Dakar Experience

Watch the the Dakar Rally up close

Experiences at the Dakar Rally.

Get a taste of the Dakar atmosphere and meet the racers in the bivouac and at the stage start, watch the rally up close during the prologue and at action points. Join us in the bivouac of a selected Dakar team where you can experience the rally service up close.

Our guided all-inclusive experience packages bring you in a bus, van or 4x4 to the best action of the Dakar - the toughest and longest rally in the world - in Saudi Arabia at a reasonable price. You will receive ongoing information and background stories about the places you visit.

You simply book the flight of your choice and we will take care of the rest.

Saudi Arabia is a really cool, safe and now cosmopolitan country, you will find perfect weather and summer temperatures of around 20-25 degrees Celsius (70-75 F) during the Dakar. The dunes are just one part of the fantastically beautiful landscape in Saudi and offer an incredible backdrop.

Private Tour Package

We design your very own personal tour according to your schedule. The tour package can take place at any time during the Dakar Rally. You are free to choose your requirements in terms of accommodation, food, choice of vehicles and means of transport, tour program and number of participants.

Experience Packages

Dakar Experience Packages are available for the start of the Dakar, the bivouac in Al-Ula (not in 2025), the rest day and the final with the podium ceremony, last 5 days with 4 overnight stays and include the entrance to the Dakar bivouac.

Booking additional nights to explore more of the region on your own is a great opportunity to get to know Saudi Arabia. We are happy to help you plan your trip with tips and recommendations.

Dakar Experience Package to the Prologue and Start

January 2nd to 6th

You will be there live at the prologue and at the start of the first stage. After the prologue, you will visit the bivouac and take part live in the briefing for the first stage.

Dakar Experience Package to the Stage in the famous Al-Ula

No package in 2025 available

Combine the Dakar with a visit to the famous Elephant Rock in Al-Ula. A hot balloon ride over this breathtaking landscape, a visit to the tombs in Hagra and dinner in the old town are also on the program, as is a desert safari in a 4x4 through the sand canyons. You watch the racers reaching Al-Ula, visit the bivouac, we will put you together with a service team and you will take part live in the briefing for the next stage, for which we will bring you to the start.

Dakar Experience Package to the Rest Day and Loop in Al Duwadimi

January 9th to 13th

The Dakar rest day in Ha'il, the center of rallying in Saudi Arabia, is a great place for a Dakar experience.

Arriving on the day the Dakar comes into Ha'il from the marathon stage in Al-Ula offers the opportunity to see the off-road finish or the entrance to the bivouac. On the rest day, the bivouac is busy preparing and repairing the vehicles for the two-day rally. We will put you together with a service team and you will take part live in the briefing for the next stage, for which we will bring you to the start.

On the next two days of this Dakar Experience Package, we accompany the Dakar to Al Duwadimi where they stay for another two days. The loop there offers plenty of opportunity for great action points.

Ha'il has an international airport.

Dakar Experience Package to the Final

January 14th to 18th

In 2025, the final of the Dakar will take place in the Empty Quarter, in the so-called “Sea of ​​Dunes”. An incredibly impressive landscape and the dream of every rally driver and desert adventurer.

As the name suggests, there are no hotel accommodations in the Empty Quarter. You will stay in our own desert camps in the dunes, a great experience that you will talk about for a long time, like how you experienced the silence of the desert on a dune hike and by the campfire under the stars.

Program of the Dakar Experience Packages

  • Day 1
    Arrival in Saudi Arabia and airport pickup. Afternoon free for a visit of the city. Dinner and overnight in the hotel. Dinner in a restaurant in the city or in the hotel. Evening free.

    Day 2
    Follow the Dakar prologue at the start and from the best spectator spots. In the afternoon, visit the Dakar Bivouac and take part in the official briefing for the first stage on the next day. Lunch snacks and water are provided. Dinner in Bedouin style in the Dakar bivouac. Evening free.

    Day 3
    Watch the racers at the start of the first stage and from the spectator areas. Lunch snacks and water are provided. Return to the hotel and early Arabic dinner on the way. Evening free. On this day, an additional visit to the Dakar bivouac can be booked.

    Day 4
    Start of the Marathon stage 2 and the race at spectator points if the Dakar route allows. Overnight in a hotel. Early Arabic style dinner on the way, evening free.

    Day 5
    Airport transfer and Departure.

    The tour program may change due to program and route changes of the Dakar Rally as well as weather conditions and is subject to the Dakar Organization's regulations regarding access to the bivouac for visitors.

  • No tour offer in 2025.

