With sand-covered tombs, austere pyramids and towering Pharaonic temples, Egypt brings out the explorer in all of us. Egypt is rich with temples, soaring lotus-bud columns; enormous stone portals laced with delicate carvings, elaborate underground tombs, windswept desert monasteries, and richly decorated mosques. But as extraordinary as these sights are, they will probably not be the things that linger in your memory after you return home. It is exploring them from the back of a motorcycle or a scooter - from the Mediterranean feel of Alexandria to the electric pace of Cairo to the timelessness of desert villages- that is unforgettable.

Cross Egypt Challenge adventure rally not only gives you the opportunity to explore this magnificent country on two wheels, but it also allows you to experience the Egyptian culture first hand and explore destinations and routes that normal tourists don't get to explore.

Cross Egypt Challenge is a series of endurance cross-country motorcycles and scooter rallies conducted through the toughest tracks and roads of Egypt. The series is aiming to promote Egyptian tourism and is running under the supervision of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and the Egyptian Tourism Authority.

The series started in 2011 and the first challenge was a 9 days adventure ride from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea in the North of Egypt to the temple of Abu Simbel, on the southern borders of Egypt with a total distance of over 1700 km. Each following season witnessed a different and more challenging route.

The 2018 season of Cross Egypt Challenge will run between October 11 and 20, 2018 and will include a 2,475 km route that will be completed over 7 stages with two rest days at some of Egypt's finest destinations.

The new route will start from Alexandria, heads east to reach the city of Ismailia on the shores of the Red Sea then go south along the Red Sea Riviera and make stops at El Gouna and and Marsa Alam. After camping by the beach in Marsa Alam, the challenge will then head west to cross the Egyptian Eastern desert - one of the most challenging deserts on the face of the planet due to its rock formation and high mountain range - to reach the Nile valley and the city of Aswan. From Aswan the challenge will head back north again to reach the old city of Luxor, the capital of ancient Egypt and the largest open air museum in the world then make one more stop at Minya before the final leg of the season takes place between Minya and Cairo to end the challenge under the great Pyramids of Giza.

The number of participants in the famous rally has increased over the years from 14 participants back in 2011 to a record breaking 75 participants from 14 different countries in 2015.

We invite you to check out this unique adventure and register to enjoy an unforgettable experience.

The Gettysburg Battle is named for the city in PA around which the battle was fought.  This battle, along with the Vicksburg Battle, was the turning point of the Civil War. Both battles ended the same day on July 1863 with the Union victorious on both fronts. Causalities were very high at Gettysburg on both sides with approximately 51,000, included ~ 13,000 dead. A note on Pickett’s Charge to the center of the Union lines. The Charge began about 3/4mile from the Union lines and required the Confederate soldier to cover over ground while traversing fence rows and ditches going slightly uphill all the way.

Of all the battlefields Gettysburg is the only entire battlefield mostly preserved. This is mostly  due to President Lincoln dedicating the battlefield In Nov 1863. The visitors center here is by far the largest and most elaborate.

All the other battlefields were not designated national parks until the 20century. However, each has a visitor’s center that has excellent presentations of what occurred on that specific location.

Most all other battlefield has seen development encroached on the actual battlefields. The exceptions are: Appomattox, Andersonville and Vicksburg, Appomattox Court House and the McLean House [ where the Lee met Grant and the surrender occurred]. This area is generally preserved but on a smaller scale then occurred on April 1865. Nothing of the Andersonville Prison remains, just the grounds on which it sat and of course a good visitors’ center. Vicksburg occurred on a bluff above the Mississippi River and is not developed but vegetation growth has obscured much.  Nevertheless, a little extra time and prior knowledge allows one to get a real sense of what HELL occurred at each location.

On my trip to visit Civil War Battlefields I visited the following: Vicksburg [Mississippi], Andersonville [Confederate prison for Union soldiers], Kennesaw Chickamauga, Appomattox, the Wilderness, Chancellorsville, Frederiksberg, Antietam and Gettysburg.