Namibia
DifficultSkeleton Coast Ugab River Mouth to Brandberg — Damaraland Volcanic Desert Track
Skeleton Coast fog to Africa's granite giant.
Trail Type: Overland Route
UK
ModerateRooftop of Wales — Elan Valley to Rhayader via the Cambrian Mountains High Moorland
Welsh moorland silence, Victorian dams, open bog.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Sendelingsdrift to Ai-Ais — Orange River Canyon Desert Traverse via Helskloof Pass
Helskloof doesn't forgive bad decisions.
Canada
ModerateInuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway — Mackenzie Delta to Arctic Ocean via the World’s Newest All-Season Arctic Road
Drive to the Arctic Ocean. No excuses.
Algeria
ExtremePiste de l’Erg Iguidi — Tindouf to Bir Mogreïn via the Erg Iguidi Sand Sea
Five hundred kilometres of Saharan sand with no help coming.
Alberta
EasyIcefields Parkway — Crowfoot Glacier to Columbia Icefield via the Banff–Jasper High Spine
The most scenic 230km of tarmac on the continent.
Botswana
ModerateGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Full Traverse, Alternate Entry)
120km of fossilised riverbed and lion country.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR North Segment — Steamboat Springs to Walden via Seedhouse Road and Parkview Mountain
North Park big sky via the Zirkel back door.
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Faizabad to Ishkashim via Kokcha River Valley
The last real Silk Road. No safety net.
Algeria
ExtremePiste de Gao — Tamanrasset to Agadez via the Trans-Saharan Desert Corridor
Six centuries of caravans. Zero guarantees.