Algeria
ExtremePiste du Tassili n’Ajjer — Djanet to Tamanrasset via the Saharan Plateau Gorge Circuit
Saharan plateau rock art and zero margin for error.
Surface: Rock
Kunene Region
ExtremeKaokoland Desert Traverse — Opuwo to Purros via the Hartmann Valley
Africa's most unforgiving desert corridor.
USA
DifficultWhite Rim Road — Canyonlands National Park Inner Canyon Circuit
The canyon country loop that defines the Southwest.
Himachal Pradesh
DifficultRohtang Pass to Sarchu — Manali-Leh Highway High Corridor
Two 5,000m passes. No guardrails. No excuses.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Mountain Zebra 4×4 Trail
Lunar desert. Canyon country. No mercy.
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Ishkashim to Sarhad-e-Broghil via the Wakhan River Valley
The Silk Road's forgotten end of the earth.
KwaZulu-Natal
ExpertSani Pass — Himeville to Mokhotlong via the Drakensberg Escarpment
The Drakensberg's most brutal border crossing.
New Mexico
DifficultForest Road 267 to Sunlight Peak — Gila National Forest Mogollon Mountains High Circuit via Sandy Creek
Mogollon high country — deep, rough, and worth every mile.
Idaho
DifficultHells Canyon Rim Road — Pittsburg Landing to Hat Point Lookout via Imnaha
Deepest gorge in North America. Earn the view.
California
ModerateMojave Road West — Rock Springs Lake to Afton Canyon via Mojave Desert Historic Trail
The original highway across the Mojave. Sand, lava, river.