. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Simon Mazorodze Road, A4 4.82 km
98. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A4 7.06 km
99. Turn slight left onto Simon Mazorodze Road, A4 273.57 km
100. Turn right onto Robert Mugabe Way, A4 2.03 km
101. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway, A4 281.27 km
102. Turn left onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway, A4 4.15 km
103. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway, A4 16.06 km
104. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto N1 114 m
105. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto N1 239 m
106. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto N1 91.80 km
107. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto N1 5.03 km
108. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto N1 384.12 km
109. Keep left 48.78 km
110. Keep right onto M1 813 m
111. Keep left 413.23 km
112. Continue onto N1 195.85 km
113. Keep left 381 m
114. Keep right 41 m
115. Turn right onto Station Road, R58 250 m
116. Turn right 204 m
117. Turn slight left onto N1 314.56 km
118. At roundabout, take exit 4 onto Donkin Street, N1, N12 401.46 km
119. Keep right onto N1 59.46 km
120. Keep left 507 m
121. Keep left 961 m
122. Turn right onto Sir Lowry Road, M4 320 m
123. Turn slight right onto Darling Street, M4 212 m
124. Turn left onto Buitenkant Street, M59 502 m
125. Turn right onto Roeland Street 264 m
126. Turn left onto Saint Johns Road 200 m
127. Turn right onto Gallery Lane 60 m
128. Arrive at destination 0 m
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