The Dakar Rallye is the single most extraordinary race of its kind. The race started in 1979 as a race from Paris to Dakar. In 2009 the race was moved to South America.
Due to the enormous success if the race in its new location it will again be run in South America in 2013.

As the condor (rather than the crow) flies, almost 5,000 kilometres separate Lima from Santiago. In 2013, the Dakar will be staging a pan-American adventure of more than 9,000 kilometres in total.

Highlights

• Lima Nightlife
• Patagonia
• Andes Mountains
• Atacama Desert
• San Francisco Pass (4700m)
• Catamarca
• Chubut Province
• Valparaiso

What’s included:

Our tours are all-inclusive packages*.

• Welcome Dinner in Sydney
• All airport transfers
• Airfares: Sydney – Lima / Santiago – Sydney
• Motorcycle Rental
• Fuel
• Meals
• Accommodation
• Non alcoholic drinks
• Border Paperwork
• Guides
• Support Vehicle
• National Park Fees
• Tolls and Ferries
• Souvenir DVD of trip

What’s not included:

• Domestic flights to/from Sydney
• Travel Insurance
• Alcoholic drinks
• Souvenirs
• Tips and Gratuities
• Visas
• Personal Items

Peru Episode II

Grand Start + 5 Stages

The discovery of Peru thrilled everybody who reached this stage of the rally in 2012. This time, all the riders, drivers and crews will be able to test their mettle on the largest chains of dunes crossed on the continent since 2009. The Dakar has never before started in the middle of the desert in its history. Whilst the dosage of difficulties will decide just how and when the pressure rises, there will be no room for improvisation in 2013.

Argentina and its many facets

5 stages + rest day

Once it crosses the Andes Mountains, after a first visit to Chile, the rally will encounter a different face of South America: one that guarantees a broad range of terrains which smile primarily upon flexibility. In Argentina, the capacity to adapt will be vital to switch from one type of riding and driving to another and between different methods of managing the race. Although the ration of sand will be less dense, the visit to Gaucho country will nevertheless finish with a major test in which only genuine experts in desert riding and driving will be at ease.

Chile: a double and capital dose

4 stages + finish

Two distinct sequences will be played out in Chile and each of them will be decisive. The return to the Atacama corresponds with the phase of the Dakar where competitors navigate in the domain of extreme endurance. As a challenge of ultimate resistance, the sessions in the dunes will continue up to the day before the finish. Before reaching Santiago, the competitors will have to tame difficulties of the highest order right up to the end.

Our accommodation will be in hotels. This is a fully inclusive tour with all accommodation, meals, airfares and bike hire included. Our departure point for this adventure begins in Sydney with a group dinner then the next day we board our Qantas flight for our adventure of a lifetime, returning 22 days later with stories and memories that will last a lifetime.

WARNING: This is not a normal motorcycle ride. This tour requires elements of endurance and stamina. Riders must be able to ride in adverse weather conditions and adverse road conditions. These roads are some of the roughest and most remote in the world. Riders should be physically fit, mentally strong and able to cope with adversity.

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