GREAT ADVENTURES WITH GREAT PEOPLE
The Real Way to Dakar by Intercontinental Rally is adventure at its pure form. Navigating the desert in your own vehicle and reaching the shore of Lac Rose, Dakar is a journey packed with challenges. Challenges that you can practice and prepare for and make sure you are well equipped for. But when you are in the tracks, you are fully depending on your skills, your team and your equipment. If you fail in one of these parameters, you will not make it to Dakar, so the stakes are high.
Adventure creates lasting memories as does great people. Both those people you meet as part of the rally as well as the local people and their tremendous hospitality.
The adventures we create together fuels our ambition of creating an even better rally experience year after year.
The Story Behind
After the famous Dakar Rally moved outside of the African continent in 2009 the founder of the Intercontinental Rally, Jiri Vasatko, decided to organize his own rally. The Intercontinental Rally should go in the wake of Thierry Sabine and be a rally where all kinds of the participants could come and get a true rally experience. Very much like the Dakar Rally in 1979-1989.
Today the Intercontinental Rally – now The Real Way to Dakar – is an annual off-road competition and adventure rally for motor enthusiasts. During the past 10 years the rally has steadily grown in size and recognition. But we don’t want to let go of the fact that it should be possible for everyone to get the experience of joining us in the race to Dakar.
The People Behind
Thomas Roland is an experienced rally rider who has personally completed The Real Way to Dakar. Each year, he organizes motocycle events across Europe, combining his passion for adventure with solid logistical expertise and hands-on rally experience. A trained pilot and long-time entrepreneur specializing in leadership training, he brings strong planning and organizational skills to The Real Way to Dakar, where he oversees camps, catering, routes and participant services.
Petur Gotfredsson served in the Danish armed forces for over a decade, gaining extensive experience in mission planning, leadership and operational execution. He has participated in several expeditions, including 4WD and solo ocean sailing, and co-founded the first Outdoor Adventure High School in the Faroe Islands. Petur is responsible for the overall planning and execution of The Real Way to Dakar, ensuring each stage of the rally is well organized and safely executed.
Thomas and Petur are carrying on the spirit and passion for adventure from Jacob Ilskov and Kasper van Deurs, who have run The Real Way to Dakar since 2019.
The Real Way to Dakar
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