Khövsgöl Province
ExtremeTsaatan Reindeer Herder Track — Mörön to Tsagaannuur via Ulaan-Uul and the Darkhad Depression
Taiga, reindeer, and zero roads worth trusting.
Difficulty: Extreme
Level 5
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Faizabad to Ishkashim via Kokcha River
Alexander walked it. Almost no one drives it.
India
ExtremeZanskar Valley Winter Road — Padum to Nimmu via the Frozen Chadar
The road only exists when the river freezes.
Niger
ExtremePiste du Djado — Dirkou to Djado Plateau via the Saharan Erg de Bilma
Medieval ruins at the edge of the known world.
Algeria
ExtremeHoggar–Tassili Trans-Saharan Link — In Amenas to Djanet via Illizi Corridor
Eastern Sahara. No margin. No mercy.
Algeria
ExtremePiste de Gao — Tamanrasset to Gao via the Trans-Saharan Highway Western Corridor
The original Trans-Saharan — built on sand and guts.
Algeria
ExtremePiste du Hoggar — Tamanrasset to In Guezzam via Atakor Plateau
Deep Sahara — the Hoggar filters posers.
Hela Province
ExtremeCondom Road — Mount Hagen to Tari via Southern Highlands Highland Highway Spur
The Highlands route that earns every mile.
Algeria
ExtremePiste du Tassili n’Ajjer — Djanet to Tamanrasset via the Saharan Plateau Gorge Circuit
Saharan plateau rock art and zero margin for error.
Kunene Region
ExtremeKaokoland Desert Traverse — Opuwo to Purros via the Hartmann Valley
Africa's most unforgiving desert corridor.