Algeria
ExpertPiste de l’Assekrem — Tamanrasset to Assekrem Plateau via the Atakor Hoggar Volcanic Core
Volcanic roof of the Sahara. No shortcuts.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Australia
DifficultTatton Track — Birdsville to Windorah via the Channel Country Floodplains
Channel Country swallows the unprepared.
New Zealand
DifficultMolesworth Station Road — Hanmer Springs to St. Arnaud via the Rainbow Valley and Isolated Flat
NZ's biggest station, zero tourists, real rivers.
Mexico
ModerateConzatti Road — Oaxaca City to Hierve el Agua via the Sierra Juárez Highland Villages
Cloud forest, Zapotec villages, petrified falls.
Kunene Region
ExpertHuab River Conservancy Track — Palmwag to Purros via the Skeleton Coast Hinterland
Desert elephants, dry rivers, zero crowds.
Ethiopia
DifficultTrans-African Highway — Nairobi to Addis Ababa via the Moyale Border and Northern Kenya Desert Corridor
Northern Kenya's desert gauntlet to Ethiopia.
Australia
ExpertGibb River Road — Pentecost River to Drysdale River Station via Mitchell Plateau Spur and Kalumburu Road Junction
The Kimberley's rawest gorge-and-bulldust run.
Australia
ExpertCanning Stock Route — Well 51 to Halls Creek via the Kidson Track and Lake Gregory Desert Corridor
The end of the world's longest stock route.
Namibia
ExpertSkeleton Coast Wilderness Drive — Möwe Bay to Kunene River Mouth via the Far Northern Namib Shore
Lion tracks in the surf. End of the earth.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR South Segment — Antonito to Chama via Cumbres Pass and Toltec Gorge Rim
Steam trains, mud, and 10,000-foot empty.