Kunene Region
ExtremeKaokoland Desert Traverse — Opuwo to Purros via the Hartmann Valley
Africa's most unforgiving desert corridor.
Surface: Sand
USA
DifficultWhite Rim Road — Canyonlands National Park Inner Canyon Circuit
The canyon country loop that defines the Southwest.
Kunene Region
ExpertSkeleton Coast Park Traverse — Springbokwasser to Möwe Bay via the Northern Namib Desert Shore
Permitted wilderness. Shipwrecks. No second chances.
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Wiluna to Halls Creek via the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts
51 wells. 1,850km. No bail-out.
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.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Beatty via Lida Valley and Bare Mountain
Nevada ghost town belt to Death Valley's back door.
Australia
DifficultStrzelecki Track — Innamincka to Lyndhurst via the Strzelecki Desert
Burke and Wills country, red dunes, zero mercy.
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Well 9 to Well 23 via Gibson Desert Core
The world's loneliest desert stock route.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes (West Segment)
140 miles of desert history, no shortcuts.