Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Transfrontier Wilderness Track — Sendelingsdrift to Port Nolloth via the Orange River Canyon Desert
South Africa's mountain desert — earn every kilometer.
Trail Type: Technical 4x4
USA
DifficultWhite Rim Road — Canyonlands National Park Full Circuit via Hardscrabble Hill and Murphy Hogback
100 miles of canyon shelf road. No margin for drift.
Kunene Region
ExpertSkeleton Coast Wilderness — Möwe Bay to Kunene River Mouth via the Far Northern Namib Shore
Shipwrecks, seals, and zero margin for error.
Alaska
ExtremeTatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Road — Haines to Dry Bay via Dalton Post and the Alsek River
Glaciers, grizzlies, and no way out.
Arizona
DifficultArizona BDR Central-South Connector — Payson to Globe via the Mazatzal Wilderness Edge and Pinal Mountains
Mazatzal to Pinals — Arizona backcountry at its quietest.
Baja California
DifficultTranspeninsular Baja Divide — San Quintín to Bahía de los Ángeles via Sierra San Pedro Mártir Backdoor
Baja's hidden spine, no pavement, no crowds.
Australia
DifficultBurn Road to Cape Tribulation — Daintree Rainforest Coastal Track via Emmagen Creek
Croc crossings, rainforest chaos, no crybabies.
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Ishkashim to Sarhad-e-Broghil via the Panj River and Little Pamir Plateau (Full Afghan Traverse)
Earth's loneliest motorable road.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (King Leopold Ranges, Dry Season, Mitchell Plateau Spur)
The Kimberley at full volume.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Full Traverse, Southern Entry via Windjana Gorge)
The Kimberley's red-dirt rite of passage.