Cross Egypt challenge
rules & regulations
The minimum safety gear required for Cross Egypt Challenge is:
For motorcycle riders: full face solid black helmet, motorcycle safety jacket, and protective gloves.
For scooter riders: full face solid black helmet, and protective gloves.
We encourage you to protect yourself while riding and wear extra protective gear like body armor, protective pants, or protective jackets.
Since it is difficult for international participants to ship their motorcycles or scooters to Egypt, CEC has a motorcycle and scooter rental option for international participants. We provide 3 categories of bikes:
- 150cc Scooter
SYM Fiddle II automatic transmission, 2024 or recent models - 600cc Motorcycle
Honda Hornet or similar, 2003 to 2010 models - 1000cc Motorcycle
Honda Varadero XLV or similar, 2000 to 2006 models
Pillion riders are only allowed during Cross Egypt Challenge on big motorcycles with engine capacity of 1000cc or more.
The route of Cross Egypt Challenge can get very rough in certain areas, and this requires complete control of your vehicle. Having a pillion passenger on a smaller bike or a scooter will not give you the control required in such tricky and difficult situations.
If you are participating in Cross Egypt Challenge with a smaller bike, or a scooter, your pillion could join you in our comfortable chase vans.
For local riders, in order for your vehicle to pass the technical inspection of Cross Egypt Challenge it must:
- Be a 2 wheeled motorcycle or scooter (3 wheeled vehicles and quad bikes are not allowed).
- If a motorcycle, be 250 cc or above (motorcycles with engines less than 250 cc are not allowed).
- If a scooter, be 150 cc or above (scooters with engines less than 150 cc are not allowed).
- Be registered and holds valid and current license plates.
- Be clean of any branding stickers, any branding stickers will be removed at the technical inspection.
- Be in good condition, both mechanically and physically, scratched vehicles may not pass the technical inspection.
- The participant must be 18 years of age or older (15 years old for accompanying persons).
- The rider must hold a valid motorcycle riding license (for Egyptian participants) or an international riding license with motorcycle endorsement (for International participants).
- The rider must have a minimum experience of 6 months riding motorcycles / scooters.
- The rider must have the physical ability to join Cross Egypt Challenge.
- Participants need to submit their identification and qualifying documents by email to: registration@crossegyptchallenge.com after submitting their participation application to complete the registration process. All documents must be clearly scanned in color and not taken with a phone camera.
faqs
The roads throughout Cross Egypt Challenge are mostly paved, however they vary in condition. We ride on good roads, bad roads, and in very few areas no roads at all. As we ride through remote areas, expect a lot of new road constructions in certain parts of our route. From the feedback we got from our riders in the past seasons, the worst the road condition, the more fun it is to ride on.
Both motorcycles and scooters are allowed to participate in Cross Egypt Challenge. Cross Egypt Challenge may have started as a scooter rally but in recent years, we have had more motorcycles than scooters.
Nope! motorcycles and scooters are split into two different groups and follow different schedules. They both meet at lunch stops, certain fuel stops and arrive to each destination together.
For motorcycles, the average riding speed is 100 km/hour and the maximum speed is 120 km/hour.
For scooters, the average riding speed is 80 km/hour, while the maximum speed is 95 km/hour.
Maximum speeds are achieved only based on viable road conditions and is up to the ride leaders to determine.
Yes, we have an amazing photography team that do their best to cover the event properly. Official photos are shared with the participants and are published to our social media platforms few weeks after the challenge concludes.
Yes, a rider must be 18 years of age or older and an accompanying person (non-riding participant in our chase vans) must be 15 years of age or older in order to participate in Cross Egypt Challenge.
You should plan to pack lightly. Each rider is allowed one piece of luggage at the size of a carry on (22″ x 14″ x 9″ or 56cm x 35cm x 23cm) plus an additional backpack to carry on their motorcycle or scooter so plan accordingly. A swimsuit and sun glasses are a must for any visit to Egypt as you will get plenty of chances to have a dip in the Mediterranean sea, the Red sea or at hotel swimming pools. Some warm clothing is advised as it tend to get cold at night in desert areas.
Depending on the number of kilometers that we have to ride in any given day, we usually arrive to our destinations in the early afternoon, allowing few hours for the riders to wander around town before it gets dark. Our travel partners offer optional guided tours in some destinations that you may want to consider as well.
A minimum of a full face helmet and safety gloves are required for participation in Cross Egypt Challenge. Extra safety gear such as riding jacket, protective pants or body armors are strongly recommended but are not required.
Absolutely. We have had wonderful female participants in all the past seasons of Cross Egypt Challenge. Our organizing team even include many amazing young women.
Rally riding experience is not necessary, however scooter or motorcycle riding experience is mandatory.
All riding participants must have a minimum experience of 6 months riding motorcycles / scooters.
Nope, although Egypt is a Muslim country, but women have the choice to cover their hair or not.
