Years ago, the Morocco Desert Challenge made history through its epic and legendary "Coast to Coast" route. A 3000km rally-raid adventure from Agadir and Plage Blanche at the Atlantic Ocean, to Saïdia at the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. In 2025 we will travel to the deep south of Morocco in 8 days of cross-country racing.
Every edition of the Morocco Desert Challenge guarantees a demanding course that not only gives drivers a tough challenge, but also requires navigators to be really attentive. Fast tracks, technical sections, vast African plains, many dunes, salt lakes, river beds and legendary Dakar tracks: almost all 8 stages start and end in the bivouac.
2025 will be a special anniversary edition. For the 10th time we will be heading to our favorite host country and that deserves to be celebrated. Of course, no “loops” around a bivouac, but also no “coast to coast”. It will be… something completely new! To put it in Star Trek terms: “To boldly go where only a few have gone before.”
The rally starts, 5 days after Ramadan, in Agadir and soon we will head deep into the south. A large part of the MDC2025 will be driven on unknown terrain: we will head to the sandy paths and canyons of the Moroccan Sahara. We will not only build bivouacs on the beach at Plage Blanche, but also in Laâyoune and Boujdour. No less than 3 stages include rides on virgin beaches on the Atlantic Ocean and we discover 2 new sand seas south of Laâyoune. Later during the rally, the vast dunes of Erg Chegaga are on the program.
As usual, we end with a smashing closing party in Ouarzazate, a stone's throw from Marrakech.
Stage 0 | Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th April
Technical and administrative checks
On Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th of April 2025 the Morocco Desert Challenge kicks off with scrutineering in Agadir, one of Morocco’s friendly seaside resorts with an international airport. Bivouac 0 is at Place Al Amal, Agadir’s largest public square. The rally hotels, where everybody is accommodated, are located along the square.
Stage 1 | Saturday 5th April
Liaison to the start = 32 km
SS1 = 111 km
Liaison 2 = 182 km
Assistance = 269 km
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Stage 2 | Sunday 6th April
Liaison 1 = 3 km
SS2 = 314 km
Liaison 2 = 115 km
Assistance = TBA
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Stage 3 | Monday 7th April
Liaison 1 = 37km
SS3 = 332 km
Liaison = 25 km
Assistance = TBA
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Stage 4 | Tuesday 8th April
liaison 1 = 30 km
SS4 = 420 km
Assistance = TBA
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Stage 5 | Wednesday 9th April
Liaison = 77km
SS5 = 153 km
Assistance = 0 km
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Stage 6 | Thursday 10th April
SS6 = 395 km
Assistance = TBA
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Stage 7 | Friday 11th April
Liaison = 155 km
SS7 = 377 km
Assistance = TBA
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Stage 8 | Saturday 12th April
Liaison 1 = 6 km
SS8a = 44 km
Liaison 2 = 134 km
SS8b = 104 km
Liaison 3 = 76 km
Assistance = TBA
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On Saturday 12th April the finish & award ceremony will take place in Ouarzazate. The airport of Marrakech is just around the corner. The day after the rally, you can be home.
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