Adrar Region
DifficultPiste de l’Adrar — Atar to Chinguetti via the Mauritanian Saharan Plateau
Caravan city at the end of a Saharan piste.
Surface: Sand
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Vensterval Pass to Eksteenfontein — Orange River Volcanic Plateau Desert Track
Volcanic desert at its most uncompromising.
Fezzan
ExtremePiste de l’Erg Murzuq — Sebha to Ubari via the Fezzan Sand Sea
One of the Sahara's great dune sea crossings.
Australia
ExpertGibber Plains to Birdsville Track — Sturt’s Stony Desert Crossing via Nappa Merrie Station
Burke and Wills died here. Drive it anyway.
Australia
DifficultMeteorite Valley Road — Wolfe Creek Crater to Halls Creek via the Great Sandy Desert Fringe
Earth took a hit here. Drive out and see the scar.
Algeria
ExtremePiste du Tafassasset — Djanet to Tamanrasset via the Tassili Plateau Interior
700 km of Saharan silence. No services. No shortcuts.
Ethiopia
ExtremeErta Ale Volcano Approach Road — Dodom to Erta Ale Caldera via the Danakil Depression Floor
Earth's lava lake. Africa's worst heat.
Australia
ExpertGibb River Road — Kalumburu Road Junction to Mitchell Falls via Drysdale River and King Edward River Crossings
Kimberley's hardest reward: Mitchell Falls.
Botswana
DifficultNossob to Two Rivers — Kgalagadi Trans-Frontier 4×4 Wilderness Track via Bitterputs
Deep Kalahari sand. Lions. No safety net.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Government Holes to Afton Canyon via Soda Lake Playa
Salt playa, basalt canyon, and 200 years of desert history.