New Zealand
ModerateNinety Mile Beach / Northland Forest Tracks – Northland 4WD Circuit
The beach is the road. Respect the tides.
Feature: Scenic
New Zealand
DifficultOld Dunstan Trail
Gold rush ghost track across Otago high country.
Australia
ModerateOld Dunmarra to Top Springs Track (Buchanan Highway)
NT outback raw — no crowds, no shortcuts.
New Zealand
ModerateNinety Mile Beach / Northland 4WD Track
New Zealand's tidal highway — time it right.
Australia
DifficultOld Andado Track
Remote desert track at the edge of the Simpson.
Australia
ModerateOld Tharwa Road – Namadgi National Park
Real dirt an hour from Canberra.
New Zealand
ModerateNinety Mile Beach to Cape Reinga – Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē
Drive the tide. Read it wrong once.
Oregon
ModerateSawmill Road to Mount Jefferson Wilderness — Deschutes High Desert Approach via Jack Creek
Volcano country without the crowds — Oregon done right.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Ridgway via Last Dollar Road and the Uncompahgre Plateau
Aspen gold and 14,000-foot peaks above Telluride.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Challis via the Lost River Valley Desert Floor
Idaho's emptiest valley under its highest peaks.