Journey stop 2 of 5

Mbombela

See this location as part of Kruger & Lowveld Safari Circuit—where it sits on the route, how the Journey reaches it, and what comes next.

Service stop
This stop on the Journey

Route context

Arriving and continuing

These details belong to this Journey. They describe the path through Mbombela, not the destination in general.

Arriving from

Johannesburg

Car · about 235 minutes

Travel times vary with traffic, weather, and road conditions.

A long-distance road leg that can be driven independently or made by an arranged transfer or tour vehicle.

Johannesburg to Mbombela 0 → 341.8 km · 341.8 km

Continuing to

Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve

Car · about 200 minutes

Travel times vary with traffic, weather, and road conditions.

Use the western escarpment approach via Mashishing and Ohrigstad; this avoids retracing the Panorama Route used on the next leg.

Mbombela to Blyde River Canyon via the western escarpment 0 → 197.6 km · 197.6 km

At this stop

Pause at the Lowveld regional gateway after the N4 journey.