Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Mount House Station to Adcock Gorge via the Kimberley Ranges Central Corridor
Gorges, crossings, and Kimberley corrugations.
Difficulty: Difficult
Level 3
Adrar Region
DifficultPiste de l’Adrar — Atar to Chinguetti via the Mauritanian Saharan Plateau
Caravan city at the end of a Saharan piste.
Italy
DifficultStelvio Pass Road — Bormio to Prato allo Stelvio via the Italian Alps Eastern Switchbacks
48 hairpins to the roof of the Eastern Alps.
Australia
DifficultMeteorite Valley Road — Wolfe Creek Crater to Halls Creek via the Great Sandy Desert Fringe
Earth took a hit here. Drive out and see the scar.
Botswana
DifficultNossob to Two Rivers — Kgalagadi Trans-Frontier 4×4 Wilderness Track via Bitterputs
Deep Kalahari sand. Lions. No safety net.
Peru
DifficultHuarney to Chavín de Huántar — Cordillera Blanca Desert Canyon Traverse via Quebrada Malvas
Ancient ruins at the end of a canyon nobody takes.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Drysdale River Station to Kalumburu via the Kimberley Far North Track
The road to nowhere — and everywhere.
India
DifficultLeh to Pangong Tso — Chang La High Altitude Desert Crossing via Durbuk and Shyok Valley
Chang La to Pangong — where earth runs out of colour.
Northern Cape
DifficultRichtersveld Groot Derm to Port Nolloth — Namaqualand Coastal Desert Track via Natab
Diamond country dirt — fog, quartzite, silence.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Home Valley Station to Wyndham via Pentecost River Mouth and Cambridge Gulf
Crocodiles, corrugations, and Cambridge Gulf.