Salt Pans Ultra 100 Miles

The Salt Pans Ultra 160 is a 100-mile challenge across Botswana’s iconic Sua Pan, combining the SPU 100 km and 50 km routes into one continuous, extreme endurance test.

Runners cover 160 km of flat, exposed salt flats where navigation, wind, heat, and sheer mental focus define the race. With no landmarks and a horizon that stretches forever, even running in a straight line becomes part of the challenge.

Starting from the southern edge of the pans, the course heads deep into the Makgadikgadi’s silent interior before looping back across some of its most striking sections. Day or night, runners face one of the most remote and otherworldly environments on Earth.

The SPU 160 is not just a race—it’s a full crossing of the Makgadikgadi and one of the purest tests of endurance anywhere.