SONANGOL AFRICA ECO RACE 2014 : THE ROUTE

A little less than one month to the SONANGOL AFRICA ECO RACE®, which will start from St Cyprien on the 29th of December. All the conditions are put together, and the 6th edition of the event will, once again, be an extraordinary adventure.

First of all, concerning the 2014 course. It is now completed, according to René it should be slightly more difficult than the 2013 edition with a lot of new things and, of course, typical African bivouacs in wilderness. In order for all of the participants to imagine, here is the official map of the course; 5580km of which 2997km are selective sections divided in 11 stages.

Sunday December 29th, 2013 
SAINT CYPRIEN (66) - FRANCE
Technical and administrative checks, official start

Monday December 30th, 2013 
TRANSFERT: SAINT CYPRIEN / SOUTH OF SPAIN
Boat embarkation for Morocco

Tuesday December 31st, 2013 
STAGE N° 1: NADOR / BOUDNIB: 632km
LIAISON: NADOR / TENDRARA: 355km 
SPECIAL STAGE: TENDRARA / BOUARFA: 87km 
LIAISON: BOUARFA / BOUDNIB: 190km

Wednesday January 1st, 2014 
STAGE N° 2: BOUDNIB / FOUM ZGUID: 611km
LIAISON: BOUDNIB / MERZOUGA: 173km 
SPECIAL STAGE: MERZOUGA / FOUM ZGUID: 431km 
TRANSFERT: FOUM ZGUID/ BIVOUAC: 7km

Thursday January 2nd, 2014 
STAGE N° 3: FOUM ZGUID/ ASSA: 404km
SPECIAL STAGE: FOUM ZGUID / ASSA: 387km 
LIAISON: ASSA/ BIVOUAC: 17km

Friday January 3rd, 2014 
STAGE N° 4: ASSA / AS SAKN: 405km
SPECIAL STAGE: ASSA / OUED AARRAID: 390km 
LIAISON: AS SAKN / BIVOUAC: 15km

Saturday January 4th, 2014 
STAGE N° 5: AS SAKN / DAKHLA: 782km
SPECIAL STAGE: AS SAKN / TAPIS N°5: 204km 
LIAISON: TAPIS N°5 / DAKHLA: 578km

Sunday January 5th, 2014 
RESTING DAY AT DAKHLA

Monday January 6th, 2014 
STAGE N° 6: DAKHLA / CHAMI: 611km
LIAISON: DAKHLA / BOULANOUAR: 427km 
SPECIAL STAGE: BOULANOUAR / CHAMI: 174km 
LIAISON: CHAMI / BIVOUAC: 10km

Tuesday January 7th, 2014 
STAGE N° 7: CHAMI / AKJOUJT: 534km
SPECIAL STAGE: CHAMI / AMSAGA: 466km 
LIAISON: AMSAGA / AKJOUJT: 68km

Wednesday January 8th, 2014 
STAGE N° 8: AKJOUJT/ AKJOUJT: 423km
LIAISON: AKJOUJT / HASSI TIZIGUI: 85km 
SPECIAL STAGE: HASSI TIZIGUI / AKJOUJT: 338km

Thursday January 9th, 2014 
STAGE N°9: AKJOUJT / TOUEILA: 309km
SPECIAL STAGE: AKJOUJT / TOUEILA: 289km 
TRANSFERT: TOUEILA / BIVOUAC: 20km

Friday January 10th, 2014 
STAGE N°10: TOUEILA / SAINT LOUIS: 494km
TRANSFERT: BIVOUAC / TOUEILA: 6km 
SPECIAL STAGE: TOUEILA / TEVERITT: 202km 
LIAISON: TEVERITT / SAINT LOUIS: 286km

Saturday January 11th, 2014 
STAGE N°11: SAINT LOUIS / DAKAR: 301km
LIAISON: SAINT LOUIS / KAYAR: 236km 
SPECIAL STAGE: KAYAR / LAC ROSE: 24km 
LIAISON: LAC ROSE / DAKAR: 41km