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If you're dreaming of setting out to hit the open road, look no further. This is our pick of the best road trips in the world, from majestic day-trips to week-long epics.
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The Garden Route in South Africa © LMspencer/Shutterstock
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Gobi desert snow winter Mongolia © RethaAretha/Shutterstock
Milford Sound (Fjordland, New Zealand) © Darryl Leach/Shutterstock
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Salt lake Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia © Helen Filatova/Shutterstock
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View on the new silk road or Karakoram highway © khlongwangchao/Shutterstock
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Memphis, Tennessee, USA Downtown Skyline Aerial © Kevin Ruck/Shutterstock
Jericoacoara, Brazil © Shutterstock
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Fitz Roy mountain in Patagonia, Argentina © Shutterstock
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View along Dalton Highway toward brooks range in north Alaska in winter © FloridaStock/Shutterstock
Gur-E Amir Mausoleum, the tomb of the Asian conqueror Tamerlane, Samarkand, Uzbekistan © NICOLA MESSANA PHOTOS/Shutterstock
Storseisundet bridge, the main attraction of the Atlantic road, Norway © alexilena/Shutterstock
St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland © Shutterstock
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Classic Dutch windmills behind rows of pink tulip flowers, Netherlands © JeniFoto/Shutterstock
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Kingsbridge Estuary Salcombe © David Hughes/Shutterstock
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The Black Forest, Schwarzwald, Germany © Funny Solution Studio/Shutterstock
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Skeleton Coast in Namibia. The shipwreck was stranded or grounded at the coastline of the Atlantic close to Swakopmund © gg-foto/Shutterstock
Avenue baobabs, Madagascar © Michail_Vorobyev/Shutterstock
Uluru, Ayers Rock, Australia © Uwe Aranas/Shutterstock
Desert, Oman © Shutterstock
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Skiers hiking in Glacier National Park in British Columbia climbing, views of mountains, powder, sky, track, skitouring with guide © Jiri Kulisek/Shutterstock
Heceta Head Lighthouse, Oregon, USA © Allard One/Shutterstock
Mount Nebo, Jordan © VLADJ55/Shutterstock
Horseshoe Fall, Niagara Falls © Alexander Demyanenko/Shutterstock
Big Sur with the Bixby Bridge in California © Songquan Deng/Shutterstock
Sunrise over Badlands National Park, South Dakota © Paul Brady Photography/Shutterstock
The road to Hana in Maui at Kaumahina State Wayside Park Hawaii © Reimar/Shutterstock
View of Banderas Bay and Puerto Vallarta © Ferenz/Shutterstock
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Calvi historic city center with sandy beach, historic houses and harbor with boats and yachts, Corsica, France © Eva Bocek/Shutterstock
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written by Rough Guides Editors
updated 25.08.2021
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