Northern Cape
ModerateNamaqualand Spectacle Road — Springbok to Kamieskroon via Skilpad and the Granite Koppies
Eight weeks of fire-orange wildflowers. Don't miss it.
Surface: Gravel
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Murghab to Langar via the Wakhan Corridor Junction (M41)
Second-highest highway. Zero margin for error.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Mornington to Fitzroy Crossing via the Central Kimberley Gorge Country
Corrugations, crossings, Kimberley red dirt.
Magadan Oblast
ExtremeRoad of Bones — Magadan to Yakutsk via the Kolyma Highway (R504)
Built on bones. Still trying to kill you.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Mornington Wilderness Camp to Silent Grove via the Fitzroy Crossing Connector
Kimberley corrugations with zero mercy.
Australia
ModerateLarapinta Drive — Hermannsburg to Glen Helen via Namatjira Drive and the West MacDonnell Gorges
Ancient gorges, red rock, and real desert silence.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Eagle Plains via the Ogilvie Mountains
Gravel, permafrost, and tundra with no backup plan.
Romania
ModerateTransfăgărășan Highway — Bâlea Lac to Curtea de Argeș via the Argeș Valley Descent
Romania's switchback masterpiece through the Fagaraș.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Galvans Gorge to Mornington Wilderness Camp via the Kimberley Plateau Interior
Deep Kimberley — corrugations, gorges, real wild.
Canada
ModerateKluane Slims River Flats Road — Haines Junction to Kluane Lake via the Donjek Route Approach
Glacier-carved outwash, grizzlies, and zero pavement.