Australia
ExpertCanning Stock Route — Well 1 to Well 9 via the Gibson Desert Southern Gateway
The benchmark. 1,850km of desert isolation.
Difficulty: Expert
Level 4
Morocco
ExpertPiste de l’Erg Chebbi — Erfoud to Merzouga via the Saharan Dune Sea
Morocco's real Sahara — soft sand eats rigs.
Namibia
ExpertNaukluft Mountains 4×4 Trail — Büllsport to Tsauchab River Gorge via the Naukluft Plateau High Spine
Dolomite cliff descents with zero room for error.
Ethiopia
ExpertNairobi to Moyale — Northern Kenya Desert Highway via Marsabit and the Chalbi Desert
Kenya's hardest highway — not even close.
Canada
ExpertWakuach Lake to Attikamagen — Trans-Labrador Wilderness Track via Schefferville Iron Range
Muskeg, iron ore, and no one coming to help.
Argentina
ExpertPaso Vergara to Cochrane — Aysén Highland Plateau Road via Lago Verde and the Palena Valley
Patagonia's forgotten crossing — ford it or turn back.
Khövsgöl Province
ExpertTsaatan Reindeer Herder Track — Mörön to Tsagaannuur via Ulaan-Uul and Darkhad Depression
Into Mongolia's deep taiga — no roads, no signal, no margins.
Argentina
ExpertRuta de los Seismiles Norte — Paso Pircas Negras to Fiambalá via the Puna de Atacama Volcano Corridor
Six-thousand-metre peaks and zero traffic.
Argentina
ExpertRooftop of the Andes — Paso Agua Negra High Desert Crossing
4,765m of volcanic scree and zero forgiveness.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Ganakouriep Desert Canyon Trail
Africa's most remote canyon drive.