
An amazing journey through the wildest most charismatic landscape in the world – the Great Rift the cradle of mankind & home to the greatest concentration of wildlife on Earth Visible from space The Great Rift runs for thousands of miles; from majestic snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro to the hustle & bustle of the Red Sea&s coral reefs This is the wildest most charismatic landscape in the world spanning erupting volcanoes forest-clad mountains spectacular valleys rich grasslands vast lakes & mighty rivers – there is no greater spectacle of wildlife on Earth We discover the volcanic home of the Gelada Baboon & rare Ethiopian wolf; the misty Virunga Mountains last refuge of the mountain gorilla; deep freshwater lakes each with its own unique species; shallow caustic soda lakes supporting hundreds of thousands of flamingos; & a sea world rich with giant corals & shoals of colourful fish In the great savannahs of the Serengeti & eastern Uganda the richness of the landscape draws vast herds of zebra wildebeest elephant cheetah & lion & where grassland meets forest we find chimpanzees whose lives mirror those of the first humans on earth Great Rift features new discoveries dramatic encounters & exciting animal behaviour & reveals a landscape that continues to surprise us