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The Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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.

Gardens in the Clouds

Episode number: 2

Overview: 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.

The Sandveid: Land of Contrasts

Episode number: 3

Overview: 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.

Namaqualand: Desert Bloom

Episode number: 4

Overview: 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.

De Hoop: Place of Hope

Episode number: 5

Overview: 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.

Kogelberg: Mountains of Diversity

Episode number: 6

Overview: 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.