Irkutsk Oblast
ExpertBaikal Ice Road (Winter Route)
Frozen highway across the Pearl of Siberia
Feature: Scenic
Mandalay Region
ModerateBagan Ancient Temple Circuit
2,000 ancient temples across Myanmar's sacred plains
Gandaki Pradesh
ExpertAnnapurna Base Camp Track
Technical climb to Annapurna's deadly amphitheater
Gilgit-Baltistan
DifficultKhunjerab Pass to Sost Circuit
World's highest border crossing in the Karakoram
Gilgit-Baltistan
ExpertSkardu-Deosai Plains Circuit
World's second-highest plateau at 14,100 feet
Central Sulawesi
ModerateBanggai Islands Coastal Circuit
Indonesian island hopping through coral atolls
Himachal Pradesh
DifficultLeh-Manali Highway (NH3)
Himalayan highway through five 16,000+ foot passes
Bayan-Ölgii
DifficultAltai Tavan Bogd Route
Kazakh eagle hunter wilderness expedition
China
ModerateTaklamakan Desert Southern Rim Road
Silk Road edge of the world's second largest desert
Mongolia
ModerateGobi Desert Trans-Mongolia Route
Ancient caravan route through dinosaur country