Safari Rally Route 2024

The Safari Rally Route 2024 is a very different beast from when it was run in 2002.  Run on open roads, each crew was required to have a dedicated helicopter to fly ahead and warn of any obstacles such as wildlife and incredibly other road users. 

The Safari Rally was an endurance event with individual stages over 100 km and an overall rally length of over 1000 km. The gaps between the cars by the end of the rally were usually measurable in minutes rather than seconds or even 10ths of seconds as it is now.  The last time the rally was run in the World Rally Championship in 2002 was won by the one and only Colin McRae with Nicky Grist on the notes in the Ford Focus RS WRC 02.

Today the Safari Rally Route 2024 has been updated to fit the modern World Rally Championship format. However, it shares the same character of demanding dirt roads and epic scenery.

The Safari Rally Route 2024 is virtually identical to the 2022 and 2023 safari rallies, apart from a few fairly minor adjustments to some stages the only real difference is the replacement of the Osari stage with the Oserengoni stage. Though, these tweaks to the format bring the competitive percentage down slightly, from 30% last year to 26% in this years 2024 safari rally. All the stages are located to the North West of Nairobi with the exception of the Kasarani stage in Nairobi itself.