By OUR CORRESPONDENT
The 2025 edition of WRC Safari Rally Kenya will double up as Kenya’s round of the FIA African Rally Championship (ARC) from March 20-23.
The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) event will traverse world-famous Safari terrains in Nakuru and Nairobi counties as part of the opening round of the 2025 continental ARC series.
Safari Rally will also count towards the opening round of the six-leg 2025 Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC) to be held in various parts of the country.
WRC Safari 2025 replaces the ARC Equator Rally which returned as Kenya’s round of the FIA continental series in 2021.
Equator has previously served as Kenya’s round of the iconic ARC series but became defunct for donkey’s years when Safari was relegated to ARC status in 2003.
With Safari regaining its WRC status in 2020, Kenya revived the Equator to fill the void left behind by the fabled African rally-sport fixture.
The ARC series is FIA’s regional rally series that will also feature prestigious African fixtures; among them Rally Tanzania, Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally (POAUR) and Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally (RMGR).
Rallye International du Burundi is back on the continental calendar for the third year running since joining the ARC schedule in 2023.
The goal of the WRC Safari Rally is to increase the number of African participants in the sport and create a platform for them to compete with the best in the world.
The WRC calendar 2025 will feature all-new stops in Spain, Paraguay, and Saudi Arabia, highlighting a spectacular 14-round.
2025 FIA African Rally Championship-ARC
20 – 23 March: Safari Rally Kenya
10-11 May: Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally (POAUR)
16-17. August: Rallye International du Burundi
20-21 September: Rally of Tanzania
25-26 October: Mountain Gorilla Rally – Rwanda
KENYA NATIONAL RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP-KNRC
20 – 23 March: KNRC 1 -Safari Rally Kenya
19-20 April: KNRC2 -TBC
7-8 June: KNRC 3 – RSC Rally
19-20 July: KNRC 4 – RVMSC (Nakuru Rally)
4-5 October KNRC 5 – SUC (Guru Nanak Rally)
15-16 November KNRC6 – KMSC Rally
2025 FIA World Rally Championship-WRC
23 – 26 January: Rallye Monte-Carlo (Monaco)
13 – 16 February: Rally Sweden
20 – 23 March: Safari Rally Kenya
24 – 27 April: Rally Islas Canarias (Spain)
15 – 18 May: Vodafone Rally de Portugal
05 – 08 June: Rally Italia Sardegna
26 – 29 June: EKO Acropolis Rally Greece
17 – 20 July: Delfi Rally Estonia
31 July – 03 Aug: Secto Rally Finland
28 – 31 August: Rally del Paraguay
11 – 14 September: Rally Chile Bio Bío
16 – 19 October: Central European Rally
06 – 09 November: FORUM8 Rally Japan
27 – 30 November: Rally Saudi Arabia
