Name: Extreme Africa
Released: 2016-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jack Spencer

TV Show · Documentary

Explore how life manages to exist in some of the world’s most challenging habitats. From towering geysers and unpredictable volcanoes to vast desert plains and remote mountaintops, discover how creatures adapt to survive in each of these environments.

2016 · 46m

Starring Jack Spencer

EPISODE 1

Dragon Mountain: Surviving the Summit

Every step up the mighty Drakensberg reveals new species who showcase attributes that enable them to endure their harsh mountain home. Meet the sun gazer, the intriguingly named suicide lizard, the iconic bearded vulture and travelling raptors.

44m
EPISODE 2

Lake Manyara National Park

Tanzania's Lake Manyara National Park boasts a number of diverse habitats. From woodland savannas to grassy marshes, visit a region that is a special part of the east African ecosystem and provides a wealth of resources to its wildlife.

44m
EPISODE 3

The Simien Mountains

Known as "the roof of Africa," the Simien mountains hold the rarest creatures on the continent. Travel among plunging cliffs and lush greenery to discover native wildlife like the magnificent walia ibex, cunning Simien wolf and grass grazing geladas.

44m
EPISODE 4

The Southern Drylands

Venture into the heart of Namibia, where parts of the landscape receive less than an inch of rain each year. Find incredibly resilient creatures from the largest mammals to the fastest insects and a ghost-like fish found nowhere else in the world.

44m
EPISODE 5

Etosha: The Great White Place

Explore a corner of Namibia dominated by stifling heat and parched sand. But the margins of Etosha National Park are dotted with oases that attract herds of thirsty creatures, antelopes, exotic birds, plus the world's biggest elephants.

44m
EPISODE 6

The Linear Oasis

The 1,200 mile Orange River is the longest in South Africa. Follow its westward journey, and see a diverse sample of wildlife from powerful swimming birds like the African darter, to flat lizards who inhabit the granite rocks of the Augrabies Falls.

44m

Jack Spencer

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