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Man vs. Wild · S2 · E8

Zambia

  • TV-PG
  • May 1, 2008
  • 45 min

Bear Grylls ventures into the landlocked country of Zambia in Southern Africa. Before heading into the bush, he shows you how to survive some of the world's biggest rapids.

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About this episode

Bear Grylls ventures into the landlocked country of Zambia in Southern Africa. Before heading into the bush, he shows you how to survive some of the world's biggest rapids.

Season 2

13 episodes
  1. 1Sahara

    45 minNov 8, 2007

    In the sun-scorched Sahara Desert, Grylls uses survival tactics of the indigenous people, including eating a scorpion and a sandfish. He also explains how to escape from quicksand.

  2. 2Desert Survivor

    45 minNov 15, 2007

    In the desert, Grylls offers tips on skinning and disemboweling a dead camel for water.

  3. 3Panama (1)

    45 minNov 22, 2007

    Grylls travels to Panama, where he travels in the equatorial heat through mangrove swamps and rain forest, and endures more than 100 mosquito bites and one painful snake bite.

  4. 4Jungle (2)

    45 minNov 29, 2007

    Survival techniques for Panama's mangrove swamps and jungle.

  5. 5Patagonia

    45 minDec 6, 2007

    Grylls parachutes into Patagonia, the southernmost tip of South America, where he first encounters a vast ice field, then forages in a beech forest, wades through a frozen bog and swims through icy water.

  6. 6Andes Adventure

    45 minDec 13, 2007

    In Patagonia, Grylls skins a hare, scales a cliff, tracks a puma, drinks dirty water, and crosses the Perito Moreno glacier, a vast frozen labyrinth of ice caves and crevasses.

  7. 7Bear Eats

    45 minDec 20, 2007

    In this special film Bear Grylls takes us to nature's kitchen. It seems nothing--except maybe the fat of on a camel's hump--is beyond Bear Grylls.

  8. 8Zambia

    45 minMay 1, 2008Now viewing

    Bear Grylls ventures into the landlocked country of Zambia in Southern Africa. Before heading into the bush, he shows you how to survive some of the world's biggest rapids.

  9. 9Namibia

    45 minMay 9, 2008

    Grylls parachutes into the heart of the Namib desert. He eats a puff adder and encounters the indigenous bushmen.

  10. 10Jungle Swamp (1)

    45 minMay 15, 2008

    Grylls battles the fierce swamps in Sumatra, Indonesia. As he struggles to keep dry and avoid trench foot, he runs into several types of wildlife, including lizards and the deadly mangrove snake.

  11. 11Castaway (2)

    45 minMay 22, 2008

    Bear Grylls spends a week showing how to survive the challenges of the Pacific Ring of Fire. He is dropped into petrified swamps devastated by the 2004 Tsunami and has to navigate his way out.

  12. 12Siberia (1)

    45 minMay 29, 2008

    With temperatures dipping to -50°C, Grylls has to keep warm before hypothermia sets in. He uses snares to catch his food, and a fire to keep warm. He puts up a scenario for the great dangers to walk over a frozen lake, and how to survive without drowning and/or before hypothermia sets in.

  13. 13Land of Ice (2)

    45 minJun 5, 2008

    Grylls is in Siberia, learning survival techniques from the Tuvans and, eating raw yak liver as well as drinking its blood for food.