The Travel Bug

With around 23 million people living in a very small area, Taiwan is a densely populated island with big cities and fascinating landscapes; there are spectacular mountains, one of which, the Yu Shan, is almost 4,000 metres high, on the east coast.

A focus on the fantastic mountains of Taiwan's east coast; the filmmakers climb the sky above Taiwan in an ultralight plane; if you are looking for the ultimate kick, you will definitely find it here.

In the middle of the South Seas, from a European perspective at the other end of the world, there is a piece of France called New Caledonia; luxurious hotel complexes and local gastronomy are just as much a part of the archipelago as the beautiful coral reefs and picturesque ocean that make up the coast.

Papua New Guinea is only 150 kilometres from the Australian north coast; travellers will find themselves in the middle of a tropical wilderness where the landscape and people seem very mysterious.

The third largest island nation on earth, Papua New Guinea, is a mysterious world in itself; this includes the hospitable population, but also the breathtaking landscapes with their almost impenetrable jungle and mountains.

The team travels to Sumatra to search for the last free-living orangutans in the dense jungles; together with gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos, orangutans belong to the family of the great apes; they once populated large parts of Southeast Asia, but now people have spread so far that the majestic forest inhabitants have only small retreat areas on Borneo and Sumatra.