All language subtitles for Wilderness with Simon Reeve - 1x01 - Congo

I'm a little bit apprehensive
about the journey ahead, Adams.

- It is natural to fear
what you don't know,

and you're coming from
the other side of the world.

I don't know how you're
going to handle this,

because in fact, some of the
fears that you have worried about

are really true.

- I thought that you were
going to reassure me.

You're not reassuring me at all.
- It means that we will be careful.

- We live on a crowded planet.

More than eight
billion of us and rising.

For 20 years, I've been
travelling the globe.

Flippin' 'eck.

Just a couple of decades ago,
almost all of this was just desert.

seeing how humans have
taken over so much of the world.

Now I'm going in search
of the vast remote areas.

where nature still
has the upper hand.

Silence.

It looks like another planet.

The last great wildernesses.

I'll try to cross four of
these rugged landscapes.

Oh, my God! on my
toughest journeys yet.

I have to be honest, things
are not going brilliantly.

A bit of a medical situation.

Help is a long way away.

- Well done.
- Well done.

- I want to meet the people for
whom the wilderness is home.

Testicles for breakfast,
lunch and dinner.

to see how they
live alongside nature.

Whoa!

I can stay down there
for a minute or so.

He's still down there
now, walking around.

And in this critical
time for our world.

Huge carcasses of great trees.

seek out the rare and majestic
creatures that still survive.

My heart is racing.

in some of the most
hostile environments.

Are you OK, Jonathan?
- Yeah, yeah.

- and the remotest
regions. Bloody hell!

of our wild planet.

Big cats roaming free.

This surely is the absolute
definition of real wilderness.

I'm travelling through
the Congo Rainforest.

Across Central Africa,
hundreds of rivers feed

this vast green wilderness,

and trees, billions
of beautiful trees,

stretching further than
the mind can imagine.

This is the second largest
tropical rainforest in the world.

The size of the forest, the
sheer scale of it, is breathtaking.

But also humbling.

And, in truth, quite
overwhelming as well.

The thought of travelling
through this forest,

of existing within it, is
actually quite intimidating.

But also very, very exciting.

I'm going to spend
three weeks sweating

and battling my way
across the Congo.

Starting in the northwest, I'll
travel more than 500 miles.

trying to reach the largest
and most remote area

of protected forest in Africa.

I'll attempt to trek through
thick jungle to an isolated camp,

where I'll search for one of
our little known animal cousins,

the bonobo, in the wilderness
where it still survives.

But first, I'm trying
to find the people

who know the Congo
Rainforest better than anyone.

We're on our way to try and
meet up with a remote community

deep in the forest. It's a
bit of a risk, to be honest,

because we don't know
entirely where they'll be.

We think we'll find
them but it's a gamble.

I'm going in search of an
indigenous people called the Baka.

Nomads and hunter-gatherers
who've lived in the Congo Rainforest,

shaping and protecting
it for thousands of years.

My guide is Adams Cassinga.

He's a Congolese conservationist,
investigator and forest ranger.

He's a passionate and committed
defender of this wilderness.

Adams is going to try and help
me find the Baka and keep us safe.

We're travelling through
a wild part of the planet.

How affected has it been by humans?
How much of a wilderness is it?

- I can actually reassure you
that there is a place in this forest

where a human
has never set foot.

A few years back, they used to
talk about the two lines of humanity,

mentioning the
Amazon being the left

and the Congo
basin being the right.

But I guess, in current
times, I would say.

this is the last hop.

Compared to the
rest of the world,

the Congo basin
forest is the last frontier.

- I think this is it.

It's a remote
jungle landing spot.

All right, you ready, Adams?
- Yeah.

- You're always ready.
- Let's go to the jungle.

- High humidity makes the
jungle feel like a steam bath.

OK?

It's a home to scores of
poisonous snakes and insects.

If anything happens
to anyone on our team,

we're days from a hospital.

And we've got a hard slog ahead.

There are still incredibly remote
communities living out here

but they tend not to
have mobile phones,

so communicating with them
and finding them can be tricky.

