For those who love Off Road, two or four wheels, participating in a rally is always a dream. Participating in a rally as the Pharaons is a dream that becomes a reality every year for many people.

In 2012, this dream can become a”double-one”: run the Pharaons and join to Dakar Challenge. The winner of the Dakar Challenge in Pharaons 2012 will receive free engagement to the next Dakar in South America!

Participants at 2012 Pharaons Rally in the Car category can enroll, with no additional cost, to Dakar Challenge: a competition within the competition based on simple rules, reserved for "amateur" drivers who want to challenge the wonderful Egyptian desert to try to reach the south American desert.

This year the Dakar Challenge is restricted to four wheels and is reserved for all competitors who have never participated in the Dakar and that were never featured on FIA ...

From September 29th till October 6th the Pharaohs Rally will run its fifteenth edition. A round trip from the wonderful Pyramids of Giza along almost three thousands kilometers in the Egyptian desert through six unmissable stages.

Even though the world economy goes through an unfavorable moment, it is comforting to be able still to enjoy oneself . And the Pharaons Rally is such a pleasure, which goes on nonstop since fifteen years and it is there on time also this year in front of the Pyramids of Giza, in order to celebrate an important anniversary. These fifteen years have seen many champions competing in Egypt, in a desert that is a real test for men and vehicles, a challenge that’s repeated year after year always more exciting.

Like every year the Pharaons is preparing a track that will make the most romantic ones dream while it does not disappoint the ...

PRESS RELEASE N.2 - MARCH 2012

Only a few days have passed since the opening of inscriptions, and we have already received more than 15 requests from crews for both motorcycles and cars! The interest that this event always arouses is inspiring – not to mention the number of enthusiasts, amateurs and professionals, two wheel and four-wheel, that are anxious to see the mythical Pyramids before they launch themselves into the challenges, the obstacles and the triumphs, of the Ancient Desert.

The Pharaons boasts a favourable date calendar-wise. Our new shipping line will enable the crews to recover their vehicles from the magnificent port of Venice only three days after the finish of the Rally, a feat in itself. Remember that this is the best test to prepare for the grand winter rallies, including the legendary Dakar Rally, on account of the variety of terrain and length of tracks it offers ...

Tradition – and Novelty ... These are the characteristics of the 2012 Pharaons Rally, which is taking place next October 1st (preliminaries from the 29th September). The place is the Plain of Giza, right in front of the Pyramids, in a scenario that no other sporting event in the world can probably dream of matching! Tradition: this is an event that can boast 15 previous editions with the same identical organization, that - with a passion, an assistance, and a professionality everywhere recognized as unique in the world of rallies (TT) – is poised to gratify the participants with a week of thrilling emotions like no other! Still in the key of tradition; all this makes the Pharaons one of the rallies with the greatest number of participants, and one that has received the plaudits of the top grade international media - with, as always, a record of quality of services and a budget of ...

The unreachable leader of Pharaons Rally 2011, Jean-Louis Schlesser is a one of a kind driver. The car creator/designer is more than 60 years old and to acquire victories on his blue Buggy seems to be his hobby. Schlesser collects more than 200 motorsport´s victories, half of it in cross country rally, mainly in Africa: Two memorable Dakar wins and thee in Africa Eco-Race. To these, eight World Cup titles must be added, and once you add all up, you understand that for “the boss”, the legend is written in the black continent.

“One more!” says Schlesser as he gets down of his Buggy stopped in front of the Pyramids, while all microphones and cameras turn to him.

At the end of a flawless week, Jean Louis and Konstantin have left only the rest to other competitors. The first stage was signed by Russian driver Vladimir Vasiliev, all ...