SAHARARALLYE EL CHOTT

Sahara-Tour 2025 …

06 Apr 2025

… schedule and important information

We have extended the registration deadline for the discounted early bird rate until April 20, 2025. Click here for online registration: ->Registration

We were able to offset the price disadvantage for the hotel bookings due to the smaller number of participants by reducing the organizational effort. So we were even able to lowering the entry fees. The current participation fees, ferry costs, and registration deadlines can be found here: ->Participation fee

Anyone interested in accompany our tour individually and booking only the ferry crossings and/or individual overnight stays is welcome to contact me by email. A return trip at a later date is also possible.

Our tour is generally designed for off-road vehicles and off-road trucks. The routes of the sightseeing program can also be covered with regular SUVs, with the exception of the dune tour through the Grand Erg Orientale. Participation on Enduro, ATV or Side by Side is also possible. Participants with this vehicles will particularly enjoy the route through the dunes. The easiest way to do this is, of course, to participate in a small team – one or two people in an off-road vehicle who can transport the luggage for the motorcycle or ATV rider. However, if necessary and there is sufficient demand, we may also be able to offer transport options ourselves.

You can ask me any questions about this or any other topic you would like to have clarified by e-mail at any time.

Sahara tour instead of rally …

01 Apr 2025

… the decision has been made!

Even though it was extremely difficult for me to cancel the 2025 rally, unfortunately no other decision was possible.

The deadline for this had been known for a long time. And let’s be honest: With 15 or 16 of the 20 registrations required for the competition by March 31, 2025, we probably would have started the pre-tour anyway. I would have prepared and printed the roadbooks anyway. And in October, we would have traveled to Tunisia with 18 or 20 competition teams – another very small rally, but a rally nonetheless.

But to date, only a single motorcyclist has registered for the competition. Given the experiences of recent years, even the most optimistics can’t believe they’ll persuade at least 19 teams to participate.

Conclusion for 2025:

During the announced period, we will organize a tourist tour through southern Tunisia for all those who, like us, have been infected with the “Sahara virus.” In addition to visiting well-known sights, we will also cover an extended route through the fascinating dune landscape of the Grand Erg Oriental, with overnight stay(s) under Africa’s unique starry sky.

I will publish the planned process in the next few days – for sure a plan, not a law.

Ultimately, we’ll decide as a group what and how much we want to experience. And, as in previous years, everyone will also have the opportunity to spend some days of the trip individually.

Conclusion for the future:

For 2026 – for the anniversary “45 years of Rallye El Chott” – I will announce once more a Sahara Rallye de Tunisie – definitely the last “El Chott”