Morocco
ModeratePiste de la Vallée du Draa — Zagora to M’Hamid el Ghizlane via the Draa River Palmeries and Erg Chegaga Gateway
Last oasis before the Sahara swallows you whole.
Feature: Camping
Australia
DifficultHard Rock Mining Road — Narooma to Delegate via the Wadbilliga Wilderness and Tuross River Gorge (Southern Tablelands High Run)
NSW's forgotten escarpment — earn it or don't come.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Soda Dry Lake to Afton Canyon via Government Holes and Rainstorm Mine (Classic Interior Segment)
Desert history driven, not read about.
Agadez Region
ExtremePiste de l’Aïr Sud — Agadez to Timia Oasis via the Southern Aïr Massif and Aouderas Canyon
Sahara's hidden oasis buried in volcanic rock.
Arequipa Region
DifficultCotahuasi Canyon Road — Arequipa to Cotahuasi via the World’s Deepest Canyon Rim (Classic Desert Descent)
Into the world's deepest canyon by dirt road.
Australia
ExpertCape York Telegraph Track — Bramwell Station to Moreton Telegraph Station via Gunshot Creek and Nolan’s Brook (Classic Wet Season Attempt)
Gunshot Creek earns its name every time.
Bagmati Province
DifficultFriendship Highway — Lhasa to Kathmandu via Gyantse, Shigatse, and Tingri (Classic Full Traverse)
Earth's highest international highway.
Alaska
ModerateDenali Highway — Paxson to Cantwell via the Alaska Range Tundra Spine
135 miles of tundra, Denali on the horizon.
Namibia
ExpertSkeleton Coast Ugab River Mouth to Springbokwasser — Central Namib Coastal Desert Drive
The coast that eats ships and the unprepared.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Eksteenfontein to Sanddrift — Orange River Desert Canyon Rim via Helskloof Pass and Groot Derm
'Hell's Gorge' into Africa's river canyon.