Australia
ModerateLarapinta Trail 4WD Support Road — Alice Springs to Redbank Gorge via Namatjira Drive and Glen Helen
Ancient quartzite and ghost gums all the way west.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Pentecost River Crossing to Home Valley Station via the Cockburn Range
Rust-red ramparts and a river that earns respect.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Silent Grove to Tunnel Creek via Windjana Gorge Spur
Ancient reef gorges and croc-shared caves in the Kimberley.
USA
ModerateWaterpocket Fold Burr Trail Road — Capitol Reef to Lake Powell via the Grand Staircase Slot Canyon Country
A switchback wall into the Earth's folded spine.
Africa
ModerateNamib Desert Welwitschia Flats to Conception Bay — Central Namib Desert Track via Moon Landscape
Ancient plants, moon rock, cold Atlantic fog.
Arizona
DifficultToroweap Overlook Road — Tuweep to the Grand Canyon’s Rim via Clayhole Wash
3,000 feet of sheer nothing. No guardrail.
Mpumalanga
ModerateHighveld Escarpment Road — Graskop to God’s Window via the Blyde River Canyon Rim
Rim-drive above Africa's green canyon abyss.
USA
ModerateMoki Dugway to Valley of the Gods — Cedar Mesa Desert Edge via Mexican Hat
Monument Valley crowds stay on pavement. You won't.
Argentina
ModerateQuebrada de Humahuaca Road — Jujuy to La Quiaca via the Andean Puna Corridor
Ten thousand years of Andean road in one canyon.
Argentina
ExpertRuta de los Seismiles — San Pedro de Atacama to Paso de San Francisco via the Puna de Atacama Volcanoes
Volcanoes, flamingos, and zero margin for error.