Mongol Rally
2020

Mongol Rally

There are only 3 Rules:

Team

Each team is on its own on the way to Mongolia. It will not get any external help from the event organicers.

Engine

The rally car is only allowed to have at maximum a 1.2 liter engine.

Donation

Each team should gather at least 600 £ (~ 750 Chf ) in donations for a charity.

Mongol Rally

The aim of the Mongol Rally is to drive to the south of Russia to a city called Ulan-Ude. The end point of the Rally used to be in the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, hence the name Mongol Rally. Due to different reasons the finishing line was moved to Russia. The start of the Rally is usually in Great Britian or in the Czech Republic. Each year roughly 400 Teams participate. The rally car is only allowed to maximally have a 1.2l engine. The older the car, the better. The aim of the Rally is not to be the first at the finishing line, but instead the adventure and gathering atleast 600 £ and donating it to a charity. The collected money by each team will go to the charity Cool Earth. Cool Earth tries to minimize global warming, by saving the rain forest from deforestation . Furthermore they also support local communities and tribes, who live in these forests and are dependent on it.

Route

The planned route would lead us through the listed countries. The trip to Mongolia from Switzerland is roughly 14’500 km. Once in Mongolia we plan to drive back to Europe through Russia. We calculated a total journey of around 24’000 km.

Sadly the Mongol Rally 2020 had to be cancelled due to Corona. As all borders we locked and Covid was in full swing travelling through multiple countries by car was not possible.

Switzerland
Germany
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Hungary
Serbia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Iran
Turkmensitan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
Russia
Mongolia

Covid

The first appearances of Covid were at the end of 2019 in China. By March 2020 we were still optimistic, that this would be just a minor flu and that the Mongol Rally would still be possible to take part in. We had already bought the first Visa for Tajikistan. But in the coming weaks it was clear to us, that the Rally would be possible to do in 2020. Instead we drove over the mountain roads in Switzerland.

Instead of adventure we had to stay in Switzerland and stay at home, wear masks and wash our hands. Once the restrictions within Switzerland was lowered a bit, we drove with our Justy over the mountain roads in Switzerland.