Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk via the Mackenzie Delta Coastal Tundra
Gravel to the Arctic Ocean. No shortcuts.
Feature: Historic
Morocco
ExpertPiste de l’Erg Chebbi — Erfoud to Merzouga via the Saharan Dune Sea
Morocco's real Sahara — soft sand eats rigs.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Home Valley to Wyndham via Cambridge Gulf and Keep River Rim
Croc country at the Kimberley's eastern edge.
Namibia
ExpertNaukluft Mountains 4×4 Trail — Büllsport to Tsauchab River Gorge via the Naukluft Plateau High Spine
Dolomite cliff descents with zero room for error.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Beverley Springs to Mitchell Plateau via King Edward River and Kalumburu Road Junction
Mitchell Falls or bust — no rescue coming.
Northern Cape
ModerateNamaqualand Diamond Coast 4×4 Trail — Port Nolloth to McDougall’s Bay via the Diamond Coast Desert Fringe
Diamond coast, cold fog, and no second chances in soft sand.
China
DifficultSichuan–Tibet Highway — Batang to Markam via the Jinsha River Canyon and Tibetan Plateau Edge
Drop to the Yangtze, climb into Tibet.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Bell Gorge to Beverley Springs via King Edward River and Barnett River Crossing
The Kimberley's loneliest corrugated stretch.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Black Rock Desert Playa to Soldier Meadows via High Rock Canyon Rim
Playa to canyon. Flat to vertical. Nevada at its loneliest.
Botswana
ModerateNossob River Valley Track — Mata-Mata to Nossob Camp via the Kgalagadi Fossil Riverbed
Lions on a fossil river. No signal. No excuses.