Road trips
The long roads: every leg measured, every fuel gap marked, and where to stop for free.
Adelaide to Perth across the Nullarbor: the complete road trip
2,702 km on the Eyre Highway, or 3,607 km along the coast. Every leg measured, the fuel gaps, the clock changes, the WA quarantine check and the stops that cost nothing.
The Carretera Austral: Chile's road to the end of Patagonia
1,206 km from Puerto Montt to Villa O'Higgins, with three ferries, hanging glaciers, marble caves and a village built on boardwalks. The route, the ferries and the season.
The Dalton Highway: Fairbanks to Deadhorse, the road to the Arctic Ocean
414 miles of mostly gravel haul road beside the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, across the Arctic Circle and over the Brooks Range. Fuel stops, the 240-mile gap, and how to reach the Arctic Ocean.
The Gibb River Road: 660 km of gravel through the Kimberley
Derby to Kununurra on an old cattle road: gorges with swimming holes, river crossings, station stays and fuel stops hundreds of kilometres apart. Open only in the dry season.
The Karakoram Highway: Islamabad to the Khunjerab Pass
783 km from Islamabad to the China border at 4,714 m, past Nanga Parbat, Rakaposhi, Hunza and a lake made by a landslide. The route, the current safety advice, and the border season.
The Pamir Highway: Osh to Dushanbe over the Roof of the World
About 1,270 km through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, over a 4,655 m pass and along the Afghan border. The route, the GBAO permit, the altitude, and where to sleep.
The Road of Bones: Yakutsk to Magadan on the Kolyma Highway
1,993 km of mostly gravel road across Siberia's Far East, built by Gulag prisoners. The route, the river crossings, the seasons, and the abandoned road your navigation app may send you down.
The Skeleton Coast and Kaokoland: Namibia's wild north-west
Shipwrecks in the surf, a colony of Cape fur seals, fog-bound gravel roads, desert elephants and Epupa Falls on the Angolan border. A 907 km route from Swakopmund, and the park rules.
The Trans-Labrador Highway: Quebec to the Strait of Belle Isle
1,749 km from Baie-Comeau through Labrador's boreal forest to Blanc-Sablon: gravel in Quebec, paved in Labrador since 2022, gaps of 400 km, and free satellite phones on loan.
The Westfjords: Iceland's empty corner, by road
A 734 km loop of fjords, mountain passes and gravel, with Dynjandi falls, the bird cliffs of Látrabjarg and a red-sand beach. The route, the season, and which roads close.
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