Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Windjana Gorge to Lennard River Gorge via Napier Range Limestone Corridor
Devonian reef, boabs, and a crossing that bites.
Feature: Scenic
Namibia
DifficultSkeleton Coast Ugab River Mouth to Brandberg — Damaraland Volcanic Desert Track
Skeleton Coast fog to Africa's granite giant.
USA
ModerateEscalante Hole-in-the-Rock Road — Escalante to Lake Powell via the Grand Staircase Slickrock Corridor
Mormon pioneer slickrock — 1879 grit, still no easy way.
UK
ModerateRooftop of Wales — Elan Valley to Rhayader via the Cambrian Mountains High Moorland
Welsh moorland silence, Victorian dams, open bog.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Sendelingsdrift to Ai-Ais — Orange River Canyon Desert Traverse via Helskloof Pass
Helskloof doesn't forgive bad decisions.
California
ModerateMineral King Road — Three Rivers to Mineral King via Sequoia Backcountry High Valley
Marmots will eat your truck. Park anyway.
Canada
ModerateInuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway — Mackenzie Delta to Arctic Ocean via the World’s Newest All-Season Arctic Road
Drive to the Arctic Ocean. No excuses.
Algeria
ExtremePiste de l’Erg Iguidi — Tindouf to Bir Mogreïn via the Erg Iguidi Sand Sea
Five hundred kilometres of Saharan sand with no help coming.
Alberta
EasyIcefields Parkway — Crowfoot Glacier to Columbia Icefield via the Banff–Jasper High Spine
The most scenic 230km of tarmac on the continent.
Botswana
ModerateGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Full Traverse, Alternate Entry)
120km of fossilised riverbed and lion country.