Billy Goat Garage

If you want to experience adventure, learning and disconnection and enjoy the world of “Motorcycle Tourism” to its full extent, join our BillyGoatGarage® proposal and ride with the motorcycle that defines you and you so carefully picked.

We offer you a weekend dedicated to Trail, where you will learn pilotage and navigation techniques on your own motorcycle, guided by professional first level instructors. All of this while under the border of the Cabo de Gata natural park, in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage®, where we have our operation base, with all facilities and only 500 meters away from one of the wildest beaches in the mediterranean coast, which turns it into a strategic point for driving the motorcycle routes, visiting the incredible beaches and enjoying the local culture and food.

• Driving and navigation lesson with Gerard Farrés / Marc Solà.

• Route lead by Gerard Farrés / Marc Solà.

• 24 hour Road Assistance.

• Lugagge storage.

• 2 Night Half Board accommodation.

Learn to take full advantage of your motorcycle and experience the incredible Dakar pilot techniques, all this while enjoying the best landcapes and gastronomy.

Share your experience with the experts staying at the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® and listen to their advice to improve your technique.

Training: BillyGoatGarage® has a training classroom equiped with all the necessary audiovisual tools for a proper theoretic explanation, as well as a fully equiped garage for the teaching of mechanics. We also have an extensive training area with all kinds of surfaces and obstacles.

Pilots: All pilots will be able to rent complementary KTM Rally 2018 equipment.

Media: We perform Drone and stationary camera filming during training and guided routes (optional).

Let us know if you want to bring someone with you.

BillyGoatGarage® training is led by Gerard Farrés, known expert in the Raid world, with whom we will encompass various subjects such as:

• Trail Iniciation.
• Pilotage techniques.
• GPS and Road Book navigation (official Dakar instrumentation).
• Practical mechanics.

BillyGoatGarage® routes are thoroughly designed with the maximum expertise, eficciency and detail. They are constantly inspected and revised to make sure that we always have the best motorcycle roads available.

Our guides Gerard Farrés and Marc Solà, besides being expert motorcyclists, are passionate, fun and trustworthy people with a clear goal: making sure that the client has the maximum enjoyment, under a complete security regime.

20:00 hours. Arrival and check-in to Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage®.

20:30 hours. Welcome briefing from BillyGoatGarage® technical staff.

The team will provide you with information for the weekend lessons and routes.

21:00 hours. Dinner in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® restaurant, with all participants.

Our goal is to create the best environment inside and outside the Trail activities.

08:00 hours. Breakfast in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® Rodalquilar restaurant.

09:00 hours. Start of the formation course. After Breakfast, we will prepare the equipment and start the course.

13:30 hours. Cabo de Gata Natural Park route.

Time to recover and rest a bit.

16:00 hours. Guided route. Time to put everything we learned to practice. Driving and navigation tecniques with official Dakar instruments. 200 Km route approximately, combining mountain roads, highways and even sand tracks.

19:00 hours. Resting and wrapping up the day. After an intense day, we return to the Hotel to rest.

21:00 hours. Dinner in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® restaurant.

It’s time to chat, discuss our daily achievements and relax while having dinner. It is also possible to enjoy our swimming pool and bar.

08:00 hours. Breakfast in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® restaurant.

10:00 hours. Start of the guided route. After breakfast we will begin our second journey where we will continue to put in practice what we learned; navigation techniques, more curves, more roads and more sand!

14:00 hours. Lunch. It is time to return to our base and recover energy. A good way to wrap up an excellent weekend full of emotions.

16:00 hours. Parting. End the weekend with all your objectives accomplished.

• Virtual Guide. You will find an extensive list of routes at your disposal, perfectly described and arranged by type of road, lenght and difficulty level in our BillyGoatGarage® mobile application.

• 24 hour road assistance.

• Luggage storage.

• Total risk insurance.

• Complete KTM Rally 2017 equipment for the pilot.

• GPS Tripy II rutometer.

• Current Passport/ID, motorcycle driving license and credit card.
• International driving license for non members of the European Union.
• Being at least 25 years old.
• Having your driving license for at least 2 years.

Companion: as an additional service, we have complete KTM Rally 2017 equipment.

• Helmet + Gloves.
• Jacket.
• Pants.
• Boots.
• Complete equipment

The acquisition of this product implies accepting the Contract Terms. Please read them before acquiring this experience.

• 24 hour KTM 1090 Adventure R 2018 rental.
• Includes a maximum of 300 Km per day (0,30€ for each additional Km).
• Road use only.
• 1 Night Half Board accommodation included.

• Current Passport/ID, motorcycle driving license and credit card.
• International driving license for non members of the European Union.
• Being at least 25 years old.
• Having your driving license for at least 2 years.

Companion: as an additional service, we have complete KTM Rally 2017 equipment.

• Helmet + Gloves.
• Jacket.
• Pants.
• Boots.
• Complete equipment

The acquisition of this product implies accepting the Contract Terms. Please read them before acquiring this experience.

If you want to experience adventure, learning and disconnection and enjoy the world of “Motorcycle Tourism” to its full extent, join our BillyGoatGarage® Weekend proposal.

