Erongo Region
DifficultSkeleton Coast — Ugab River Terraces to Brandberg Mountain via Damaraland Volcanic Plateau
Volcanic desert, rock art, and Africa's granite dome.
Surface: Sand
Arusha Region
DifficultNgorongoro to Lake Natron — Rift Valley Floor Track via Ol Doinyo Lengai and Engaruka Ruins
Active volcano, soda lake, flamingos — real Africa.
Kunene Region
ExpertHuab River Conservancy Track — Sesfontein to Purros via the Kaokoland Desert Gorge
Elephant country, soft sand, no maps that help.
Kunene Region
ExtremeSkeleton Coast Wilderness — Kunene River Mouth to Serra Cafema via the Far Northern Namib Shore
End of the Earth. Angola on one side, the Atlantic on the other.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Piute Valley to Fort Piute via Piute Gorge Wash and Lanfair Valley (Eastern Approach)
Fort Piute: the post too brutal for the frontier Army.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Fitzroy Crossing to Mornington Wilderness Camp via Geikie Gorge and Tunnel Creek
Eastern Kimberley the hard way.
Namibia
ExpertSkeleton Coast Park South — Springbokwasser to Ugabmund Gate via the Central Namib Coastal Desert
Fog, bones, and seals at the edge of the world.
Botswana
ExpertSavute Channel Road — Mababe Depression to Savute Camp via Gubatsa Hills and Marsh Edge
Elephant roads and Kalahari sand — no lifelines.
Namibia
ExpertSkeleton Coast — Serra Cafema to Hartmann Valley via the Kunene River Sand Road
The remotest river sand road in Namibia.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Fort Piute, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (Classic East-to-West Dry Season Crossing)
140 miles of Mojave history under your tyres.