La Boucle de l'Étoile 2025

Ready for an unforgettable adventure under the starry sky of Morocco? 🌌 If so, La Boucle de l'Étoile (The Star Loop) in the Oriental Desert in the northeastern part of the country is the perfect event for you! 🎽 We hope you're not afraid of getting your feet in the golden sand because you'll be traversing routes across the desert! 🇲🇦

Routes? Oh yes, let us explain, there are 3 distances for trekking, trail running, and ultra-trail running available: an 84 km Trek for walkers, a Trail of the same distance for runners, a 104 km ultra-trail for athletes, and 126 km for ultra-athletes! No worries, these are stage races! We call them loops! For each one, you have three days to complete all the kilometers 🤩. To give you an idea, whether you are walking or doing the 84 km trail, you'll have completed the equivalent of 2 marathons in 3 days, and the 126 km ultra-trail represents the equivalent of 2 marathons! 😱 So, are you impressed? Trail runners and walkers can coexist with athletes in this versatile event, allowing participants of all fitness levels to discover the astonishing beauty of the Oriental Desert region!

Trail and Trek of 84 km 😎:

• Day 1: 32 km
• Day 2: 20 km
• Day 3: 32 km

Trail of 104 km ✌️:

• Day 1: 32 km
• Day 2: 40 km
• Day 3: 32 km

Trail of 126 km 🕺:

• Day 1: 32 km
• Day 2: 62 km
• Day 3: 32 km

Each night, you'll return to the camp 🏕️ to share dinner and enjoy the comfort of mattresses and tents to rejuvenate 😴. It's not just a race, it's an experience! A race for the 84 km, 104 km, and 126 km but an experience for the 84 km walkers! 🏃‍♂️ In this pristine environment, untouched by human footprints, you'll take trails, cross dunes, walk on a lake... and encounter various natural terrains! 🌾 You'll discover breathtaking landscapes, canyons, and red dunes, and there's more we aren't telling you! 🤫 Thanks to the organizing team composed of certified professionals, you won't have to worry about a thing 📚. You'll be picked up directly from Oujda airport and taken to the camp 🔥. Courses and the camp are secured and monitored 24/7! 🔦 The courses are managed by a team of high-altitude guides and assistant guides, ensuring maximum safety for every participant 🤠. Aid stations are set up on each loop (hence the name La Boucle de l’Étoile 🌟), offering quality refreshments and unlimited water 🤤. There will be a specialized medical team, including doctors, nurses, osteopaths, and physiotherapists to take care of you 👩‍⚕️.

La Boucle de l’Étoile in the Oriental Desert will give you the opportunity to see the diverse landscapes that Morocco has to offer. The Aïn Tigri Desert Spring 💧, the red sand speckled with green wild grass like emeralds 🌿, canyons, and mountains 🌄 resembling those in Colorado! Yet, you will indeed be in Morocco! A country rich in cultural, artistic, gastronomic, and architectural wealth, with strong ties to our hearts. By taking part in this Trail and Ultra Trail, you are directly contributing to charitable actions organized by La Boucle de l’Étoile ⭐. They focus on health by enabling cancer survivors to join the race, education by providing training and a solid schooling for young people without financial means to secure permanent jobs 🤝. They also address ecology and our planet by cleaning, collecting, and transforming waste into new products. La Boucle de l’Étoile supports the local economy of the Oriental Region! 🌈

So, what are you waiting for to set out on the conquest of the stars? 😉