The trains constantly move around the track, often passing through the racers' path. The course's most notable feature is the two trains that go through a mesa.

If the player drives over the sand, their kart moves slower, and if they enter the darker portion of the sand, Lakitu pulls them out, as it is an out-of-bounds area. After this encounter, the racers race along the edge of the map and eventually advance back to the finish line. After passing the tracks, the players race alongside the track of the train (though it is in a cave and not visible), eventually running into it a second time. At the end of the turn, the racers encounter the train for the first time. Upon the first turn, racers see how empty the desert really is. The race starts out next to a large cliff formation. Luigi racing on Kalimari Desert Course layout

Kalimari Desert (left) / Kalimari Desert 2 (right) ( Shy Guy with the Bolt Buggy, Red Monster tires, and Beast Glider) ( Dry Bowser with the Bone Rattler, Monster, and Super Glider) (200cc)

( Dry Bones with the Standard Kart, Monster, and Super Glider) (150cc) ( Shy Guy with the Cact-X, Wood tires, and Swooper)

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