Bruce Viaene/Expedition Africa
The Adventure Racing World Championships are coming to Africa for the first time in 2023.
The event will be hosted by Expedition Africa, and held in the Kouga region of the Eastern Cape in October next year.
The race will be the 18th Adventure Racing World Championships, and the first to be held on the African continent.
The 700km race will be the culmination of the 2023 Adventure Racing World Series, which unites in competition the world's best endurance athletes at the premier expedition adventure races around the world.
The Race Directors of Expedition Africa, Stephan and Heidi Muller, recently launched the 'Adventure Racing World Championships Kouga 2023' at the Lombardi Game Farm, which works in Rhino conservation.
"We are honoured and delighted to be chosen by the Adventure Racing World Series to host the most prestigious race on the adventure racing calendar," said Heidi Muller.
"When we staged our first Expedition Africa 11 years ago, we never dreamed of this, and over those 10 races we have met wonderful athletes and teams from all around the world.
"Our race is always as much about the people as the place, and it has become a global family. We want them all to share in our African World Championship in Kouga next year. It will be a celebration of all that is good about adventure racing; exploration, achievement, teamwork and connecting people from around the world."
"We believe the variety of landscapes, coastlines, wildlife and peoples which teams will experience in the Eastern Cape will make the race a fitting and memorable World Championship for our roughly 600 competitors," said Stephan Muller.
The Kouga Local Municipality and the Sarah Baartman Municipality will host the race and the venue will be the Cape St. Francis Resort.
www.expafrica.net
www.arworldseries.com
