Kavango East
DifficultKhaudum National Park Sand Track — Sikereti to Khaudum Camp
Deep-sand Kalahari wilderness with elephants
Surface: Sand
Australia
ModerateTeewah Beach to Rainbow Beach — Double Island Point Beach Run
Tide-timed sand driving past the Coloured Sands.
New Zealand
ModerateNinety Mile Beach — Ahipara to Te Paki Stream
A tide-timed sand highway to the top of New Zealand.
Aqaba
ModerateWadi Rum Desert Track — Rum Village to Burdah Rock Bridge
Lawrence's desert, one soft dune at a time
Botswana
DifficultKubu Island — Gweta to Lekhubu via Sua Pan and the Makgadikgadi Salt Flats
Baobabs on a granite island in a salt sea.
Australia
ModerateK’gari (Fraser Island) Beach and Inland Track
Drive the world's biggest sand island
Australia
ModerateAnne Beadell Highway — Coober Pedy to Laverton via Emu Field and Neale Junction
Beadell's grader line through the Great Victoria Desert
Tunisia
ModerateDouz to Ksar Ghilane — Grand Erg Oriental Piste
Sahara sand to a Roman fort and hot spring
Botswana
ModerateDeception Valley — Central Kalahari Game Reserve via Matswere Gate, Sunday Pan and Piper Pan
Mirage valley, lion country, and deep Kalahari sand.
Australia
DifficultSimpson Desert Crossing — Birdsville to Mount Dare via Poeppel Corner and the French Line
1,100 dunes, one tri-state corner, zero fuel stops.