The Media Report is now available. You can consult it to find the full overview of the media coverage, published content, and visibility generated around the event.
Discover the key dates for the 2027 edition — registration opening, important deadlines, administrative and technical checks, official start, and finish in Dakar. All the essential dates will be announced to help you prepare in the best possible way.
Africa Eco Race is proud to announce a new collaboration with RBI Sport and the Fenix Rally, bringing together two events that share a common vision of rally-raid — one rooted in authenticity, navigation and human adventure.
Two ways to experience the adventure. One shared spirit. A natural progression — from a discovery journey to full racing, for those who choose to take it further.
The final competitive stage of the Africa Eco Race 2026 marked the transition toward the conclusion of an exceptional adventure. Covering 475 kilometers, including 103 kilometers of timed special stage, this day of transition between Mauritania and Senegal offered a striking contrast.
Gradually, the vast dune fields gave way to savannah landscapes. The light, the vegetation, even the atmosphere of the rally changed kilometer after kilometer. In the Senegalese special stage, rich in emotion, competitors were greeted by large numbers of spectators gathered near villages, applauding the passing caravan and reminding everyone that the Africa Eco Race is also a deeply human adventure.
On the eve of the final stage, the 2026 Africa Eco Race once again delivered on its promises. Held around Ouad Naga, this tenth stage, more compact but extremely varied, tested the riders’ endurance and reshuffled several classifications. Dunes from the very start, alternating rolling tracks and sandy sections, demanding obstacles, followed by a faster but still physically demanding second part: a full day where focus and precision made all the difference.
For this ninth stage, the Africa Eco Race left Aïdzidine to reach Ouad Naga over a 490-kilometre route, including 426 kilometres of timed special. A stage with a set pace, where pure speed was not enough: everything was decided by consistency and the ability to establish the right rhythm and maintain it until the finish.
The Africa Eco Race reached a major milestone today with Stage 7 from Chami to Aït Aidzidine. An extraordinary stage of 462 kilometers, run entirely as a timed special with no liaison, making it the longest special of this 17th edition. A demanding day, entirely focused on navigation, through typically Mauritanian landscapes of sand, camel grass, and vast off-track areas, interspersed with particularly tricky sections.
You dream of dunes and beautiful landscapes, follow us to the Lac Rose !
René METGE
It is always a pleasure for the population of Menton to witness the arrival of all these vehicles: trucks, cars, buggies, motorbikes… It is also all about the human and convivial aspect of this race which races through the city of Menton.
Fabrice PINET - Ville de Menton
The enthusiam and passion of the team as well as their constant research of bringing eco-responsable actions to their event, make the AFRICA ECO RACE one of the unmissable events of the Principality and we are proud to welcome them every year. We encourage everybody to buy a maximum of solar lamps provided by AMADE and AFRICA ECO RACE. More than a daily use, they will enable senegalese and mauritanian children to walk safely home after dark and will contribute to reducing the racing vehicules' carbon footprint.
Kate & Didier - STARS'N'BARS
I am glad that I was standing at the finish line of AER 22 in Dakar at the Pink Lake. It is the goal and dream of all racers who do cross-country races all over the world.
Team Barth Racing
AFRICA ECO RACE is also mutual help and friendship between the competitors
Jean Louis SCHLESSER
This event created by Jean Louis SCHLESSER and René METGE is a precise cocktail where the pleasure of racing bonds with the beauty of the landscapes and the nice atmosphere between everyone on the bivouacs
Franck ALLARD - AMV assurances
The AFRICA ECO RACE is a true human organisation, you really fell that you're a part of a global project with an open and very initimate feeling. So you sleep with very simple thoughts while you reach your goal: Dakar
Franco Acerbis - ACERBIS
Africa is an happy continent with smiling people, with freedom for racing, thanks a lot to orga work to preserve classic African event based on values from first Dakars... Good luck AER!
Tomas Tomecek - Winner Truck AER 2022
Solidarity and unity, the AFRICA ECO RACE is a rally at the origin of our values and this must remains...
Abdou THIAM - Président de la FSAM
Competition and sharing define the spirit of the Africa Eco Race
