Bolívar State
DifficultRoraima Tepui Summit Road — Paraitepui to Monte Roraima Base Camp via Gran Sabana Savannah
Base of the world's oldest plateau.
Feature: Remote
Algeria
ExpertPiste de l’Assekrem — Tamanrasset to Assekrem Plateau via the Atakor Hoggar Volcanic Core
Volcanic roof of the Sahara. No shortcuts.
Australia
DifficultTatton Track — Birdsville to Windorah via the Channel Country Floodplains
Channel Country swallows the unprepared.
Namibia
DifficultNaukluft Mountains 4×4 Trail — Büllsport to Tsauchab River Canyon via Naukluft Plateau Desert Spine
Limestone ledges, dry gorges, and the Namib edge.
New Zealand
DifficultMolesworth Station Road — Hanmer Springs to St. Arnaud via the Rainbow Valley and Isolated Flat
NZ's biggest station, zero tourists, real rivers.
Mexico
ModerateConzatti Road — Oaxaca City to Hierve el Agua via the Sierra Juárez Highland Villages
Cloud forest, Zapotec villages, petrified falls.
Kunene Region
ExpertHuab River Conservancy Track — Palmwag to Purros via the Skeleton Coast Hinterland
Desert elephants, dry rivers, zero crowds.
Ethiopia
DifficultTrans-African Highway — Nairobi to Addis Ababa via the Moyale Border and Northern Kenya Desert Corridor
Northern Kenya's desert gauntlet to Ethiopia.
USA
ModerateTeton Pass to Granite Hot Springs — Hoback Canyon and Granite Creek Backcountry via US-189 and Granite Creek Road
Hoback Canyon to a natural hot spring — earn the soak.
Australia
ExpertGibb River Road — Pentecost River to Drysdale River Station via Mitchell Plateau Spur and Kalumburu Road Junction
The Kimberley's rawest gorge-and-bulldust run.