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From
Friday April 16 to Sunday April 25, 2010
Useful
Tips (PDF)
NEWS
1- Vehicles coming from Europe are shipped in sealed
container from Genoa to Alexandria where you will find your
vehicles cleared, registered & insured in Egypt then carried
by truck taking the highway up to our hotel in 6th October City,
25 Km West of Cairo, located on nice a plateau.
2 - An exclusive, energetic & fun route in the biggest sand
ocean in the world mixing dunes, desert lakes & rocky cirques
between Cairo and the amazing Siwa & Bahariya oasis.
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A Fenouil & Sables Chauds creation, under the patronage
of His Excellency
Zohair El Garannah, the Minister of Tourism of Egypt, with Egyptair,
Toyota Egypt, Siag Travel, the Automobile Club of Egypt, AVP
News… & some nice surprises.
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A race coupled with a tourist raid for motorbikes, sidecars,
quads (ATV), side by side vehicles (SSV), buggies, four-wheel
drives (4WD or 4x4), six-wheel drives (6WD or 6x6), eight-wheel
drives (8WD or 8x8) as well as historical vehicles.
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A race made for amateurs first & foremost: minimum navigation
investment (purchase of a basic GPS + rental of a satellite
phone – if you don’t have them already) for maximum
safety.
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Reduced autonomy:
200 km for motorbikes, sidecars, quads (ATV) & SSV.
400 km for buggies, 4WD & trucks.
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Assistance vehicles:
Four-wheel drives only because some roads along the desert dunes
can be sunk into the sand & because, for our peace, our
camps are built into corridors of dunes, located approx. 10
km away from a paved road.
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Rental on site:
Four-wheel drives (4WD or 4x4) with or without a driver - “Raid”
& “Assistance” only. Motorbikes: Franco Picco
- Race & raid + possibility of mechanical assistance.
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How much does it cost?
All-included prices, formulas & details available on September
15, 2009!
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PROGRAM/ROUTE
September
15, 2009
- Entry opening
January
2010
- Reconnaisance & final roadbook.
Early
April 2010
- Scrutineering & vehicles shipment from Europe.
Friday
April 16, 2010 (or earlier if you wish)
Plane Europe/Cairo. Transportation to our hotel in
6th October City (50 km from the airport) at the desert gates.
Scrutineering of Egyptian vehicles or of those arrived by their
own means.
Saturday
April 17, 2010 - 230 km
Liaison by the Road of the Oasis = 60 km
SS1 = 170 km - Heading straight North alongside the dunes of
Qattanîya then cutting on the side of 4 other chains of
dunes then sea of sand up to the Qattara Depression & the
famous Lake Maghra located among the dunes 50 meters below the
sea level. Bivouac in the dunes near the lake.
Sunday
April 18, 2010 - 310 km
SS2 = 195 km - Around the lake with an up and down near the
water then heading straight South to Ghurd Abu Muharik, the
longest chain of dunes in the world.
Lunch + refueling.
SS3 = 75 km - Along Ghurd Abu Muharik then technical& winding
track up to the Oasis of Bahariya.
Liaison = 40 km. Hotel in the palm grove.
Monday
April 19, 2010 - 280 km
Liaison = 50 km.
SS4 = 180 km - Dunes, sand & hard ground.
Liaison = 50 km.
Bivouac on the dunes of the lake of Sitra.
Tuesday
April 20, 2010 - 240 km
Liaison = 90 km.
SS5 = 150 km absolutely amazing in dunes quite tricky: each
one must be passed by being already positioned for the next
one.
Hotel in Siwa in a palm grove located in the old city.
Wednesday
April 21, 2010 - 260 km
SS6 = 180 km of surfing the “cathedral-dunes” -
breathtaking!
Liaison 80 km.
Bivouac in the dunes.
Thursday
April 22, 2010 - 250 km
Liaison = 55 km
SS7 = 195 km: Sand, ups and downs, dunes…
Bivouac in the dunes of Lake Mahgra.
Friday
April 23, 2010 - 250 km
SS8 = 160 km: We go out of the Qattara Depression through a
different chain of dunes. Again surfing the dunes.
Liaison = 90 km
Méridien Pyramids Hotel.
Saturday
April 24, 2010 - 50 km
Convoy to the Sakkara Country Club: 10 km.
SS9 = 30 km. Last one on the plateau of Sakkara. A 10 km-loop
3 times.
Back to the hotel.
Dinner & awards at Andrea’s next to the Pyramids.
Sunday
April 25, 2010 (or later if you wish)
Return flight to Europe.
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