Kenya
ModerateKenyan Rift Valley Floor — Naivasha to Magadi via Longonot and the Soda Lake Corridor
Rift floor to soda lake — raw East Africa.
Feature: Historic
Chihuahua
DifficultLienzo Charro to Urique Canyon — Copper Canyon Barrancas Rim Track via Divisadero
Six canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon.
Lesotho
ExpertLesotho Highlands Road — Semonkong to Sehlabathebe via the Roof of Africa Southern Plateau
Roof of Africa. No bridges. No crowds.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Rock Springs Lake to Afton Canyon via Government Holes and Soda Dry Lake (East-to-West Return)
The Old Government Road, unchanged.
Kyrgyzstan
DifficultTian Shan Celestial Mountains — Bishkek to Torugart Pass via Kochkor and Son-Kul Lake High Plateau
The roof of Central Asia on dirt.
China
ModerateKarakoram Highway – Kashgar to Khunjerab Pass via Gez Canyon and Karakul Lake
Built on bones. The Karakoram's Chinese spine.
Namibia
DifficultSkeleton Coast Park – Ugabmund to Möwe Bay via the Northern Namib Coastal Desert
Bones, seals, and 200km of no return.
Mongolia
ExpertGobi Desert Bayanzag to Khongoryn Els — Southern Mongolian Desert Circuit via Moltsog Els
Dinosaur cliffs to singing dunes. No roads, no rules.
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Ishkashim to Sarhad-e-Broghil via the Panj River and Little Pamir Plateau
Marco Polo's road. Still as hard as it ever was.
Namibia
ExpertKunene River Canyon Track — Ruacana to Epupa Falls via the Angolan Border Gorge
Kaokoland's brutal border gorge. Earn every kilometre.