New Zealand
ModerateNinety Mile Beach — Ahipara to Te Paki Stream
A tide-timed sand highway to the top of New Zealand.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
USA
ModerateShafer Trail Road — Island in the Sky to Potash Road via the Shafer Switchbacks
A uranium-era cliff road dropped into canyon country.
Gilgit-Baltistan
ModerateBabusar Pass — Naran to Chilas
13,691 feet between the Kaghan and the Karakoram.
Colombia
ModerateTrampolín de la Muerte — San Francisco to Mocoa
A one-lane shelf road down to the Amazon.
New Zealand
ModerateNevis Road
NZ's highest public road, gold-rush ruins and fords.
South Africa
ModerateGamkaskloof Road (Die Hel) — Swartberg Pass Summit to Gamkaskloof
Down the Ladder into the valley that time forgot
Iceland
ModerateLaki Road F206 — Ring Road to Lakagígar via Fagrifoss and the Laki Craters
Drive into the fissure that nearly erased Iceland
Argentina
ModerateCuesta del Obispo — Escoipe to Cachi via Piedra del Molino and the Recta del Tin Tin
Cloud forest to cactus desert in one climb.
Australia
ModerateGreat Central Road — Laverton to Uluru via Warburton and the Gibson Desert Fringe
Red dirt, big sky, and no one for 300 km.
Georgia
ModerateMestia to Ushguli Road
Tower villages and glaciers at the end of the road.