China
ExpertSichuan–Tibet Highway South Route — Litang to Batang via the Tibetan Plateau High Corridor (G318)
High passes, yak country, and zero margin for error.
Surface: Gravel
Australia
ModerateLarapinta Trail 4WD Support Road — Alice Springs to Redbank Gorge via Namatjira Drive and Glen Helen
Ancient quartzite and ghost gums all the way west.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Pentecost River Crossing to Home Valley Station via the Cockburn Range
Rust-red ramparts and a river that earns respect.
Innlandet
ModerateSognefjell High Mountain Road — Lom to Gaupne via Jotunheimen’s Roof
Northern Europe's highest road through giant country.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Silent Grove to Tunnel Creek via Windjana Gorge Spur
Ancient reef gorges and croc-shared caves in the Kimberley.
USA
ModerateWaterpocket Fold Burr Trail Road — Capitol Reef to Lake Powell via the Grand Staircase Slot Canyon Country
A switchback wall into the Earth's folded spine.
Africa
ModerateNamib Desert Welwitschia Flats to Conception Bay — Central Namib Desert Track via Moon Landscape
Ancient plants, moon rock, cold Atlantic fog.
Australia
DifficultBungle Bungle Range Spring Creek Track — Purnululu National Park to Echidna Chasm via Turkey Creek Road
Beehive domes at the end of a beating.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Eksteenfontein to Alexander Bay — Orange River Canyon Rim Track
The Richtersveld eats rigs for breakfast.
Arizona
DifficultToroweap Overlook Road — Tuweep to the Grand Canyon’s Rim via Clayhole Wash
3,000 feet of sheer nothing. No guardrail.