2. Guinea’s Adventurous Trade Routes

In the heart of Guinea, people travel on roads that wind through mountainous regions and endless bushland. During the rainy season, which lasts from May to September, the roads and tracks become particularly challenging. Nevertheless, the locals still need to travel from place to place and market to market during these months.

3. Pakistan’s Karakoram Highway

In northern Pakistan: The Karakorum Highway is one of the highest roads in the world. It winds its way through a fascinating mountain landscape at an altitude of almost 4,700 meters. The route passes rock formations and enormous glaciers. Every kilometer is a challenge for people - regardless of how they are traveling, whether by vehicle or on foot.

4. Madeira’s Wild Mountain Roads

The Portuguese island of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean, is renowned for its rugged mountain landscapes and winding roads. Steep climbs and hairpin bends lead to spectacular vistas and get drivers' pulses racing. Even today, travelling into the island's interior is still an adventure.

5. Turkey's Notorious D915

From the coast of the Black Sea in Turkey, the D915 highway winds its way through steep valleys and high alpine passes into the Anatolian highlands. The regions connected by this road are very different from each other, which is why the challenging route through the Pontic Mountains remains popular and important for people in northern Turkey.

6. Through Patagonia on Chile’s Carretera Austral

The Carretera Austral is a wild road that runs through southern Chile, a region of gauchos and volcanoes. Stretching over 1,200 kilometres, it winds through fjord landscapes, rainforests and mountain ranges. It is a journey into the unknown, almost to the end of the world. Those who embark on this journey are rewarded by nature with stunning scenery.