Kunene Region
ExtremeSkeleton Coast Wilderness Track — Möwe Bay to Van Zyl’s Pass via the Hartmann Valley
Africa's most punishing desert descent.
Feature: Scenic
Iwate
DifficultIwate Hayachine Forest Road – Tōhoku Alpine Traverse
Sacred peaks, beech forest, and zero cell bars.
Japan
ModerateYanbaru Forest Road – Kunigami Highland Circuit
Okinawa's jungle overland — not a beach in sight.
Hiroshima
ModerateChugoku Mountains Forest Road – Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Traverse
Honshu's forgotten ridge. Take your time.
Gunma
DifficultOze Forest Road – Katashina to Oshimizu Highland Track
Oze's wild backside. No boardwalks here.
Hokkaido
ModerateAsahi-Dake Forest Road – Higashikawa Highland Circuit
Hokkaido's highest peak on dirt.
Ehime
ModerateShikoku Karst Forest Road – Tengu-Kogen to Tsuro Skyline
Karst ridgeline cattle country above the Pacific.
Hokkaido
ModerateShiretoko Pass Forest Road – Rausu to Utoro Highland Route
Bear country and sea fog on Japan's wild edge.
Japan
DifficultSoni Plateau Forest Road – Muro-Akame-Aoyama Quasi-National Park Tracks
Highland moorland Japan has mostly kept to itself.
Japan
DifficultYakushima Forest Road – Yodogawa to Arakawa Trailhead Loop
Ancient cedars, relentless rain, zero cell signal.