For the ninth year in a row, the "Cross Egypt Challenge" motorcycle rally has begun a journey of adventure and contemplation around Egypt's most famous tourist cities, setting off from Alexandria and ending at the Giza Pyramids on Saturday, October 26.
The rally set off on Thursday, October 17, from Alexandria with 36 participants of 8 different nationalities from Canada, Switzerland, Australia, the United States, Peru, South Africa, Britain and Egypt. Their program includes riding motorcycles and scooters between Cairo, Minya, Luxor, south Marsa Alam, Hurghada, El Gouna, Ain Sokhna and Giza, with time set aside to visit the most important tourist landmarks in each governorate.
Ahmed El-Zoghby, the rally's general organizer, explained that the "Cross Egypt Challenge" carries a message to the entire world that Egypt is safe to visit at any time, and that the best evidence of this is the participation of multiple nationalities in the rally. He said they are continuing their adventure until Saturday, covering a distance of 2,350 km to reach Giza.
According to the Egyptian Streets website, the rally is accompanied by an operations team, a technical and mechanical support team, a medical team, a mobile kitchen, a fuel station and mobile tank, and a workshop to ensure the necessary needs of the riders and support teams are met.
The rally, which began in 2011, is the first of its kind in the Middle East as an international tourism gathering exclusively for motorcycles and scooters. It is organized annually under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Alexandria Cosmopolitan, the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority and the Central Administration of Tourism and Resorts in Alexandria.
