• 2
    collected
  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z
  • 25m
  • 5h 25m (13 episodes)
  • Documentary, Special Interest
Among Andrew St.Pierre White’s most highly-acclaimed work, this is his third, 13-part TV series and is pure 4×4 adventure travel. It includes a trip to Mozambique, and along the South African West coast into the UNESCO World Heritage site, Richtersveld, two lone journeys across the remote Kalahari and a voyage of discovery through the Southern portion of the Namib including soaring in a hot air balloon. Then he goes capturing endangered leopards in the Waterberg biosphere and ends in the Kruger National Park.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

2x01 Episode 1

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Andrew heads of alone into the Namib and as he does so explains the motivation of what is to surely he his most challenging expedition ever.

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x02 Episode 2

2x02 Episode 2

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Andrew continues his journey through the Namib, shares how loneliness can cause craziness and a bit about the way he shoots these programs. It ends with him deep in the Kaokolveld.

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x03 Episode 3

2x03 Episode 3

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Andrew enters Angola and travels through a war-torn region visited by very few tourists.

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x04 Episode 4

2x04 Episode 4

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

What happens when a double-cab hits a land mine, the Cassinga massacre, Jamba, where people still live in wrecked buildings, ending at the mighty Kabango River.

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x05 Episode 5

2x05 Episode 5

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Central Angola, moving north, through the markets of Monongwe, to Longa and the bombed shell of a Russian attack chopper, The Road of Death and finally to the origins of the Okavango, where Andrew collects a some in a bottle to take with him along its course.

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x06 Episode 6

2x06 Episode 6

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Through the towns of Kuito and Huwambo followed by the dramatic drive to the coastal town of Lobito. In this episode, Andrew finds out the true reason for the 20 years of bitter fighting.

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x07 Episode 7

2x07 Episode 7

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Dombe Grande is an oasis in the true sense of the word, and then south to the coastal plains of Namibia. The Angolan coast is sublime. We catch garrick on the beach and cook them, go diving on a reef and walk inside an ancient river (yes... inside a river!).

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x08 Episode 8

2x08 Episode 8

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Andrew suggests a new name for a spectacular landscape: 'Utah Canyon'. The he visits Lake Arco, an abandoned military base and drives the astonishing Libas pass as he begins heading back into central Angola. In the second half of the show, he enters Botswana with the Okavango River near Shakawe, travels the Okavango pan handle and ends the show on an excursion to the magic Tsodilo Hills.

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x09 Episode 9

2x09 Episode 9

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Andrew continues his visit to Tsodilo, the first and last resting place of the Bushman, visits a bushman village and meets one of the very few remaining pure-blood bushmen. He then returns to the Okavango River to feed fish eagles that swoop down to grab their meals.

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x10 Episode 10

2x10 Episode 10

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Having crossed the Okavango River, now on the eastern part of the Delta, Andrew goes in search of the Selinda Spillway, which this year is flowing for the first time in 80 years. But the high water puts the expedition in jeopardy.

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x11 Episode 11

2x11 Episode 11

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Forging ahead through deep water and thick mud, the expedition is finally halted within 10 miles of their goal - Selinda Spillway. They then head for Maun where Andrew meets his wife Gwynn and they fly into the Okavango Delta, to a camp they once ran, many years ago.

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x12 Episode 12

2x12 Episode 12

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Andrew explores the Delta with one night at Delta Camp followed by a night on Chief's Island. From the Okavango, Andrew follows the water as it reaches Lake Ngami and enters the Boteti.

2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

2x13 Episode13

2x13 Episode13

  • 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z25m

Andrew remembers the many strong flowing and turbulent rivers that he has followed, only to arrive now at the very last vestige, a tiny trickle in the long dry bed of the Boteti River. The locals say that not since 1974 has the river flowed there. Andrew pours in the water collected in episode-5. The series concluded with a brief recap of what has been one of his greatest adventures.

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