The Camel Trophy was a vehicle-oriented competition that was held annually between 1980 and 2000, and it was best known for its use of Land Rover vehicles over challenging terrain. The event took its name from its main sponsor, the Camel cigarette brand. The Camel Trophy originated in 1980 with three Jeep-equipped German teams exploring the Amazon Basin. After that first event, the organisers turned to Land Rover for support and over the course of the next twenty years, all of the Land Rover vehicle range were used. Range Rover, Land Rover Series III, Land Rover Defender, Land Rover Discovery, and Freelander vehicles all appeared in the distinctive "sandglow" colour scheme.
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Camel Trophy 1987 - Madagascar
1987
Camel Trophy 1988 - Sulawesi
1988
Camel Trophy 1989 - The Amazon
1989
Camel Trophy 1990 - Siberia-U.S.S.R.
1990
Camel Trophy 1991 - Tanzania-Burundi
1991
Camel Trophy 1992 - Guyana
1992
Camel Trophy 1993 - Sabah Malaysia
1993
Camel Trophy 1994 - Argentina Paraguay Chile
1994
Camel Trophy 1995 - Mundo Maya
1995
Camel Trophy 1996 - Kalimantan
1996
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Camel Trophy 1997 - Mongolia
1997
Camel Trophy 1998 - Tierra del Fuego
1998
Camel Trophy - The Land Rover Years
2007
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Mongolia is perceived as one of the most isolated, inaccessible locations in the world. In 1997 it proved a suitably challenging environment for an event billed as the world's greatest adventure challenge - the Camel Trophy. Forty competitors from 20 nations gathered in the modern capital of Ulaanbaatar for the start of Camel '97. From there they took their Land Rover Discoverys over existing roads and tracks through a country of extremes - from the sub-zero temperatures of the northern mountains to the heat of the Gobi desert. After circumnavigating a country three times the size of France, the event finished in the ancient capital of Karakorum, home of Mongolia's largest Buddhist monastery. Along the way, the teams visited eight competition sites and also competed in mountain biking, kayaking, 4x4 driving and orienteering awards.
