The Canary Islands
Tour the last temperate cloud forest and the islands' remarkable microclimates.
Tour the last temperate cloud forest and the islands' remarkable microclimates.
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The film takes you on a journey that begins deep in the rainforest and ends in Patagonia with its glaciers and snow-capped volcanoes. During the earth's formation, the South American continent evolved as the most autonomous of the continents. The area developed its own unique flora and fauna, jungles with unbelievable biodiversity, climbers and vines. Even today, the number of tropical plants in the region remains a mystery. A trip to South America is a glimpse into the past. The film takes you on a journey that begins deep in the rainforest and ends in Patagonia with its glaciers and snow-capped volcanoes.
The film takes you on a journey that begins deep in the rainforest and ends in Patagonia with its glaciers and snow-capped volcanoes. During the earth's formation, the South American continent evolved as the most autonomous of the continents. The area developed its own unique flora and fauna, jungles with unbelievable biodiversity, climbers and vines. Even today, the number of tropical plants in the region remains a mystery. A trip to South America is a glimpse into the past. The film takes you on a journey that begins deep in the rainforest and ends in Patagonia with its glaciers and snow-capped volcanoes.
Get a crash course in survival amidst the islands' unforgiving landscapes.
Tour the last temperate cloud forest and the islands' remarkable microclimates.
Explore a beautiful haven for Europe's birds that was once a bleak sewage field.
Learn how sharks are more intelligent and complex than previously thought.
Witness tragedy and drama as lion prides clash on an isolated African plain.
Watch fruit-harvesting creatures use their treasure to conquer new territories.
Coral Kingdoms was filmed on the kaleidoscopic reefs of Indonesia and the Maldives Islands.
Beneath the Sea a compilation of spectacular underwater images from around the world. Captured in exclusively in 8K digital, Beneath the Sea features an award-winning original score by Alan Williams.
In the west of India live wildcats which you wouldn't expect in India: lions. They live and roam freely in a surrounding where natives live as well. The Maldhari are proud to live in a region together with the lions, although they kill their cattle now and then. The north of Gujarat is mostly a desert where seminomads live. The Fakirani Jat breed a very special camel race: Karai-Camels which are able to swim. The camels swim daily around 3 kilometres to mangrove islands to feed.
In western China, along the border to Tibet is the Baima Snow Mountain reserve. Both humans and animals have to be persistant, willpowered and strong to be able to survive in over 3000 metres height. The Baima snow mountain reserve is one of the most mysterious and impenetrable regions of the world, full of breathtaking beauty and contrasts.
Tour the world's driest desert and its oddly rich coast, both teeming with life.
Travel to the extreme south to experience one of Earth's most diverse regions.
Glide over lofty peaks, ancient forests, and warm lakes, where water is life.
South East Asia offers mysterious old cultures, steaming cook-shops, exotic plants and animals, and monks deep in prayer. A journey through this area reveals everything that life has to offer. We visit Myanmar, where tourism is still in its infancy and undisturbed temples and nature are sights to behold. Then, in Cambodia we find the mysterious temples of Angkor. And finally, we head over to Vietnam to enjoy the beaches, rivers, and Buddhist pagodas.
South East Asia offers mysterious old cultures, steaming cook-shops, exotic plants and animals, and monks deep in prayer. A journey through this area reveals everything that life has to offer. We visit Myanmar, where tourism is still in its infancy and undisturbed temples and nature are sights to behold. Then, in Cambodia we find the mysterious temples of Angkor. And finally, we head over to Vietnam to enjoy the beaches, rivers, and Buddhist pagodas.
The Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar is home to the most diverse mangrove forests in the world. The forests serve as natural protection against cyclones that regularly strike the region. The Irrawaddy's widely branching tributaries not only provide schools of fish and rich nutrients, but also function as the most important transport route for the people living in the delta. The greengrocer couple U Tin Hlaing and Daw Khin Lay supply the villages downstream with their fresh produce. But they do not go any further than the Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary. From that point on, the river becomes increasingly turbulent, too dangerous for their small, flat boat. The sanctuary is home to a variety of animal species including the rare Irrawaddy dolphins, saltwater crocodiles, birds of prey such as black kites and brahminy kites, migratory birds such as spoon-billed sandpipers, woodcocks, great cormorants and various anatids. Ranger Lha Soe Win and his colleagues regularly patrol the nature reserve to monitor the animal population and make sure the mangroves are no longer illegally logged for firewood. Since the 1970s, the mangrove population has declined by more than 60 percent, with dramatic consequences for the inhabitants of the delta. Cyclone Nargis, the most devastating cyclone to date, claimed the lives of around 130,000 Burmese in 2008. Together with scientists from the conservation charity Flora and Fauna International, the rangers are working on reforesting the mangroves to restore their function as a natural barrier in the future.
The journey leads through one of the most fascinating delta landscapes in the world. Starting in the untouched jungle of the Tumucumaque in the north of the Amazon delta, the journey continues south by boat across the 30 kilometre wide river to the Ilha de Maraj. The largest river island in the world, as large as Switzerland, is surrounded by wide beaches, mangrove forests and floodplain forests. On the island untouched jungle and wet savannah characterise the land. Fishermen and aai farmers live from the fruits of nature on the edge of the numerous river veins and flood plains and the collection of medicinal plants serves here, far away from civilization, as a living for the people. On the south side of the delta in the city of Belem we explore the exotic world of the famous Ver-o-Peso market with its impressive variety of fish, tropical fruits, spices and medicinal herbs.
Roam South Africa with a baby lioness and the pride that fights to protect her.
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