We're heading to where
Adams thinks we'll find the Baka.

Careful.

But they're nomadic, they
don't stay in one place for long,

and it's tough going.

- We have to be
careful here. It's slippery.

- Woo! Gosh.

It's hard for me and I'm
not carrying a camera.

- Oya.

- Are you OK, Jonathan?
- Yeah, yeah.

- You're in it not
quite as deep.

Are you all right?
- Urgh.

Trying to look for solid ground.
- Yeah. - but there's none.

I have no other
option but to go.

- All right, so
that's my goal now.

Is there a lot of boggy. Urgh!

boggy, peaty swamp?

- It's just everywhere
in the forest.

- Oh, my goodness,
it's like glue.

Bloody hell!

Argh.

Oh, my good lord.

- Welcome to the Congo jungle.
- Thank you, mate. - Yeah.

Let's crack on.
- All right, mate.

Scientists now believe
the peat bogs here

cover an area the
size of England.

Clearly, the Congo
still holds many secrets.

- We should look for a spot
where we can sleep tonight.

It's not a brilliant idea to
travel in the forest at night.

- OK.
- Remember, we're not alone.

- There's loads of ants.

I don't want them
crawling into my hammock.

- That's enough
already to make a fire.

- I genuinely do
love the jungle.

I like the
unpredictability of it.

I'm out of my
comfort zone, but.

that's good, right?

The absolutely
crucial insect net.

Tarpaulin over the
top. I'll stretch that out.

Make it all nice and cosy.

Ooh!

Absolutely vital.

on goes half a squash ball.

And any water running
down, or insects,

should drip down then as
a result and not soak me,

fingers crossed.

Is this going to help
keep some critters away?

- It is also a
means of security.

Any other thing which is not
human in this forest is scared of fire.

- I think we've done pretty
well here, haven't we?

- Sure.

- Food, water, shelter.

- What more do we need?
- I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

- You know, erm, a lot of people don't
know about the Congo basin forest,

but there is a certain people
which has been living in here

for thousands of years
and, you know, you and I

are just surviving in here,
but they thrive in here.

You'll need every rest that you
can. The journey is still too long.

- It's already taken
us days of hard travel

to reach this part of the Congo,

and after trekking for hours,
we've only covered a few miles.

This area is extremely remote

and the Baka community we're
looking for could be anywhere.

You got it?

Endlessly, we trek,
chop and wade.

Our top speed is no
more than a mile an hour.

This is bloody mad.

I don't know if we're
going to make it.

It's completely,
utterly exhausting.

But with another day
drawing to an end,

we finally find signs that can
only mean humans are nearby.

It's a trap. A snare.

I do find it amazing
that people live out here.

The remoteness is staggering.

I can hear a village.

- We arrive.

- I can't quite believe it.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my good lord.

It looks like the Baka
have heard us coming

as we crash through the forest.

Oh, my goodness.

Loma Aromo speaks for
this small Baka community.

Introducing their children.

- He's got four children.

- Four children.
- Yes, and that's the last one.

- It's always risky to
try the local language,

but Loma persuades
me to have a go.

Oh, OK!

How long have you been here?

So you've only
just arrived here.

So, if we have a look around,

how many people are
living in the community?

The Baka are some of the original
first people of the Congo basin.

They'd been here for
tens of thousands of years

before European colonists arrived in
the 1800s and called them Pygmies.

Under Belgian and French rule,

indigenous communities were
persecuted, exploited and killed.

Many retreated
deeper into the forest.

Today, they have clothes and
tools that are traded along the river.

They hold on to their
skills in their forest.

It's their life, their way.

Their footprint is quite
small and discreet, isn't it?

- It is.

You know, in the modern
world, it's about how big you have,

how much you have.

For them it's not the case.

They have a very close
relationship with this forest

to the extent that they do
not take what they want,

they just take what they need.

- I think they might be making
this. one of these for us.

I'm not entirely sure
whether it's the right thing

for me to get involved.

I was definitely
signalled and indicated

that I should sit on my
behind like the rest of the guys.

