Africa
ExpertPiste de l’Aïr — Agadez to Arlit via the Aïr Mountains
The Sahara's volcanic heart — for expeditions only.
Surface: Dirt
Australia
ModerateOodnadatta Track — Marree to Marla via the Old Ghan Railway Corridor
The outback classic that eats the unprepared.
Bhutan
DifficultTrans-Bhutan Trail Road
Through the Dragon Kingdom, pass to pass.
China
DifficultFriendship Highway — Lhasa to Kathmandu
The roof of the world, all 900 kilometres of it.
Arizona
ExpertEl Camino del Diablo — Ajo to Yuma via the Sonoran Desert Borderlands Track
The Devil's Highway still collects its toll.
Hela Province
ExtremeCondom Road — Mount Hagen to Tari via Southern Highlands Highland Highway Spur
The Highlands route that earns every mile.
Australia
ModerateSavannah Way — Cairns to Broome via the Gulf Country and Kimberley Outback
Coast to coast on Australia's wild northern corridor.
British Columbia
DifficultTatlow Road to Chilcotin Plateau — Chilcotin Wilderness High Road via Big Creek Provincial Park
Chilcotin canyon country, almost zero company.
Botswana
ExpertTrans-Kalahari Crossing — Ghanzi to Rakops via Central Kalahari Game Reserve
Deep Kalahari sand, lions on the pan, zero backup.
USA
DifficultWhite Rim Road — Canyonlands National Park Inner Canyon Circuit
The canyon country loop that defines the Southwest.