South Africa
ModerateOuteniqua Pass to Swartberg Pass — Garden Route High Country Circuit via Prince Albert
Bain's best pass. Still no guardrails.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Australia
ExpertGibber Plains Track — Birdsville to Innamincka via the Sturt Stony Desert
Burke and Wills didn't make it. You might.
Spain
ModerateBardenas Reales Desert Circuit — Arguedas to Carcastillo via the Bardenas Blancas Badlands
The Badlands of Navarra.
Australia
DifficultChillagoe to Musgrave Station — Cape York Western Corridor via the Mareeba Highlands and Gulf Savannah
Cape York the hard way, minus the crowds.
Papua New Guinea
ModerateKokoda Track Vehicle Approach — Owen Stanley Range to Sogeri Plateau via Owers’ Corner
Where the Kokoda Track begins.
Alaska
ModerateAlaska Highway — Dawson Creek to Delta Junction via the Northern Rockies and Yukon Wilderness
The road that opened the Last Frontier. All 1,390 miles.
Europe
ModerateConnel Ferry to Glencoe via the Black Mount — Scottish Highlands High Moorland Track
Drove roads, peat bog, and the throat of Glencoe.
Africa
DifficultSkeleton Coast Wilderness Drive — Ugabmund Gate to Springbokwasser via the Namib Desert Shore
Shipwrecks, fog, and the edge of the world.
Hardap Region
ModerateNamib Desert Sossusvlei to Solitaire Track — Hardap Region Desert Crossing via Naukluft Foothills
Red dunes, gravel desert, and pie at Solitaire.
Tennessee
ModerateTransamerica Trail — Tennessee Divide to Damascus via Iron Mountain and Whitetop Laurel
Appalachian ridgelines, red clay, and the finish line.