Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Bachsten Camp to Manning Gorge via the Kimberley Ranges
Red dirt, gorges, and road trains — the real Kimberley.
Surface: Dirt
South Africa
ModerateOuteniqua Pass to Swartberg Pass — Garden Route High Country Circuit via Prince Albert
Bain's best pass. Still no guardrails.
Australia
ExpertGibber Plains Track — Birdsville to Innamincka via the Sturt Stony Desert
Burke and Wills didn't make it. You might.
Spain
ModerateBardenas Reales Desert Circuit — Arguedas to Carcastillo via the Bardenas Blancas Badlands
The Badlands of Navarra.
Australia
DifficultChillagoe to Musgrave Station — Cape York Western Corridor via the Mareeba Highlands and Gulf Savannah
Cape York the hard way, minus the crowds.
Papua New Guinea
ModerateKokoda Track Vehicle Approach — Owen Stanley Range to Sogeri Plateau via Owers’ Corner
Where the Kokoda Track begins.
Europe
ModerateConnel Ferry to Glencoe via the Black Mount — Scottish Highlands High Moorland Track
Drove roads, peat bog, and the throat of Glencoe.
Tennessee
ModerateTransamerica Trail — Tennessee Divide to Damascus via Iron Mountain and Whitetop Laurel
Appalachian ridgelines, red clay, and the finish line.
Khövsgöl Province
ExtremeTsaatan Reindeer Herder Track — Mörön to Tsagaannuur via Ulaan-Uul and the Darkhad Depression
Taiga, reindeer, and zero roads worth trusting.
New Zealand
DifficultTrans-Tasman Piste — Lindis Pass to Molesworth Station via the Rainbow Road
NZ's biggest station, no bridges, no service.