Botswana
DifficultKubu Island — Gweta to Lekhubu via Sua Pan and the Makgadikgadi Salt Flats
Baobabs on a granite island in a salt sea.
Feature: Scenic
Colorado
DifficultSchofield Pass — Crested Butte to Marble via Devil’s Punchbowl
Colorado's narrowest ledge, over to marble country
Ethiopia
ModerateSanetti Plateau Road — Goba to Harenna Forest via Tulu Dimtu
Africa's highest road, wolves and cloud forest
Gilgit-Baltistan
DifficultShimshal Road — Passu to Shimshal via the Shimshal River Gorge
Hand-blasted Karakoram shelf road to a hidden valley
Australia
ModerateDargo High Plains Road — Dargo to Mount Hotham via the Victorian Alps
Snow gums, shelf roads and Victorian High Country
New Zealand
EasyMolesworth Road — Hanmer Springs to Blenheim via Jollies Pass and the Acheron
NZ's longest backcountry road through a working station
Colorado
ModerateOphir Pass Road — Silverton to Ophir via the San Juan High Alpine Shelf
Silver-boom wagon road over the San Juan divide
Iceland
ModerateÞórsmörk Road F249 and the Krossá Crossing
Iceland's glacial river road into Thor's Valley
India
ModerateLeh to Pangong Tso via Chang La
Over 17,590-ft Chang La to a lake on the Tibet border
USA
EasyMoki Dugway and Valley of the Gods Road
Red-rock monuments and a cliff-edge uranium road