Race Schedule
4th Raid Trans Mauritania
Last update : May 9, 2022
The 4th edition of the Raid TransMauritania will take place from February 18 to 25, 2023.
- Saturday
- 5.30am: Reception at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, Terminal 3 – Luggage check-in
- 11.50am: Arrival in Atar (Visa) – Transfer by 4WD to Azalaye Inn (Atar) – Lunch
- 2.00pm: Registration formalities, assembly and testing of Fatbikes on Atar and his arounds
- 4.00pm : Departure in 4WD to Chinguetti
- 6.30pm :General briefing and presentation of stages
- Meal and overnight stay at Nouatil Inn
- Sunday – Prologue – Sea of dunes
- Special stage of 23km – 100% sand, 70% dunes
- Afternoon free: Visit of Chinguetti
- Meal and night at Nouatil Inn
- Monday – Stage 1 – The wadi and the mountain
- 47 km – 90% sand, 10% tracks
- On arrival, cold meal
- Afternoon free: walk in the dunes and rocky mountains
- Meal and night in the desert
- Tuesday – Stage 2 – The immensity of the canyons
- 55 km (slightly downhill profile) – 10% sand, 90% tracks, beware of rocks!
- On arrival, cold meal
- Afternoon free: walk in the palm grove and gardens
- Meal and night in the desert
- Wednesday – Stage 3 – From one valley to another
- 46 km – 80% sand, 20% tracks
- On arrival, cold meal
- Afternoon free: walk in the sandy plain and the village
- Meal and night in the desert
- Thursday – Stage 4 – Descending the valley
- 63 km (slightly downhill profile) – 30% sand, 70% tracks and rocks
- On arrival, cold meal
- Afternoon free: walk in the palm grove and gardens
- Meal and night in the desert
- Friday – Stage 5 – Wadis, Dunes and Oasis
- 37 km – 70% sand and 30% dunes
- On arrival, meal at the hostel
- Afternoon free: Visit Atar with its traditional market
- 7pm : Closing Ceremony
- Méchoui and night at the Azalaye Inn
- Concert with the Walfadjiri band
- Saturday
- Breakfast
- 10am : Transfer to the Airport and luggage check-in
- Return to Paris in the afternoon around 6.30 pm