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Have you broken your New Year’s resolutions already? Well here’s one you WILL want to keep - enter our MINI Sahara Rally, the ultimate driving adventure!

It’ll be smoking hot, but you’ll have a hell of a time as you take on the original Dakar Rally route across the Sahara Desert on this 14-day adventure in any new-shape MINI.

Friends and family will think you’re having a midlife crisis, but who cares!

Forget the sun loungers, why on earth would you want to relax poolside in the Mediterranean when you could be driving a £1,000 MINI across the desert and looking like a budget version of Mad Max? Friends and family will think you’re having a midlife crisis, but who cares!

From the Algerian border to the Atlantic Ocean, you’ll battle your way across hundreds of miles of sand, rock and gravel through Morocco - and we’ll be there to support you all the way.

The rally is open to anyone with a sense of adventure - are you up for the challenge…?

Just a 25% deposit secures your place on this ultimate driving adventure, so sign up now by contacting us at info@driventoextremes.co.uk

CARS

Find a teammate, buy yourself a MINI, prep it for the desert and join us for 2 weeks of real adventure.

Each team of 2 drivers must find and prepare their own MINI, the preferred models being the 1st and 2nd generation (R50, R53 & R56), built between 2000 and 2013. If you’re not sure what to do, we can advise on how to source and prepare a suitable car, contact Mac for more details.

THE CHALLENGE

The MINI Sahara Rally is an adventurous expedition that requires endurance, stamina and resilience when the going gets tough. Whilst battling through arduous terrain in such a challenging and extreme environment, common issues include punctured tyres, holed engine sumps, damaged exhausts and endless vehicle recoveries from soft sand. But with all teams pulling together when needed, no one is left stranded.

Just some of the highlights that you can slip into conversation include…

  • Drive the original Dakar Rally route
  • Explore Gara Medouar, seen in 007’s Spectre
  • Climb the towering sand dunes of Erg Chebbi
  • Negotiate mountain passes of the High Atlas
  • Race across the vast dried bed of Lake Iriki
  • Wild camp under a star-lit Saharan sky
  • Make friends with Gibraltar’s rock apes!

THE SUPPORT

Of course, with any used MINI costing just £1,000 there are always going to be issues, so your team is backed up by a professional support crew in expedition equipped 4×4’s who are on hand to cover any eventualities - Leader, Guide, Medic & Mechanics.

Delivered by expedition specialists Max Adventure, we have been operating vehicles in extreme environments for over 25 years, in temperatures from -60C of Siberia to +50C of the Sahara and 5,600 meters above sea level high in the Himalayas (and everyone has come back!).

We have worked alongside explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Hollywood actor Tom Hardy in places as far-flung as Siberia, the North Pole and Mt Everest.

THE HISTORY

Originally conceived as a support programme to help ex-military personnel with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by taking them on challenging vehicle adventures to aid their recovery, the MINI Sahara Rally is now open to the public, allowing adventurers from all walks of life to take part.

THE COST

Entry fee for the Mini Sahara Rally is discounted to £1,495 per person until the 31st March 2023 (normal price £1,645). This cost includes the return ferry from Spain to Morocco, 2 nights hotel accommodation; 9 nights campsite accommodation (with the option to upgrade to auberges / hotels); 2 night wild camping; UHF radio hire; branded team clothing; satellite mapping and vehicle graphics.

THE DURATION

Starting and finishing in Los Barrios, southern Spain, the total adventure is 14 days.

FURTHER INFO

So, if you want the chance to test your mettle in a car totally not designed for the desert, contact us for further information.

Mac Mackenney
07764 600 601 / 01404 830 096