Arizona
ModerateCoyote Buttes South Access Road — Kanab to Wire Pass Trailhead via House Rock Valley
Lottery permit. Sandstone payoff. Worth it.
Feature: Scenic
Zambia
ModerateTranszimbabwe Track — Harare to Chirundu via the Zambezi Escarpment and Makuti Ridge
Off the plateau and into raw Africa.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Mornington Wilderness Camp to Barnett River Gorge via the Kimberley Plateau Interior
The Kimberley's corrugated red heart.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Barstow to Needles via Government Holes and Piute Gorge (Full Historic Crossing)
138 miles of Old West history across the Mojave.
Botswana
DifficultSavute Channel Road — Mababe Gate to Savute Camp via the Mababe Depression and Gubatsa Hills
Lions on the road. Sand to the axles. Botswana.
Ancash
ExpertHuayhuash Circuit Road — Llamac to Cuartelwain via the Cordillera Huayhuash High Passes
6,000m glaciers. Zero guardrails. Real Peru.
Northern Cape
ModerateNamaqualand Spectacle Road — Springbok to Kamieskroon via Skilpad and the Granite Koppies
Eight weeks of fire-orange wildflowers. Don't miss it.
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Murghab to Langar via the Wakhan Corridor Junction (M41)
Second-highest highway. Zero margin for error.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Mornington to Fitzroy Crossing via the Central Kimberley Gorge Country
Corrugations, crossings, Kimberley red dirt.
Canada
ExpertTibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road — Yellowknife to Contwoyto Lake via the Arctic Ice Road
600 km of frozen lake. Eight weeks to use it.