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Smara > Bivouac refuge

Competitors leave Smara to be reunited with their assistance crews the following evening. In the meantime, it is time for the formidable marathon-refuge stage: avoiding any mistakes is the absolute rule. Without a support team, competitors must rely on their resourcefulness or the solidarity of their peers to continue their journey. The Dakhla lagoon and its kitesurfing sails will form a distant backdrop to the bivouac, where "khaimas" (pronounced "ra-y-ma"), traditional tents made from hair woven by nomads, will already have been pitched. To experience a traditional Berber night, competitors will first have to tackle another cocktail of old, very little-used sandy tracks, small dunes and vast plateaus. All the ingredients of Morocco's far south, unseen since Bouarfa.