Many Baka survive off
whatever the jungle provides.

They hunt, gather,
craft and build.

Like anywhere, the
arrival of outsiders

can be a good
excuse for a party.

If anyone wants to speak, I was
told they just have to shout, "Listen."

I just want to say a huge
thank you to you, ladies,

to the women who built
this incredible structure.

Look at this, guys.

It's an amazing
structure, outside and in.

I love that they're giving
a round of applause.

Look at it, inside.

it's like a work of
art in here, it really is.

All right, I'll make my
bed, get the bugs out.

I'm absolutely shattered.

The jungle is already
sapping the energy out of me.

I'm going to get to sleep.
Even the noise of my neighbours

is not going to keep
me awake. Night-night.

Well, it's 6:30 in the morning.

I'm very impressed with
their stamina, I have to say.

You're not saying you're clearing
up because I'm here, are you?

Women here seem to do
almost everything in the village.

The men go hunting. It can
be difficult and dangerous.

Searching for food,

hunting forest animals
with spears, bows and traps.

Quick pit stops are
for fruit and nuts,

grabbed on the go as they search
for one of their favourite foods, honey,

made by aggressive jungle bees.

To live off the forest requires
extraordinary skills and knowledge.

- They will climb that tree. They
suspect there is something up there.

- They're checking some
of the trees for beehives.

in their pretty
eternal quest for honey.

The speed of them.

They're already 20
metres off the ground

and they're still going.

So one of the guys has kindly agreed
to wear a camera on a chest harness

so that we can see
what's going on up there,

because strange as it may
sound, I can't climb this tree.

It's coming down. Look.

Whoa!

Oh, my goodness.

That is an incredible colour.

And the smell.

Look at that smile. That's
a happy honey hunter.

That's very kind. Thank you.

Wild honey is completely
packed with taste and goodness.

That's astonishing.

I'd been told that in
Baka communities,

everything is shared
among the families.

What would happen in a
situation where a hunter

who had spent several days
pursuing a small antelope

comes back to the
community with that creature?

Thank you for
sharing that with us.

Many Baka believe in a
creator and guardian of the world

who made the planet
for all creatures to share.

and that no person or species
has more of a right than any other

to the rainforest
and its treasures.

But not everyone shares
the Baka's mindset.

Loggers are chopping
into the rainforest

to harvest valuable timbers.

As the wilderness slowly shrinks,
the Baka have more contact

with outside villages, which
puts them at greater risk

from diseases like malaria,
carried by the deadly mosquito.

- Mosquito thrives in an area
where there is stagnant water

and there is heat.
- Mm.

- So the forest becomes like a
natural canopy that protects them.

It's like, you and I have been here,
have you seen any single mosquito?

- No, I don't think
I've seen a single one.

- So now, with deforestation,
with them having the need

to get out of the forest, to go out
there, that's where they get malaria

and bringing it back to the community.
- Right.

- Even when you've got money,

it could take you about three or
four days before you can have access

to the least effective
drug against malaria.

So you'll be dead.
- Yeah.

So, the challenge.

Three or four days
from here to medical care?

- To medical care.
- Wow.

- So the child
mortality is quite high.

- Yeah, that's
sobering, isn't it?

When you think of
all the children here.

The Baka have lived in
the forest for generations,

but that doesn't
mean life here is easy.

What are the greatest
challenges you face in the forest?

The Baka use the
word Bantu to describe

the majority ethnic
groups in Central Africa.

They mostly live in
permanent villages and towns.

I mean, I'm amazed
to hear you say this,

because I thought you would identify
the greatest challenges you face

as being natural, as being
something in the forest.

Across the Congo Rainforest,

hundreds of Baka have been attacked
and killed by other ethnic groups.

When you hear him
say this, how do you feel?

You're a Bantu, aren't
you? You're a Bantu?

- Yeah, I would say I
am a Bantu, erm, to them.

I feel ashamed and at the same
time I feel shocked and surprised.

I think we are talking racism,
we are talking discrimination.

- I don't want to
sugar-coat their existence.

Life in the forest for
the Baka can be harsh.

