A major Channel 4 series & a Sunday Times bestseller His journey is 4250 miles long He is walking every step of the way camping in the wild foraging for food fending for himself against multiple dangers He is passing through rainforest savannah swamp desert & lush delta oasis He will cross seven very different countries No one has ever made this journey on foot In this detailed thoughtful inspiring & dramatic book recounting Levison Wood's walk the length of the Nile he will uncover the history of the Nile yet through the people he meets & who will help him with his journey he will come face-to-face with the great story of a modern Africa emerging out of the past Exploration & Africa are two of his great passions
- they motivate his inquisitiveness & resolution not to fail yet the challenges of the terrain the climate the animals the people & his own psychological resolution will throw at him are immense The dangers are very real but so is the motivation for this ex-army officer If he can overcome the mental & physical challenges he will be walking into history