Namibia
ModerateSossusvlei to Bullsport — Naukluft Desert Spine via Solitaire and Tsaris Pass
Empty Namib gravel between dunes and mountains.
Trail Type: Overland Route
China
ModerateSichuan–Tibet Highway — Kangding to Litang via the Tibetan Plateau High Spine (G318)
G318: where China ends and Tibet begins.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — El Questro to Home Valley via Pentecost River and Cockburn Range
Crocs, crossings, and Kimberley red rock.
Mpumalanga
EasyHighveld to Lowveld Escarpment — Abel Erasmus Pass to Blyde River Canyon via Graskop
Africa's green canyon on a knife-edge drop.
Australia
DifficultConrod Straight to Innamincka — Strzelecki Track Desert Crossing via Montecollina Bore
Burke and Wills didn't make it. You might.
Kunene Region
ModerateHuab River Conservancy Track — Palmwag to Twyfelfontein via Damaraland Volcanic Desert
Petroglyphs, elephants, and river sand.
Botswana
DifficultNxai Pan to Kudiakam Pan — Makgadikgadi Fossil Lakebed Desert Crossing via Baines’ Baobabs
Ancient baobabs on a fossil inland sea.
Alaska
ModerateCondom Road — Hatcher Pass Road to Willow Creek Summit via Independence Mine
Gold mines and tundra summits above Anchorage.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Wyndham to El Questro via Cambridge Gulf and Pentecost River Crossing
Crocs, tidal crossings, and the Kimberley raw.
Alaska
ModerateSeward Highway to Hope — Turnagain Arm Coastal Bench and Resurrection Pass Approach
Gold rush ghosts and bore tides on the Kenai backdoor.