But their close community
in the heart of the wilderness

and time spent with
family and friends

is something many
of us might still envy.

It's time to go.

I'm heading on.

I want to travel further
across the Congo Rainforest.

Well, I don't know about
you, but I think it's surprising

that people still live like
this in the 21st century

but also rather
reassuring as well.

Chief, farewell to you.

I'm deeply honoured.
Thank you very much indeed.

So many of us try to tame nature
or separate ourselves from it.

The Baka have a
very different approach.

I really hope they can
maintain their special culture

and this critical rainforest
can survive the pressures

of the 21st century.

So, we've got a bit of
a journey on this boat

and then hopefully we're
going to arrive at a village

just on the edge of a really
wild area of the forest here

and, fingers crossed,

there should be a four-wheel
drive vehicle waiting for us there.

It's another long
journey in a small boat.

This must be the village.

And there's a vehicle.
It's got to be ours.

OK. - All right?
- Yeah. Bags off.

Oh!

It feels strange to
be in a vehicle again.

Roads represent one of the
main threats to the Congo forest.

Roads like these are often
created by logging companies

and inevitably they result in
more people coming into the jungle

and that leads to more
poaching, more mining

and more illegal logging.

Look at these logs.

Huge carcasses of great trees.

As well as being
a forest ranger,

Adams has set up a network of
investigators across the Congo

dedicated to tackling
environmental crimes

like illegal logging
and wildlife poaching.

His organisation has had
hundreds of people arrested.

He wants to see if these trees
have been cut down illegally.

Look at the size of
these, with numbers on.

- Can you see any
name of the company?

- Erm.
- It should start with a C.

- No, I can't see.

Those are hundreds of years old.

- That is redwood.

- Redwood?
- Yeah.

- So, valuable trees?
- Yes.

Yeah.
- There's a number on that.

So, G, 3, 4.

2, 1, 5.

- With this number we
can always double check

if this is legit
or it is illegal.

- Well, it's trying
to come past us.

African redwood is a highly
prized hardwood timber

used in homes in
Europe, America and Asia.

There is logging here that
claims to be sustainable.

Still, giant old trees are being
cut to make parquet flooring

and window blinds.

Right now, Adams is on the
phone to one of his contacts

to check whether the logs we saw
have been chopped down legally.

What did they say?

- The story has checked
out. Erm, it's all legitimate.

- Legal. Legal logging?
- It's legal. It's legal logging.

- Even those enormous trees?

- So, just because it is legal,

it doesn't mean it is morally
and environmentally right.

- Yeah.

It's a bit rudimentary, but
it looks like it does the job.

Some scientists think
the Congo Rainforest

is now the most important
forest in the world.

It's second in size only
to the great Amazon,

but here, there's actually been
much less clearing of the trees.

Logging, mining and cattle
ranching companies have been slower

to exploit and clear the Congo,
but that's starting to change.

- The rivers which
crisscross the land,

these are the highways
of the Congo basin,

and they are very important
because they facilitate the movement

not only of the people
but also of goods.

It is also a highway that takes
out dead trees from the forest

to the nearby urban
centres, unfortunately.

- I'm heading onwards
to one of the most remote

and unspoilt
regions of the Congo.

The downside is I have
to say goodbye to Adams.

But I wish you good luck with
all your amazing work, OK?

- Thank you very much.

- Good luck, big guy.
- Take care.

- It's also time for me to
leave the Republic of the Congo

and head into its giant
neighbouring country,

the Democratic
Republic of the Congo,

a nation the size
of Western Europe.

I want to reach an area known
as Salonga-Lukenie-Sankuru,

home to the largest
tract of protected forest

in the whole of Africa,
where there's no real roads.

I'm beginning a tricky search
for one of the most elusive

and iconic creatures
in the whole of Africa.

A local boatman is taking me
as far as possible into the forest.

So, from here, the boat goes
back and we trek into the jungle.

- Au revoir.

- So, we are heading to what we
think is a small abandoned village,

where some scientists and
researchers have made a base

in the last couple of
decades for studying.

primates who are among
our closest relatives.

and they are called bonobos.

