California
ModerateMojave Road — Barstow to Needles via Government Holes and Piute Gorge (Full Historic Crossing)
138 miles of Old West history across the Mojave.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Botswana
DifficultSavute Channel Road — Mababe Gate to Savute Camp via the Mababe Depression and Gubatsa Hills
Lions on the road. Sand to the axles. Botswana.
Northern Cape
ModerateNamaqualand Spectacle Road — Springbok to Kamieskroon via Skilpad and the Granite Koppies
Eight weeks of fire-orange wildflowers. Don't miss it.
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Murghab to Langar via the Wakhan Corridor Junction (M41)
Second-highest highway. Zero margin for error.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Mornington to Fitzroy Crossing via the Central Kimberley Gorge Country
Corrugations, crossings, Kimberley red dirt.
Australia
ModerateLarapinta Drive — Hermannsburg to Glen Helen via Namatjira Drive and the West MacDonnell Gorges
Ancient gorges, red rock, and real desert silence.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Eagle Plains via the Ogilvie Mountains
Gravel, permafrost, and tundra with no backup plan.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Galvans Gorge to Mornington Wilderness Camp via the Kimberley Plateau Interior
Deep Kimberley — corrugations, gorges, real wild.
Canada
ModerateKluane Slims River Flats Road — Haines Junction to Kluane Lake via the Donjek Route Approach
Glacier-carved outwash, grizzlies, and zero pavement.
Peru
ModerateInca Jungle Road — Santa Teresa to Aguas Calientes via the Salkantay Approach Track
Machu Picchu's back door. Earn the view.