Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Galvans Gorge to Manning Gorge, Northern Traverse)
The Kimberley's great red dirt spine.
Feature: Water Crossings
Kunene Region
ExpertKaokoland Wilderness Traverse — Opuwo to Epupa Falls via Otjihipa Mountains and Marienfluss Valley
Africa's edge. No roads, no signal, no excuses.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Asheville via the Pisgah National Forest Backdoor and Black Mountains
Pisgah clay, creek crossings, and Black Mountain skies.
Baja California Sur
ModerateTranspeninsularBaja Sur — Guerrero Negro to La Paz via Loreto and the Sierra de la Giganta Canyon Roads
A thousand miles of cactus, dust, and Cortez light.
Kunene Region
ExpertHuab River Conservancy Track — Sesfontein to Purros via the Kaokoland Desert Gorge
Elephant country, soft sand, no maps that help.
Australia
ModerateOodnadatta Track — Oodnadatta to Marla via the Old Ghan Railway Corridor and Finke River Country
Old Ghan ghosts and artesian springs in Australia's dead heart.
Kunene Region
ExtremeSkeleton Coast Wilderness — Kunene River Mouth to Serra Cafema via the Far Northern Namib Shore
End of the Earth. Angola on one side, the Atlantic on the other.
India
ExpertLeh to Tso Kar — Rupshu Plateau Salt Lake Crossing via Pang and Thukje
Salt, silence, and 15,000 feet of Rupshu plateau.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Galvans Gorge to Manning Gorge, Eastern Traverse)
Kimberley gorges earned one corrugation at a time.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Bell Gorge to Manning Gorge, Southern Traverse)
The Kimberley's corrugated backbone.