Lesotho
DifficultLesotho Highlands Road — Mokhotlong to Thaba-Tseka via the Roof of Africa High Plateau
Africa's mountain kingdom. No guardrails. No crowds.
Trail Type: Technical 4x4
Chihuahua
ExpertLienzo Charro to Batopilas Canyon — Copper Canyon Barrancas Track via Creel and Urique Rim
Four times the Grand Canyon. Half the guardrails.
Bolivia
ExpertSalar de Uyuni South Rim Track — San Juan to Laguna Colorada via the Bolivian Altiplano Volcanoes
Volcanoes, flamingos, and a boiling earth at 4,800m.
Ethiopia
ExpertTransafrica — Cairo to Cape Town via the East African Corridor
UNESCO escarpment edge. Geladas and 1,500m drops.
Australia
ExtremeGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Wet Season Closed Gates)
1,100 red dunes. No services. No excuses.
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Well 23 to Well 36 via the Great Sandy Desert Core
Fifty wells. Infinite dunes. No rescue.
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Khargush Pass to Bozai Gumbaz via the Little Pamir Plateau
The roof of Asia. No safety net.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Mount House Station to Silent Grove via the Kimberley Ranges Central Heart
Kimberley gorge country without the crowd.
North Carolina
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Tellico Plains to Robbinsville via the Cherohala Skyway Backdoor
Appalachian ridge country the pavement tourists never find.
Bolivia
ExtremeCamino de la Muerte North — Coroico Descent to Yolosa via the North Yungas Death Road
The world's most dangerous road. It earned that name.