After having confirmed the Principality of Monaco as the starting city of the 8th edition of the AFRICA ECO RACE, we are revealing the course of the Race which will take place from December 27th 2015 to January 10th 2016.
As always on the AFRICA ECO RACE, the bivouacs as well as the Start and Finish of Selective Sections are in the wild, in the middle of unforgettable sceneries. We will obviously get back to it later on, once the reco team is back. They are actually in the process of validating and refining the course.
MONACO
Sunday December 27th 2015
Scrutineering in the Principality of Monaco – Monaco
Tuesday December 29th 2015
STAGE 1: NADOR / JORF EL HAMAM
TOTAL STAGE: 695 km
SELECTIVE SECTION: 157 km
Warm up, navigation
Wednesday December 30th 2015
STAGE 2: JORF EL HAMAM / TAGOUNITE
TOTAL STAGE: 476 km
SELECTIVE SECTION: 330 km
Dunes and sand during about 80 km
Thursday December 31st 2015
STAGE 3: TAGOUNITE / ASSA
TOTAL STAGE: 578 km
SELECTIVE SECTION: 439 km
Dunes during about 25 km and navigation
Friday January 1st 2016
STAGE 4: ASSA / AS SAKN
TOTAL STAGE: 409 km
SELECTIVE SECTION: 379 km
Sandy track
Saturday January 2nd 2016
STAGE 5: AS SAKN / DAKHLA
TOTAL STAGE: 681 km
SELECTIVE SECTION: 453 km
Desert without dune and navigation
Sunday January 3rd 2016
RESTING DAY IN DAKHLA
Monday January 4th 2016
STAGE 6: DAKHLA / CHAMI
TOTAL STAGE: 621 km
SELECTIVE SECTION: 174 km
Navigation
Tuesday January 5th 2016
STAGE 7: CHAMI / ATAR
TOTAL STAGE: 473 km
SELECTIVE SECTION: 380 km
3 dunes sections (beginning, middle, end)
Wednesday January 6th 2016
STAGE 8: ATAR / ATAR
TOTAL STAGE: 501 km
SELECTIVE SECTION: 431 km
100% sand and some dunes
Thursday January 7th 2016
STAGE 9: ATAR / AKJOUJT
TOTAL STAGE: 474 km
SELECTIVE SECTION: 449 km
70% of and and dunes
Friday January 8th 2016
STAGE 10: AKJOUJT / AKJOUJT
TOTAL STAGE: 349 km
SELECTIVE SECTION: 329 km
50% of sand and dunes
Saturday January 9th 2016
STAGE 11: AKJOUJT / SAINT LOUIS
TOTAL STAGE: 545 km
SELECTIVE SECTION: 260 km
Some dunes sections
Sunday January 10th 2016
STAGE 12: SAINT LOUIS / LAC ROSE – DAKAR
The Finishers of the AFRICA ECO RACE 2016 will jump in the final special stage of 25 kilometers long of sand. All the participants will receive their trophies on the podium set on the banks of the Lac Rose, surrounded by their friends and partners. Finally, in the evening and to finish this 8th edition, all the rally caravan will be invited for a cocktail of “Au Revoir” at the KING FAHD PALACE.