    The Dakar Rally will have a marathon stage from Al Henakiyah to Ha'il on Stage 4 on 8 and 9 January, with a parc fermé in Al-Ula that is not open to the public.

    We assume that Al-Ula will again include a bivouac with access, perhaps even a two-day bivouac with a stage loop in Al-Ula, in the route planning for the next edition of the Dakar in 2026.

    This will then give us the opportunity to offer a Dakar Experience Package in the beautiful Al-Ula.

  • Day 1 - January 9
    Arrival in Saudi Arabia at the intern. Airpot Ha’il. Airport pickup. Afternoon free for a visit of the city. Overnight in a hotel and dinner in a restaurant in the city or in the hotel. Evening free.

    If your travel plan and the Dakar route allow, we will follow the finish of the marathon stage coming from Al'Ula or the entrance to the Dakar Bivouac. There are no plans to visit the Dakar Bivouac on this day, but this can be booked separately.

    Day 2 - January 10

    Visit to the Dakar Bivouac, we visit a well-known rally team that gives us an insight into the process, small talk with the drivers and mechanics. Participation in the briefing for the stage after the rest day and dinner at the buffet in the Bivouac. Evening free.

    Day 3 - January 11
    Watch the racers start the stage after the rest day from Ha'il to Al Duwadimi. On the way to Al Duwadimi we will meet the rally at a special point if the route and the rally schedule allow it. Overnight in our self-built desert camp, we serve dinner prepared by our own cooks in the camp. Simple showers and good camping toilets as well as good tents are provided.
    Sitting together around the campfire under the starry sky.

    Day 4 - January 12
    On this day the Dakar stays in Al Duwadimi and returns to the bivouac after a loop. We visit the bivouac and eat at the Bedouin style buffet. We spend the night in the desert camp from the previous evening where we sit together comfortably around the campfire. Instead of visiting the bivouac we can also have dinner in our camp.

    Day 5 - January 13
    On our way to Riyadh we stop at the start of the next Dakar stage before arriving in Riyadh in the late afternoon where the tour ends. Departure in the late evening or overnight stay in a hotel that we book for you on request.

    The tour program may change due to program and route changes of the Dakar Rally as well as weather conditions and is subject to the Dakar Organization's regulations regarding access to the bivouac for visitors.

  • Day 1 - January 14th
    Arrival in Saudi Arabia at the international airport in Riyadh by midday. Pick up from the airport and drive to the Empty Quarter, where we arrive late in the evening. Overnight stay in our own desert camp. Simple showers and good camping toilets are offered.

    Day 2 - January 15th
    After the 500 km connecting stage we catch the Dakar on the start of he 120 km special stage around Shubaytah and look for the best action points. Evening in the desert camp, our cooks prepare a simple dinner under the stars. Small talk around the campfire.

    Day 3 - January 16th
    Watch the penultimate stage of the Dakar at the start, the day's finish and at action points. In the evening we visit the Dakar Bivouac and take part in the briefing for the last and perhaps decisive stage. Overnight stay in our desert camp, dinner together and sitting comfortably by the campfire under the starry sky.

    Day 4 - January 17th
    The last stage of the Dakar has a lot to offer. A highlight is certainly the mass start and additional points are awarded for the W2RC ranking, which promises action right up to the last minute, no bringing home the position on the last stage of this year's Dakar. Full throttle and excitement right up to the end.

    In the evening there is the podium ceremony to conclude the Dakar 2025. Access tickets are optionally available as an extra or you can follow the event live on social media, we hope that this will be broadcast.

    Day 5 - January 18th
    We set off early and drive back to Riyadh where this Dakar Experience ends. Departure late in the evening or overnight stay in a hotel that we can reserve for you on request.

    The tour program may change due to program and route changes of the Dakar Rally as well as weather conditions and is subject to the Dakar Organization's regulations regarding access to the bivouac for visitors.

Included in the Dakar Travel Package

    • Airport pickup and transfer

    • 4 Overnight stays in a hotel with breakfast, lunch snacks and Arabic style dinner

    • Transportation in busses, vans or 4x4 to the best spectator points of the Dakar and to the bivouac.

    • Admission ticket to the Dakar bivouac for one day, subject to availability and accreditation by the Dakar organization

    • Professional tour manager and tour guides

    • Ride Xpower Dakar Adventure Cap

    • Single room accommodation (available as extra)

    • Ride Xpower Rebooking Cover (available as extra)

    • Visa, personal insurances, travel cancellation cover

    • Flight tickets

    • Additional admission tickets for the Dakar bivouac

Booking Dakar Experience.

Please contact us for individual arrangements.