Umcimbi waminyaka yonke weRoyal Raid obanjelwa eMauritius usuthole ukuduma eminyakeni edlule njengoba sebebaningi abantu ababambe iqhaza kulo mjaho, okukhona kubo ompetha bomhlaba ababili abaqwala izintaba. I-Royal Raid ibibanjwe ngalo Mgqibelo, Meyi 11, 2013, eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeMauritius. Bangaphezu kuka-600 ababambiqhaza ababhalisele imijaho emi-3 emikhulu yalolu suku: 80 km, 35 km, kanye neGecko Raid (15 km). NgoMeyi 11, kwathathwa uhambo lwe-80 km no-15 km. Ngo-5 ekuseni, bonke abahlanganyeli bebanga elingu-80 km baqondanise e-Casela Bird Park kanti ukuhamba kwe-15 km bekungo-8 ekuseni e-Watook Plaine Champagne. Ngosuku olulandelayo, abanye abahlanganyeli bazilungiselela u-35 km obuseJet Ranch ngo-7 ekuseni.
Kulo nyaka, iRoyal Raid eye yaqanjwa kabusha yaba yi-Lux*RoyalRaid, ibone iqhaza lika-Iker Karrra (Salomon Team International) ophakathi kompetha bomhlaba abayi-8 abahamba phambili ekuqwaleni izintaba. Uwine izindebe ezimbalwa zesigaba sokuqala emiqhudelwaneni emikhulu efana ne-le Trail des Citadelles ngo-2011, i-Annecy ultra Trail ngo-2011, kanye ne-Ultra Trail de Rialp ngo-2010, njll. U-Nerea Martinez naye wayese-Mauritius kulowo mncintiswano othembisayo. Uyilungu le-Team Salomon International futhi owawina i-Andora Trail ngo-2012 kanye ne-UTMF (Ultra Trail du Mt Fuji) 2012. Le ngqalabutho yokugibela izintaba ikujabulele kakhulu ukuba seMauritius futhi yabamba iqhaza ku-Lux*RoyalRaid ye- okokuqala. Ubenethemba lokuthi ngokubamba iqhaza kwakhe kulo mjaho, uzokwazi ukusiza ukukhuthaza imisebenzi ehlongozwayo eMauritius, ngaphandle kwaseMauritius: ulwandle, isihlabathi, ilanga, eyaziwa ngabantu bakubo.
Ngesikhathi senkomfa ye-RoyalRaid Press, ngaphakathi kwezakhiwo ze-MTPA, uMqondisi we-Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA), uDkt. Karl Mootoosamy, wagqamisa ukubaluleka kokubamba le micimbi yezemidlalo endaweni oya kuyo. Le miqhudelwano ibeka phambili ubuchwepheshe baseMauritius ekuhleleni imiqhudelwano emikhulu. Ngesikhathi semibukiso yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe, lokhu kungaba izinkomba ezinhle kakhulu futhi kusize ukukhuthaza imisebenzi ye-eco-tourism yesiqhingi eheha izivakashi eziningi kakhulu namuhla.
I-MTPA inikeze ukwesekwa kwayo okugcwele enhlanganweni yeRoyalRaid, kanye nokusekelwa yi-Lux* Island Resorts Ltd. & Tamassa, Vital & Pepsi (Iziphuzo Ezisezingeni eliphezulu), Epic Sports/Lafuma et FIT for Life, Team Salomon Reunion, Swan Insurance. ,kanye ne-Anglo-Mauritius Assurance, phakathi kokunye. Ikomidi elihlelayo lithanda ukubonga bonke ababambe iqhaza ekwenzeni lo mcimbi ube yimpumelelo.
I-Mauritius iyilungu elisungule le- I-International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) .