We offer you a weekend dedicated to Trail, where you will learn pilotage and navigation techniques, guided by professional first level instructors. We will explore the possibilities that the most technological Maxitrail in the market has to offer, from mountain roads to sand tracks. All of this while under the border of the Cabo de Gata natural park, in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage®, where we have our operation base, with all facilities and only 500 meters away from one of the wildest beaches in the mediterranean coast, which turns it into a strategic point for driving the motorcycle routes, visiting the incredible beaches and enjoying the local culture and food.

We are aware that not all travelers go alone, that is why we created an activity program for companions. There are two different ways to enjoy the experience, either as a pilot or as a companion.

• One Driving and Navigation lesson given by Gerard Farrés / Jordi Arcarons.

• Two Routes led by Gerard Farrés / Jordi Arcarons (Saturdays and Sundays).

• 24 Hour road assistance.

• Luggage storage.

• Total risk insurance.

• GPS Tripy II routometer.

• Complete KTM Rally equipment.

• 2 Night Half Board accommodation.

• Transportation from the Almería Airport

Experience the possibilities that one of the most technological Maxitrails in the market has to offer (KTM 1090 Adventure R), Road and Off-Road, and discover all official world Raid navigation instruments available to the pilots while enjoying landscapes, food and good company.

Training: BillyGoatGarage® has a training classroom equipped with all the necessary audiovisual tools for a proper theoretic explanation, as well as a fully equipped garage for the teaching of mechanics. We also have an extensive training area with all kinds of surfaces and obstacles.

Motorcycles: We will have eight KTM 1090 Adventure R 2018 equipped with the GPS Routometer Tripy II (same model used in world Raid competitions) at our disposal for both the training part and the guided routes. We will be using the new Pirelli Scorpion STR tires.

Pilots: All pilots will have complete KTM Rally 2018 equipment at their disposition.

Media: We perform Drone and stationary camera filming during training and guided routes (optional).

Let us know if you want to bring someone with you.

BillyGoatGarage® training is led by Jordi Arcarons, known expert in the Raid world, with whom we will encompass various subjects such as:

• Trail Initiation.
• Pilotage techniques.
• GPS and Road Book navigation (official Dakar instrumentation).
• Practical mechanics.

BillyGoatGarage® routes are thoroughly designed with the maximum expertise, efficiency and detail. They are constantly inspected and revised to make sure that we always have the best motorcycle roads available.

Our guides Jordi Arcarons y Gerard Farrés, besides being expert motorcyclists, are passionate, fun and trustworthy people with a clear goal: making sure that the client has the maximum enjoyment, under a complete security regime.

20:00 hours. Arrival and check-in to Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage®.

Transportation from Almería Airport is also available

20:30 hours. Welcome briefing from BillyGoatGarage® technical staff.

The team will provide you with information for the weekend lessons and routes.

21:00 hours. Dinner in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® restaurant, with all participants.

Our goal is to create the best environment inside and outside the Trail activities.

08:00 hours. Breakfast in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® Rodalquilar restaurant.

09:00 hours. Start of the formation course. After Breakfast, we will prepare the equipment and start the course.

13:30 hours. Cabo de Gata Natural Park route.

Time to recover and rest a bit.

16:00 hours. Guided route. Time to put everything we learned to practice. Driving and navigation tecniques with official Dakar instruments. 200 Km route approximately, combining mountain roads, highways and even sand tracks.

19:00 hours. Resting and wrapping up the day. After an intense day, we return to the Hotel to rest.

21:00 hours. Dinner in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® restaurant.

It’s time to chat, discuss our daily achievements and relax while having dinner. It is also possible to enjoy our swimming pool and bar.

08:00 hours. Breakfast in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® restaurant.

10:00 hours. Start of the guided route. After breakfast we will begin our second journey where we will continue to put in practice what we learned; navigation techniques, more curves, more roads and more sand!

14:00 hours. Lunch. It is time to return to our base and recover energy. A good way to wrap up an excellent weekend full of emotions.

16:00 hours. Parting. End the weekend with all your objectives accomplished.

Every adventure starts with a dream, and you will not forget the dream you will live between Spain and Morocco.

From the Almerian desert and virgin beaches of Cabo de Gata, to the occidental Sahara desert; a complete route, fully centered in the Trail world and nomadic spirit that will let you enjoy unforgettable landscapes that you have never seen before.

After our first meeting in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage®, we will head by road to one of the coast points from where we will cross the strait to Africa by Ferry.

Once we arrive to the African continent we will drive through roads and highways until, after approximately 600 Kms, we reach the heart of the desert, where we will experiment piloting on dunes, fast tracks, off-roads, sand rivers and roads where numerous African Dakar editions have been held. We will learn to use navigation tools and will experience the magic of a night in the desert, with the guidance of Jordi Arcarons, a Dakar legend. We will share an amazing experience from the first to the last day.

