Australia
DifficultTanami Track — Alice Springs to Halls Creek via the Tanami Desert
A thousand clicks of corrugated red nothing.
Feature: Remote
Alaska
DifficultTatshenshini-Alsek River Road — Haines Junction to Dry Bay via the Alsek Wilderness Corridor
The road that ends at the edge of the ice age.
British Columbia
ModerateTlell to Masset — Haida Gwaii North Island Forest Road Circuit
Edge of the continent. Logging roads and silence.
China
ExpertSichuan–Tibet Highway — Chengdu to Lhasa via the Southern Route (G318)
Fourteen passes. Two weeks. One legendary road.
Papua New Guinea
ExpertKokoda Track Vehicle Approach — Sogeri Plateau to Kokoda via the Owen Stanley Foothills
WWII jungle corridor. Nothing prepares you.
Bolivia
DifficultBolivia’s Lagunas Route — Uyuni to San Pedro de Atacama via the Southwest Circuit
Flamingos, geysers, and 16,000-ft passes.
Africa
ExpertPiste de l’Aïr — Agadez to Arlit via the Aïr Mountains
The Sahara's volcanic heart — for expeditions only.
Australia
ModerateOodnadatta Track — Marree to Marla via the Old Ghan Railway Corridor
The outback classic that eats the unprepared.
Algeria
ExtremePiste du Hoggar — Tamanrasset to In Guezzam via Atakor Plateau
Deep Sahara — the Hoggar filters posers.
Bhutan
DifficultTrans-Bhutan Trail Road
Through the Dragon Kingdom, pass to pass.