This is a creature about which
still not that much is known

compared to our other cousins
like chimpanzees and gorillas.

Bonobos still have a fair
bit of mystery around them.

I would love to see
them in the wild.

I'm hopeful, maybe
a bit optimistic.

but whether that actually
happens, I just don't know.

People have said to us, "You've
got to be joking," but we'll see.

Crossing fingers.

My guide on this part of
my journey is Lambert Booto.

He works for an international
conservation project.

He's an expert on bonobos.

If anyone can find
them, it's Lambert.

Lambert grew up in a village
nearby, on the edge of the wilderness.

Life for his family
was a struggle.

With few jobs around to earn
money, he turned to poaching,

helping to hunt forest
elephants for their ivory.

Lambert returned from
university a man transformed.

He left as a poacher and
came back as a conservationist

determined to protect
the forest and its wildlife.

The black crested mangabey is
only found in the Congo Rainforest.

They spend most of their
time high in the jungle canopy

living off nuts and seeds.

But that doesn't protect
them from poaching.

The Democratic Republic
of the Congo, the DRC,

is one of the poorest
countries in the world.

Tens of millions of people
here live on the equivalent

of less than £2 a day.

They'll often trap or shoot
animals in the forest for food.

Days of travel from a proper
road is the village of Lompole.

Here we'll be able to
rest, get some supplies

and prepare for a final trek
into the depths of the rainforest.

As we arrive, Lambert spots
something he wants to show me.

Bonjour, monsieur.
- Bonjour. - What is this?

What are the animals?

Can we ask where. where
has all this come from?

I was amazed to hear this.

Just like Lambert years before,

this lad was out hunting
to pay school fees.

Across the Congo, it's estimated

six million tonnes
of wild animal meat

is eaten every year.

But that includes
endangered wildlife.

Living in such a remote location,
villagers here survive by hunting,

clearing the forest to grow crops
and cutting trees for firewood.

Individually, their
environmental footprint is tiny

compared to a
European or an American,

but with tens of thousands of
villages scattered across the Congo,

the sheer scale of
the population here

inevitably has an
impact on the wilderness.

Just walking through
this community,

and we are surrounded
by tiny, tiny children.

The population of this country,
the DRC, has doubled this century

and it's expected
to grow much further.

Much, much further.

We've got a long journey
today into the middle of nowhere.

To have any chance
of finding the bonobos,

I need to trek deeper
into the rainforest.

Our filming equipment is weighed

and Lambert pays local
villagers to help carry our kit,

food and water for the filming
team and our expedition medic.

Lambert, what's the
journey going to be like?

OK. After you, mate. You lead.

Well, here is very clearly
where we leave the village

and head into the forest.

I'm setting off on the
toughest part of my journey -

a long trek with a heavy pack
through jungle, across rivers

and a vast open savannah in the
ferocious heat of the midday sun.

We're aiming to reach a
remote jungle camp before dark,

from where we can begin
our search for the bonobos.

The bonobo is an icon
of the Congo Rainforest.

They're now officially classified
as endangered - at risk of extinction.

Where they live is so remote, nobody
really knows how many there are.

There could be as
few as 10,000 left.

Here they have at
least some protection.

Lambert and his team
have worked with villages,

persuading locals to
avoid hunting them.

So we've just emerged into
this huge natural savannah.

We've got to get across it.

It's now approaching
the middle of the day

and the sun is really beating
down, so it's scorching out here.

In this heat, I'm
sweating so much,

I'm needing maybe half
a litre of water an hour.

Maybe as much as that.

No time for wilting.
Lambert just keeps going.

Back in the jungle, the
canopy provides shade,

but the humidity is draining
and we're running out of water.

This one?

I'm a bit shattered,
to be honest.

Erm, nothing quite prepares you
for the reality of the. of the jungle.

So it's now getting a
little bit later in the day.

and we do not want to
be out in the jungle at night.

Eyes down, avoiding roots, we
walk and trot along animal tracks.

It's wet and sweaty.

