ORIENTEERING

TREKKING

MOUNTAIN BIKING

PADDLING

5 -8 days

±400kms

May/June 2025 - RICHTERSVELD

DIE RATEL.

Richtersveld

A simple, raw, real and challenging, “old school” Adventure Race.

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  • TBC

  • May / June 2025

    Exact timing still to come.

  • Approx. 400kms. A big challenge, a radical adventure. Unrivalled.

    Disciplines and percentage distances may vary per race.

    Mountain biking = Approx 60-70% of total distance

    Trekking/Hiking = Approx 25-35% of total distance

    Kayaking = Approx 5-15% of total distance

    Ropework too.

    There may be added disciplines too…

  • Richtersveld, South Africa.

  • More to come, subscribe to our newsletter to stay tuned.

  • Boats will be provided

  • Mandatory list HERE

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    • At least two members of the team must be capable of navigating by compass (JOIN US for some nav courses) and map during the day and night. The team must be able to orientate a map, take a bearing between two points on a map, and understand the impact of magnetic declination.

    • The teams must be able to describe what your team will do if it became lost.

    • All team members must be suitably competent in all the disciplines included in the event as specified by the race organizer and be able to complete the event without any assistance from any person other than their own team members.

    • Swim 100 m of any stroke.

    • By entering this event, teams acknowledge that they are competent in all skills as stated above to complete such an event.

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  • If you want to be a pivotal part of the race but not race itself, click HERE for more

    Or contact Robert at: +27 72 602 2418 or mail at nfnfadventures@gmail.com

    We will contribute to Volunteers cost where possible.

    Accommodation will be provided.

  • Click HERE for race rules and additional info.

  • The ARWS Africa Circuit is a collection of the best mid-distance adventure races in the Africa region. Event organisers set unique courses to test athletes over 125-250km of non-stop day and night racing in the disciplines of trekking, mountain biking, kayaking, and navigation. Participating teams earn points towards their AR Regional Ranking and the winner of each round gains entry to the ARWS Africa Championship. The series winner of the Regional Championship gains and entry to the global Adventure Racing World Championship.

    More about the Africa series, click HERE.

    More about the world series, click HERE.

    NFNF is the 3rd race within the 2024 series.

  • Click HERE for terms & conditions