GlobalLimits São Tomé - The Hemisphere Crossing
Trail running
200 km
About the event
200 km – 6 stages
+6.000m / - 6.000m
The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea offer a glimpse into forgotten plantations, elegantly built colonial houses, the spectacular tubular Pico Cão Grande, colorful natural beauty in the jungle, and unspoiled beaches.
The race is an unique challenge to run through the archipelago, crossing cocoa and coffee plantations, witnessing the island’s unusual histories, and camping on idyllic beaches where five species of marine turtles still lay their eggs when in season.
Of course, the race finishes at the Equator Line – São Tomé is the closest country on earth to the coordinates 0°N 0°E - where the equator crosses the 0° meridian.
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The Course is mainly on off-road trails with partly rocky or grass ground, gravel or forest soil. Only in very few cases will there be asphalted ground.
The course is mostly profiled with some modest ascent and descents.
You will pass through numerous small villages, lonely beaches, cocoa-, coffee- and palm oil plantations during the race.
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The Course is mainly on off-road trails with partly rocky or grass ground, gravel or forest soil. Only in very few cases will there be asphalted ground. The course is mostly profiled with some modest ascent and descents. You will pass through numerous small villages, lonely beaches, cocoa-, coffee- and palm oil plantations during the race. Camp 1 Located approx. 45mins west of São Tomé City in the botanical garden of the largest plantation of São Tomé "Roca Agostinho Neto" Stage 1 approx. 36km Camp 2 In the school of Monte Café, the most special coffee plantation of São Tomé Stage 2 approx. 31km Camp 3 In the "Pousada Bombain" Stage 3 approx. 29km Camp 4 in a small fishermen village next to the sea Stage 4 approx. 59km Camp 5 on the beach "Praia Grande" with a spectacular view to the Pico Cão Grande Stage 5 approx. 28km Camp 6 on the beach " Praia Piscina" Stage 6 approx. 16km, after 10km you will be ferried to the small island Ilheu das Rolas where you run the final 6km to finish exactly at the equator line
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Sao Tome and PrincipeFinish address
São Tomé und PríncipeWhat’s included in entry
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