• One Driving and Navigation lesson given by Gerard Farrés / Jordi Arcarons.
• Two Routes led by Gerard Farrés / Jordi Arcarons (Saturdays and Sundays).
• 24 Hour road assistance.
• Luggage storage.
• Total risk insurance.
• GPS Tripy II routometer.
• Complete KTM Rally equipment.
• Transportation from the Almería Airport.
• Half Board stay in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage®.
• Half Board stay in the Hotel Xaluca.
• Half Board stay in the deluxe camp “Ali el cojo”.
• Stay in the Hotel Kasbah Tumbuctu.
• All of the routes specified in the itinerary.
• Guided Instruction by Jordi Arcarons.
• Ferry peninsula-Melilla-peninsula.

Experience a Raid pilot’s sensations: crossing dunes, sand rivers, fast tracks and the complexity of navigating with RoadBook.

Benefit from the trip from a touristic point of view as well, get to know Almeria from every angle (beaches, gastronomy, culture, etc) and Morocco’s most rural essence (from the Erg Chebbi desert to the local markets and astonishing restaurants in the south area).

Assistance vehicle: We will have an assistance vehicle available, which will transport the luggage and all necessary supplies for the trip.

Motorcycles: For the Almería-Erfoud and Erfoud-Almería route, we will have seven KTM 1090 Adventure R 2018 to our disposal, equipped with the GPS Routometer Tripy II (same model is used in world Raid competitions). We will be using the new Pirelli Scorpion STR tires.

For the Morocco desert routes, we will have seven Yamaha WR 450cc 2017 available, equipped with RoadBook and GPS ERTF Raid system.

Pilots: All pilots will have complete KTM Rally 2017 equipment.

Media: We perform Drone and stationary camera filming during training and guided routes (optional).

Jordi Arcarons, renown expert in the Trail world, will be our guide and instructor, and will give us the opportunity to discover:

• Pilotage techniques in dunes and sand.
• RoadBook reading and interpretation.
• RoadBook and Waypoints GPS navigation.

BillyGoatGarage® routes are thoroughly designed with the maximum expertise, efficiency and detail. They are constantly inspected and revised to make sure that we always have the best motorcycle roads available. We will drive through asphalt, sand and rock tracks, sand rivers, dunes and roads where numerous African Dakar editions have been held.

Our guides, besides being expert motorcyclists, are passionate, fun and trustworthy people with a clear goal: making sure that the client has the maximum enjoyment, under a complete security regime. With them we will travel from Almería to Erfourd, and when we arrive to the desert, fall into the hands of a legend like Jordi Arcarons.

Points not included:

• International and national flights.
• VISA or fees required to enter Morocco and Spain.
• Drinks.
• Food.
• Optional excursions.
• Any activity not specified in the “Includes” section.

20:00 hours. Arrival and check-in at the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® on the client’s behalf.

After the clients set up their room, the briefing and presentation of the route will be carried out.

21:00 hours. Dinner in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® restaurant.

08:00 hours. Breakfast in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® Rodalquilar restaurant.

09:00 hours. Start of the formation course. After Breakfast, we will prepare the equipment and start the course.

13:30 hours. Cabo de Gata Natural Park route.

Time to recover and rest a bit.

16:00 hours. Guided route. Time to put everything we learned to practice. Driving and navigation tecniques with official Dakar instruments. 200 Km route approximately, combining mountain roads, highways and even sand tracks.

19:00 hours. Resting and wrapping up the day. After an intense day, we return to the Hotel to rest.

21:00 hours. Dinner in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® restaurant.

It’s time to chat, discuss our daily achievements and relax while having dinner. It is also possible to enjoy our swimming pool and bar.

Breakfast in the Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage® restaurant.

Boarding.

Ferry trip.

Border crossing.

Start of the route towards Erfourd.

Check-in at the Hotel Xaluca.

Dinner at the Hotel Xaluca restaurant.

07:30 hours. Breakfast at the Hotel Xaluca restaurant.

08:30 hours. Stage ERFOUD-OASIS SAFH-TISERDEMINE-ERG CHEBBI 200 Km “Deluxe Ali Camp”. Fast tracks, off-roads, sand rivers, dunes.

19:00 hours. Day wrap up.

21:00 hours. Dinner at the deluxe camp “Ali el cojo”.

07:30 hours. Breakfast at the deluxe camp “Ali el cojo”.

08:30 hours. Stage ERG-CHEBBI-ERG ZNEGUI-MERZOUGA 150 Km “Hotel Kasbah Tumbuctu”.

Erg Chebbi Dunes, pilotage tracks, sand rivers, Znegui dunes.

19:00 hours. End of the day.

21:00 hours. Dinner at Hotel Kasbah Tumbuctu.

07:30 hours. Breakfast at Kasbah Tumbuctu.

08:30 hours. Stage ERFOUD-JORF-RISANI-ERFOUD 180 Km “Hotel Xaluca”.

Desert of Karim, off-road, fast roads, Risani market visit, lunch at Kasbah Said.

19:00 hours. End of journey.

21:00 hours. Dinner at Hotel Xaluca.

07:30 hours. Breakfast at Hotel Xaluca restaurant.

08:30 hours. Route towards Nador.

Border crossing.

Ferry trip.

Disembarkation.

Route towards Hotel Boutique BillyGoatGarage®.

End of the trip.