2019 Dakar Rally - Sahara Overland Challenge 2019 Promotional Film
- 5 years ago
There’s still time to join one of 2019’s most exciting automotive adventures, driving the original Dakar Rally route across the Sahara Desert in an ageing Citroen Berlingo. Organised by Driven to Extremes, this challenging event raises funds to support military and emergency services veterans suffering from PTSD.
Originally conceived as a support programme to help ex-service personnel with their recovery, by taking them on confidence-building vehicle adventure, next year’s ‘Sahara Overland Challenge’ has been opened up to the public. Driving a £500 Berlingo, participating teams will have to tackle the original Dakar Rally route through Morocco, covering 1,000 miles of sand, rock and gravel. With teams of adventurers from all walks of life already committed to this adventure, the clock is ticking till they set off next March.
Delivered by expedition specialist Max Adventure, the expert team behind the event has worked alongside the likes of explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Hollywood actor Tom Hardy in as far-flung places as Siberia, the North Pole and Mt Everest. The ‘Sahara Overland Challenge’ sets off from Gibraltar, crossing the narrow Straits before heading into the wilds of North Africa. Over the following two weeks the adventurers will encounter everything from mountain passes and desert tracks to dry riverbeds.
Originally conceived as a support programme to help ex-service personnel with their recovery, by taking them on confidence-building vehicle adventure, next year’s ‘Sahara Overland Challenge’ has been opened up to the public. Driving a £500 Berlingo, participating teams will have to tackle the original Dakar Rally route through Morocco, covering 1,000 miles of sand, rock and gravel. With teams of adventurers from all walks of life already committed to this adventure, the clock is ticking till they set off next March.
Delivered by expedition specialist Max Adventure, the expert team behind the event has worked alongside the likes of explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Hollywood actor Tom Hardy in as far-flung places as Siberia, the North Pole and Mt Everest. The ‘Sahara Overland Challenge’ sets off from Gibraltar, crossing the narrow Straits before heading into the wilds of North Africa. Over the following two weeks the adventurers will encounter everything from mountain passes and desert tracks to dry riverbeds.