Nevşehir Province
ModerateGöreme to Soğanlı Valley — Cappadocia Volcanic Plateau Track via Keşlik Monastery Canyon
Cappadocia's canyon country before the tour buses find it.
Feature: Historic
Canterbury
DifficultMordor Road — Arrowsmith Range to Lake Heron via Mesopotamia Station
Canterbury's volcanic wasteland by another name.
Corsica
ModerateCorsican High Route – Col de Bavella to Zonza via the Aiguilles de Bavella
Granite needles, no guardrails, no margin for error.
Bolívar State
DifficultRoraima Tepui Approach Road — Santa Elena de Uairén to Paraitepui via the Gran Sabana
Two billion years of rock. Zero maintained road.
South Africa
ModerateSwartberg Pass Road — Prince Albert to Oudtshoorn via the Great Karoo Divide
Bain's masterpiece. No guardrails. No mercy.
Chiapas
ModerateConzatti Road — San Cristóbal de las Casas to Comitán via the Chiapas Highland Plateau
Colonial highlands, cloud forest, and zero guardrails.
California
ModerateMojave Road East — Piute Spring to Fort Piute via Lanfair Valley and Fenner Wash
Army ruins, volcanic rock, and no cell signal.
Namibia
ModerateSossusvlei Red Dune Road — Sesriem to Dead Vlei via Elim Dune and Big Daddy
300-metre dunes. No second chances in soft sand.
Mauritania
ExtremePiste du Tichit — Tidjikja to Tichit via the Aoukar Depression
Medieval caravan route. Zero margin for error.
British Columbia
DifficultStikine River Road — Dease Lake to Telegraph Creek via the Stikine Grand Canyon Rim
Shelf road, canyon walls, no guardrails.