Enduro Tour

Meet Dakar Enduro Tour.

The Dakar Rally takes place from January 3rd to 17th, 2026. A prologue on January 3 will be followed by 14 race days with divided into 12 stages where two are marathon stages over two days and a rest day.

Tour Offers

The Ride Xpower Enduro Tour meeting the Dakar is offered as

• Full Distance Enduro Tour from Jan 1 to 17 with 17 tour days and 15 days of riding

• Start Enduro Tour from Jan 1 to 10 with 10 tour days and 7 days of riding

• Finish Enduro Tour from Jan 8 to 17 with 10 tour days and 7 days of riding

Race and tour dates are provisional and subject to confirmation by the Dakar Rally.

Tour Bikes

You will ride 4-stroke enduro bikes from KTM, GASGAS and Husqvarna, which are ideal for riding in the sandy and rocky desert. 2-stroke bikes are not designed for long-distance riding and do not perform well in sand.

Riding Level

We carry out the enduro tour in two groups with different lengths of the daily routes, levels of difficulty and structure of the tour

• The MAD MEN group for the tough guys and gals who really want to know and

• The RELAXED group for those who want to try but aren't sure they can keep up

The “Mad Men” group will maximize daily trips and some days will sleep in a simple desert camp where they stop. The service jeep will catch up with them to bring water, food and essential fuel for the next day. They want to feel and exceed their limits

The "Relaxed" group is well balanced between challenging riding and a trip to the overnight location when that's enough and adjusts the length and difficulty of the daily journeys day by day.

Route

Our route will be along the race route, but we will take shortcuts and we will not drive on or cross the circuit. We will meet the service car at the official spectator points for refueling. Our daily route length is adjusted to the group's riding abilities and the daily conditions. We plan to cover 200 to 300 km (150-230 miles) each day. Our route will be a mix of meeting the Dakar Rally, riding through the desert and visiting interesting places. It will be demanding and the extent of the trip and the speed will be agreed upon by the group.

Accommodation in the Camps

We'll stay overnight in desert camps throughout the tour, meet the enduro and buggy riders, and listen to their stories. We'll feel like the Dakar Rally riders and set up our own camps in the dunes.

Our desert camps in the dunes are simple, but offer all the comforts possible in the desert, good hot showers and campng toilets in toilet tents, we cook our own food and sit together in the evenings around the open fire under the starry desert sky.

We will provide you with a good popup tent, sleeping mattress and a very warm sleeping bag, a pillow and an extra blanket to keep you really warm also in colder nights. In front of the tent we provide a carpet to prevent sand from getting into the tent. The tent has a padded floor inside, and underneath the tent is a padded insulating mat for maximum comfort.

The camp is set up and dismantled, transported, and continuously supervised and maintained by a dedicated camp team throughout the camp days.

As an extra, we offer the option of a large tent measuring approximately 3x3 meters with an interior height of approximately 2.5 meters, equipped with a large camping bed, very warm sleeping bag, additional blanket and pillow, a private table and chair, padded insulating mats and carpets, and a carpet in front of the tent to prevent sand from being tracked inside. These tents can be used by one person or by two people.

More info about the Desert Camp.

Luggage and personal Equipment Transport, Rescue Team

We manage our rescue in the team as part of the adventure. Your personal luggage is transported together with the camp equipment.

Dakar is a real Adventure

Participating in the Ride Xpower Dakar Adventure means you will feel and push your limits, even if you don't ride as extreme as the racers and Enduro bikers. The 4x4 tour is designed to give you a taste of what it means to compete in the Dakar and you will drive in some difficult off-road sections. We'll meet the Dakar racers at the spectator points, but we'll focus on driving an off-road adventure tour.

Tour Program

The rally will not announce the day's route and spectator points until late the previous day. Shortly before the start, the racers receive the road book for the next day. We have to anticipate and adjust our routes accordingly - that's part of the adventure, you never know what's going to happen tomorrow, managing it is the adventure of this tour. What we will know are the locations of the rally overnight camps between stages, but not the route taken by the racers.

The daily tour program, the starting order for the Dakar Rally, and the final starting location will be announced at the daily Dakar briefing at approximately 9:30 PM and subsequently shared in the Ride Xpower WhatsApp group. Therefore, the tour program for the following day can only be finalized after the Dakar briefing.

The Ride Xpower team will be in Saudi Arabia throughout December exploring the routes, desert camps and hotels for the Meet Dakar Tour.

Visit to the Dakar Bivouac

The Dakar allows access to selected bivouacs in the form of a guided VIP tour. Limited day tickets cost €350 and can be ordered exclusively through Ride Xpower.