The organizers of Safari Rally Kenya announced the route of their event which will be held on March 20-23.
More specifically, the recce will last four days starting on Monday 17 March and ending on Thursday 20 March while the Shakedown session will be held on Wednesday 19 March. The autograph session will take place in Nairobi on Thursday at 10:15 local time and afterwards a family photo will be taken. Another autograph session will be held the same day for the fans at Rally Village at the Vineyards after the end of super special stage in Kasarani. The action will conclude with the pass from Mzabibu at 15:5 local time.
The real action starts on Friday with four repeated stages and 159,06 kilometers in length. "Camp Moran" is the opening stage of both loops and is a brand-new stage with 32,20Km which is also the longest stage of the rally. The crews will head to "Loldia" and to "Geothermal" at the end of "Camp Moran" while the morning and the afternoon loop will conclude with "Kedong".
Saturday contains six stages and 147,02Km. "Sleeping Warrior" is the first stage of Saturday with 26,88Km and the action continues with "Elmenteita". "Soysambu" is the final stage of both loops with 29,32Km which means that it is the longest stage of the day.
The final day includes five stages and 65,87 kilometers in distance. Sunday will start with "Orensegoni" and "Hell's Gate" while afterwards the crews will pass from "Mzabibu" for the second time. The penulatimate stage of the rally is the second pass from "Oresengoni" which is the longest stage of the day with 18,33Km. The second run from "Hell's Gate" will host the Powerstage where it will define which crews are the top at the PS and the SuperSunday standings. At the end of PS, the three winning crews will receive their trophies during the podium ceremony.
Totally, this year's Safari Rally Kenya includes 21 stages and 384,86 competitive kilometers.
Photo Credits: M-Sport
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