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Africa's Hidden Kingdoms

Season 1

2015 · 6 episodes

  1. 1. The Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears

    2015-05-10 · 46m

    This documentary looks at the wildlife of The Drakensberg Mountain range. We take a look at how creatures survive in the hostile landscape, from the highest peaks to the rolling grasslands below.

  2. 2. Gardens in the Clouds

    2015-05-18 · 46m

    The ancient plants and animals of the Cloud Mountains of South Africa have long captured people's imagination. It's a landscape defined by weather and threatened by invaders.

  3. 3. The Sandveid: Land of Contrasts

    2015-05-25 · 46m

    This wildlife documentary explores this western border with the sea, an area known as the Sandveld. The documentary ventures underwater, through dense land vegetation and across harsh open spaces.

  4. 4. Namaqualand: Desert Bloom

    2015-06-07 · 46m

    Lying in the north-western corner of South Africa it is a desert like no other. The landscape's polarized existence is a testament to nature's ability to transform and adapt to this land of famine.

  5. 5. De Hoop: Place of Hope

    2015-06-14 · 46m

    At the southern tip of Africa, a tiny refuge making a huge impact. It's a story of beating the odds, of species fighting extinction to reclaim their place in the wild.

  6. 6. Kogelberg: Mountains of Diversity

    2015-06-14 · 46m

    On the southwestern tip of Africa lies a botanical wonderland, a mountainous world covered in plants and animals. Nowhere else on the planet, contains more unique species in such a small area.

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