Australia
ModerateLarapinta Trail 4WD Support Road — Alice Springs to Redbank Gorge via Namatjira Drive and Glen Helen
Ancient quartzite and ghost gums all the way west.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Innlandet
ModerateSognefjell High Mountain Road — Lom to Gaupne via Jotunheimen’s Roof
Northern Europe's highest road through giant country.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Silent Grove to Tunnel Creek via Windjana Gorge Spur
Ancient reef gorges and croc-shared caves in the Kimberley.
USA
ModerateWaterpocket Fold Burr Trail Road — Capitol Reef to Lake Powell via the Grand Staircase Slot Canyon Country
A switchback wall into the Earth's folded spine.
Africa
ModerateNamib Desert Welwitschia Flats to Conception Bay — Central Namib Desert Track via Moon Landscape
Ancient plants, moon rock, cold Atlantic fog.
Norway
ModerateGimsøy to Å — Lofoten Islands Coastal Mountain Road via Flakstadøya
Arctic spires, black sand, end of the road.
Mpumalanga
ModerateHighveld Escarpment Road — Graskop to God’s Window via the Blyde River Canyon Rim
Rim-drive above Africa's green canyon abyss.
USA
ModerateMoki Dugway to Valley of the Gods — Cedar Mesa Desert Edge via Mexican Hat
Monument Valley crowds stay on pavement. You won't.
Argentina
ModerateQuebrada de Humahuaca Road — Jujuy to La Quiaca via the Andean Puna Corridor
Ten thousand years of Andean road in one canyon.
USA
ModerateSan Rafael Swell Wedge Overlook to Buckhorn Draw — San Emeterio Desert Spine via the Black Box Rim
Utah's forgotten canyon spine — zero crowds.