A marathon is the runner’s paramount achievement – and The Big Five Marathon is the marathoner’s paramount achievement.

A race so tough, that a participant even calls it “harder than Comrades” – the notorious 88 km race in South Africa.

Read his full description of Big Five Marathon here.

In return for The Big Five Marathon’s toughness, you get truly magnificent scenery and the chance to run with zebras, giraffes and antelopes

– and through the territory of a pack of lions.

You can read everything about the area, the course and results of former races by using the menu above.