Enduro Tour

Meet Dakar Enduro Tour.

The Dakar Rally is expected to take place from January 5th to 17th, 2025. A prologue on January 4 will be followed by 14 rally days with 13 days of racing divided into 12 stages, one stage being a 48-hour marathon stage and a rest day.

Tour Offers

The Ride Xpower Enduro Tour meeting the Dakar is offered as

• Full Distance Enduro Tour from Jan 2 to 18 with 17 tour days and 13 days of riding

• Start Enduro Tour from Jan 2 to 12 with 11 tour days and 7 days of riding

• Finish Enduro Tour from Jan 10 to 18 with 9 tour days and 6 days of riding

Tour Bikes

You will ride 4-stroke enduro bikes from KTM, GASGAS and Husqvarna, which are ideal for riding in the sandy and rocky desert. 2-stroke bikes are not designed for long-distance riding and do not perform well in sand.

Riding Level

We carry out the enduro tour in two groups with different lengths of the daily routes, levels of difficulty and structure of the tour

• The MAD MEN group for the tough guys and gals who really want to know and

• The RELAXED group for those who want to try but aren't sure they can keep up

The “Mad Men” group will maximize daily trips and some days will sleep in a simple desert camp where they stop. The service jeep will catch up with them to bring water, food and essential fuel for the next day. They want to feel and exceed their limits

The "Relaxed" group is well balanced between challenging riding and a trip to the overnight location when that's enough and adjusts the length and difficulty of the daily journeys day by day.

Route

Our route will be along the race route, but we will take shortcuts and we will not drive on or cross the circuit. We will meet the service car at the official spectator points for refueling. Our daily route length is adjusted to the group's riding abilities and the daily conditions. We plan to cover 200 to 300 km (150-230 miles) each day. Our route will be a mix of meeting the Dakar Rally, riding through the desert and visiting interesting places. It will be demanding and the extent of the trip and the speed will be agreed upon by the group.

Accommodation

We'll stay in a mix of hotels, traditional guesthouses and desert camps, where we'll meet the enduro riders when their route allows and listen to what they have to say. We'll feel like the Dakar rally racers and stay in our own camps in the dunes. The final program depends on the stage plan of the Dakar Rally they will announce only close to the Rally start, that’s one challenge of the Dakar.

Our desert camps in the dunes are simple, but offer all the comforts possible in the desert, basic showers and toilets, we cook our own food and sit together in the evenings around the open fire under the starry desert sky.

Service car and luggage transport, Rescue 4x4 and Emergency

A team led by a local service manager accompanies the tour and is available if needed. The luggage is divided into a basic 40 liter dry bag with the things you need in the desert and a bag with the rest of your luggage and gear.

We have tools, spare parts and replacement bikes so that any technical problem can be resolved promptly.

A Ride Xpower 4x4 will follow the groups for assistance and emergencies. The Saudi rescue system is very well organized with ambulances, desert rescue vehicles and helicopters. We have a satellite emergency rescue system and team communication via satellite phones.

Dakar is a real Adventure

Participating in the Ride Xpower Dakar Adventure means you will feel and push your limits. The tour is designed to make you feel like the Dakar racers you will meet almost every day on this tour. This is what you are looking for and what you will get.

Final Tour Program

As soon as the Dakar Rally releases the 2025 program we will start to plan our Enduro tour route.

The rally will not announce the day's route and spectator points until late the previous day. Shortly before the start, the racers receive the road book for the next day. We have to anticipate and adjust our routes accordingly - that's part of the adventure, you never know what's going to happen tomorrow, managing it is the adventure of this tour. What we will know are the locations of the rally overnight camps between stages, but not the route taken by the racers.

The Ride Xpower team will be in Saudi Arabia throughout December exploring the routes, desert camps and hotels for the Meet Dakar Tour.