Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Wet Season Approach)
The Kimberley's red-dirt backbone.
Feature: Scenic
Alaska
ModerateTop of the World Highway — Chicken to Boundary via the Taylor Highway
Above treeline, end of the road, Alaska.
Gandaki Province
DifficultMuktinath to Jomsom High Desert Road
Deepest gorge on Earth, on dirt.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Ganakouriep Desert Canyon Trail
Africa's most remote canyon drive.
Australia
ExpertTelegraph Track — Bramwell Junction to Bamaga via the Old Telegraph Line
Gunshot Creek doesn't forgive the unprepared.
Namibia
ExpertSkeleton Coast Wilderness Drive — Möwe Bay to Kunene River Mouth via the Far Northern Namib Desert Shore
The most restricted drive in Africa.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Barstow to Needles via Government Holes, Piute Spring, and Fort Piute
140 miles of frontier desert — earned, not given.
China
ModerateTibetan Friendship Highway — Shigatse to Gyantse via Khamba La Pass and Yamdrok Lake
Turquoise lakes and glaciers at the top of the world.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Adcock Gorge to Galvans Gorge via Imintji Community and Barnett River
Kimberley gorge country — raw and unforgiving.
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Langar to Khargush Pass via the Pamir River Valley
Four countries visible. Zero cell bars. Full commitment.