I would stick to the Wrangler tires. Get the RTS model if possible. It says in the catalog that it’s street biased but I found that that makes it float on the sand rather than dig, which is exactly what we want. On pavement it sticks to the road better than anything I tried before. I use them in my Jeep on the street, sand, gravel and rock and I’m very happy with them. I haven’t tried, but I imagine they wouldn’t be very good in the mud.
The Pirelli Dakar is one of the best tires for off-road travel. But on the street they’re not that good. They are designed to float on sand and unfortunately they float on pavement too and it shows when braking hard. Even in the Pirelli catalog there’ a little chart that shows how good the tire is on different terrain and it says the Dakar suck on pavement. Even if your trip is mostly off-road you’ll still need to drive a lot on the pavement and you’ll need to stop when that donkey jumps in front of you  .
Don’t know much about Michelin tires so I can’t compare.
Hope this helps
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