Botswana
DifficultNossob to Mata-Mata — Kgalagadi Transfrontier Wilderness Track via Rooiputs
Lions on the road. Red dunes. No phone signal. Perfect.
Surface: Mixed
Baja California
DifficultBaja Divide North — Ensenada to San Ignacio via the Sierra San Pedro Mártir High Spine
Baja before the gringo crowds — granite, cardón, and silence.
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Sarhad-e-Broghil to Little Pamir via the Afghan High Pamirs
The edge of the map, in a valley with no way out.
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Well 23 to Well 51 via the Great Sandy Desert Core
900 km of dunes, dust, and no safety net.
India
DifficultLeh to Tso Kar — Rupshu Plateau High Desert Crossing via Puga Valley Hot Springs
Salt lakes and sulphur vents at 15,000 feet.
Australia
ExpertGibb River Road — Kalumburu Road to Drysdale River Station via Mitchell Plateau Track Junction
Real Kimberley. No net. No crowds.
Kenya
ExtremeTurkana Basin Jade Sea Road — Loiyangalani to Sibiloi via Lake Turkana’s Eastern Shore
Jade desert shore. Fossil beds. No rescue coming.
Australia
ExpertGibb River Road — El Questro to Mitchell Falls via Drysdale River and King Edward River Crossings
The Kimberley's deep north — earn Mitchell Falls.
China
ModerateSichuan–Tibet Highway — Kangding to Litang via the Tibetan Plateau High Spine (G318)
G318: where China ends and Tibet begins.
Botswana
DifficultNxai Pan to Kudiakam Pan — Makgadikgadi Fossil Lakebed Desert Crossing via Baines’ Baobabs
Ancient baobabs on a fossil inland sea.