Due to the nature of the event, all competitors will be accommodated in two person tents allocated per team. There is only a limited amount of supporters vehicles that can be hosted on the route due to the nature of the course.  Limited packages will be available for support vehicles and these will be offered on a first come first serve basis.  Should you be interested in this additional option, please contact us and we will get back to you via e-mail.

Competitors will be required to provide their own sleeping items such as pillows, sleeping bag, sheet, etc. Mattresses will be supplied for the race and will not be required from the competitors. All sleeping items will be dealt with as per Personal Items below.

Food

Breakfast and supper will be supplied by the race organization together with the necessary tables, chairs, cutlery, etc. Each rider is responsible for their own nutrition during the stage / day between these meals. There will be no facilities where riders can store their own food in cold rooms, refrigerated trucks, etc. Any food or nutritional supplements that are brought with and that are not carried with the riders daily during each stage need to be incorporated into the competitors personal effects bag (see Personal Effects below)

Ablutions

There will be chemical toilets in use at all points where other generally accepted toilet facilities do not exist. There will be no more than 20 competitors per toilet, so as to ensure an accepted standard of hygiene throughout the event. The race organizers will supply toilet paper for these toilets.

There will be rudimentary showering facilities at each race village to allow all competitors to shower at the end of each day’s stage. There will be hot water and all shower enclosures will be enclosed for privacy.

Bike Maintenance

There will be a dedicated bicycle maintenance zone at each race village to take care of any mechanical issues that have arisen. The zones will also be setup at certain strategic points along the route for each stage. All work carried out at these zones will be for the account of the competitor. These zones will be manned by private entities and as such the race organizers take no responsibility for the interaction between them and the riders.

Refreshments

Each race village will have a “Beat the Heat” zone that will cater for all those competitors that would like to socialize and enjoy a few well-deserved refreshments after each day’s stage. A selection of cool drinks, beers, wine and snacks will be available for purchase at this zone.

Personal Effects

Due to the nature of the event, no support of any kind is allowed for any competitor (unless you have upgraded to the limited support option). This means that all personal effects that riders wish to take with for the duration of the event, and which are not carried on their persona daily during each stage, needs to be transported from race village to race village by the organizers. In order to control this process and to ensure that not too much baggage is transported, each competitor will be allowed only one bag which must be tagged at race registration into which all their personal effects that they will not be carrying during each stage are put. This will also include their sleeping items such as pillows, sleeping bags, sheets, etc. These bags will be handed in to the race organization each morning before the start of the stage and will be available once again at the end of the stage at the next race village. Under no circumstances will any competitor be allowed to include anything else into the daily luggage shuttle.

Security

The major portion of the race will take place in very remote places where the greatest threat of theft or other malicious activities will be more than likely to come from the competitors and support crew, rather than anyone else. The organizers will however, endeavor to ensure that sufficient security is present wherever and whenever it is needed throughout the event.