Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Osh to Ishkashim via the Wakhan Corridor Junction (M41)
The roof of the world has a road. It barely qualifies.
Surface: Dirt
Australia
ExpertArkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary Ridge Top Tour — Arkaroola Village to Freeling Heights via the Northern Flinders Ranges
1.5 billion years old and it'll still eat your rig.
Australia
ExpertCape York Telegraph Track — Bramwell Junction to Bamaga via the Old Telegraph Line
Gunshot Creek will decide if you're ready.
Algeria
ExtremePiste de Gao — Tamanrasset to Gao via the Trans-Saharan Highway Western Corridor
The original Trans-Saharan — built on sand and guts.
Australia
DifficultTanami Track — Alice Springs to Halls Creek via the Tanami Desert
A thousand clicks of corrugated red nothing.
Alaska
DifficultTatshenshini-Alsek River Road — Haines Junction to Dry Bay via the Alsek Wilderness Corridor
The road that ends at the edge of the ice age.
British Columbia
ModerateTlell to Masset — Haida Gwaii North Island Forest Road Circuit
Edge of the continent. Logging roads and silence.
China
ExpertSichuan–Tibet Highway — Chengdu to Lhasa via the Southern Route (G318)
Fourteen passes. Two weeks. One legendary road.
Papua New Guinea
ExpertKokoda Track Vehicle Approach — Sogeri Plateau to Kokoda via the Owen Stanley Foothills
WWII jungle corridor. Nothing prepares you.
Bolivia
DifficultBolivia’s Lagunas Route — Uyuni to San Pedro de Atacama via the Southwest Circuit
Flamingos, geysers, and 16,000-ft passes.