California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Providence Mountains via Soda Lake Playa and Government Holes
140 miles of Old West desert. No guardrails.
Surface: Sand
Australia
DifficultGunbarrel Highway — Meekatharra to Laverton via the Central Western Desert
Beadell's dead-straight desert crossing.
Kunene Region
ExtremeSkeleton Coast Wilderness Track — Möwe Bay to Van Zyl’s Pass via the Hartmann Valley
Africa's most punishing desert descent.
Africa
ExtremePiste de l’Erg Ubari — Sebha to Germa via the Fezzan Lakes and Sand Sea
Crater lakes buried in the heart of the Sahara.
USA
ModerateCentennial Road to Comb Ridge via Bears Ears Backcountry and Cedar Mesa Rim
Ancestral ruins, sandstone, zero crowds.
Africa
ExtremePiste de l’Aïr et Ténéré — Agadez to In Gall via Temet and Erg du Ténéré
Edge of the Ténéré. No margin for error.
Africa
ExtremePiste de Djanet — Djanet to Tamanrasset via the Hoggar Trans-Saharan Volcanic Plateau (Piste Directe)
700km of volcanic Sahara between two desert capitals.
Africa
ExpertPiste de l’Acacus — Ghat to Wadi Teshuinat via the Acacus Rock Art Mountains
Saharan rock art and sand in Libya's lost range.
Adrar Region
DifficultPiste de l’Adrar — Atar to Chinguetti via the Mauritanian Saharan Plateau
Caravan city at the end of a Saharan piste.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Vensterval Pass to Eksteenfontein — Orange River Volcanic Plateau Desert Track
Volcanic desert at its most uncompromising.