The Djebelya Grand Raid is an endurance multi-sport event spread over 2,500 km through out Morocco. It is initiated by Mounir Essayegh, a natural sports passionate, and Arnaud Mollaret, horseback riding professor in Casablanca. So for a month, this competition which aims to lead the raiders from a sea to another, using only natural sports, will cross more than 13 provinces in 24 stages. Presented as a "race against oneself" which stresses on endurance, the objective of the raid is also to promote citizen tourism through natural sports. The programme includes events full of audacity and originality, which will respectively the spotlight different sports: kayaking, mountain bike, trek, walking, horseback riding, swimming, etc. The first stage of the raid will consist of a crossing of the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to Tarfaya in kayak. After a series of events organized, for the first part, in the South, followed by others in the North, for the second part of the raid, including the Strait crossing by swimming, the arrival is scheduled for July 28th at the beach of Cabo Negro, on the Mediterranean.
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