Episodes (6)
1. Indonesia
Aired 14 August 2016
Steve travels to the wild islands of Indonesia. He has a close call being chased by the world’s largest lizard, the legendary komodo dragon, rescues a three metre venomous king cobra, goes diving in the treacherous seas that surround the islands getting hands on with the world’s most poisonous fish and he has his first ever encounter with an unusual predator, the aptly named flamboyant cuttlefish.
2. Guyana
Aired 21 August 2016
Steve travels to Guyana, one of the most undiscovered and untouched corners of South America, and home to pure wilderness and giant jungle predators.
3. Mexico
Aired 28 August 2016
In Mexico he handles a huge rattlesnake, swims with crocodiles and goes diving to find bull sharks.
4. Australia
Aired 4 September 2016
Steve visits Queensland where he tracks a venomous box jellyfish, the fearsome stingray and the elusive coastal taipan snake.
5. Namibia
Aired 11 September 2016
Steve Backshall visits Namibia, where he tracks two hungry cheetahs as they hunt in the bush and stakes out a carcass to get up close to some vultures.
6. South Africa
Aired 18 September 2016
Steve is in South Africa in search of a pack of rare and endangered African wild dogs and gets up close to the highly unpredictable hippopotamus.