WHAT IS THIS BAMAKO SUMMER?

It is a fun European road trip from Tallin, Estonia to Mohacs, Hungary. It’s an open source, community road trip. It means that there are no entry fees, no registrations and the roadbook is available for everyone to download. Just like on the Budapest-Bamako there are daily stages and there are nightly finish points and campgrounds and hotels. This is where the fun starts. The Bamako Summer is a place meet new friends and hang out with old ones in these camps. At every stage end we will allocate and official hotel and an official campground. 

WHAT DOES JOINING ANYWHERE MEAN AND WHAT IS THE ROUTE?

We will publish the exact route a few weeks before the rally in our roadbook, which will be available to everyone. You’re free to join the tour at any of the nightly camps and continue with the group from there. For example, if you’re based in Slovakia and would like to take part in the Slovakia – Hungary leg for two or three nights, you can join the rally at the Košice campground. Or you might prefer to come just for the final day in Mohács – it’s entirely up to you.

The route will pass through Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary, with the rally finishing at the Fish Soup Cooking World Championship in Mohács, Hungary. We’ve always had a soft spot for unusual events.

CAN ANYONE ENTER?

Yes. The motto is the same. Anyone. By Anything. By Any Means. For the Bamako Summer this applies even more. There is no registration and there is no entry fee. You just show up.

WILL THERE BE MEDICS & BRIEFINGS?

No and no. Medical emergency services will be available in each of these countries by dialing 112. You are responsible for having your own travel insurance. Instead of daily briefings we will set up a Whatsapp Group.

HOW DO WE GET OUR NUMBER STICKERS?

We will upload a number design to our website, which you can download and add your number to it. Take it to a printer, print it and put it on your car. It’s total DIY.

CAN WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE ROADBOOK?

The roadbook will be a community written Wikipedia like concept. We’ve never done anything like that, but we know that there are people in the group who know the woods of Latvia  or the hidden dirt roads of Slovakia better than us. So we’re asking participants who help contribute to the roadbook by covering a section that they are familiar with. Join our roadbook writing team.

BAMAKO EXTREME ANNOUNCEMENT ON JULY 18 IN MOHACS

We will host a big finish line party in Mohacs as part of the Fish Soup Cooking World Championship. Mohacs will also be the place where we will reveal the exact route of the 2027 Bamako Extreme.