The hours pass slowly.

Oh, my goodness.

We've made it!

We've arrived. This is where
we're going to stay tonight -

this remote, very remote camp,

and hopefully we'll get a good
night's sleep and then tomorrow

we'll be up, we'll be out, and
we'll be looking for an animal

that I am absolutely hoping
to see in the rainforest here.

The magnificent,
the incredible bonobo.

Well done, mate.
You got us here.

Well done.

We set off at dawn
in search of bonobos.

What I hate about being
in the jungle is putting.

wet boots on in the morning.

Bonobo family groups can travel
up to ten miles in a single day,

foraging for food.

They could be anywhere.

But day after day, we trek
through swamps and thick jungle

and don't see even a
glimpse of a bonobo.

It's punishing for
the whole team.

I'm being bitten to shreds here.

To give you an idea of how
many insects we're dealing with,

take a look at Jonathan's hat.

Ouch! Ah!

At times, the insect attacks
make it hard for us to carry on.

Urgh!

The end of another day
and not a sight of a bonobo.

But we have got up close
and personal with the wildlife.

We've all been bitten and stung,

and something's taken up
residence on cameraman Jonathan.

Back at camp, expedition
medic Simon sets up his clinic.

A bit of a medical
situation. Not me.

I've just got some blisters.

But Jonathan, here.

has got an issue on his.

Is it on the ankle?
- Yeah.

- Take your shoe off, then.

It's a jigger flea.
They live in the sand

and they bury themselves
into the skin and lay eggs,

so in there we've got
a. a little flea in there,

which has laid its.
laid its eggs there,

which will at some point
pop out and spread, but.

if we don't take it out,

it will spread to other parts
of his foot, unfortunately.

- So, basically, I'm a
nest for a family of fleas.

- Yes, you are. You are a flea nest.
- I'm a host. - You're a host.

There's two bits
you want to get out.

There's actually the flea in
there and there's also the eggs,

so we just need to make sure
that we get the eggs and the sac.

Ready?
- Yeah.

- Ooh, look, look, look.

That is properly gross.

Urgh! Urgh!

- Did you get it all?
- It pretty much came out all in one go.

Excuse me a sec.

- I know you're a former Royal
Marine, but have you ever seen

such extraordinary heroism?
- He's done well.

- He's even lighting
the scene himself.

- We'll put an iodine dressing
on there just to keep it.

nice and sterile.

So if anyone didn't realise,
the jungle is full of nasties.

If we did need to get
Jonathan out of the jungle,

it would take us about
three-and-a-half days,

so that's why we've
got to be nice and tidy

and make sure it's
all nice and sterile.

Last night was very
stormy, thundery and wet.

and the forest
is still dripping,

which makes finding the
bonobos even more challenging.

Lambert thinks the
bonobos we're looking for

have retreated
into a huge swamp.

Oh, bloody hell.

How are we going
to get across there?

I think I'm about
to get pretty wet.

We've got a rock
here to clamber over.

Ugh.

Insects are crawling
up inside our clothing.

Bloody hell.

We're coming under attack
from some angry bees,

so everything is just
getting quite a bit trickier.

Again, probably
attacked now by.

Argh,

You all right?

- I think this is just about the
toughest jungle I've been in.

Jungles in Colombia,
in Burma, in Borneo.

they're not as bad,
they're not as uncomfortable,

they're not as sticky and
bitey as this is. This is tough.

This is really tough. I
think this is going to be.

We are going to be very,
very lucky to see bonobos here.

I hate to say it.

But then, suddenly,
we do get lucky.

- Here, here, here.

- Noises ahead.

We think we might have
heard some bonobos up here.

And then, just in front of me,

I can see shapes
moving in the trees.

We all need to be wearing
these masks, not just for Covid,

but for the transmission of
any other virus or disease.

The bonobos are just about 15,
20 metres through the trees, there.

But the foliage is so thick,
they might as well be a mile.

We need to get a bit
closer, slowly, carefully.

I've got it, I've got it.

There are bonobos just above
us in the trees. Right here.

I can't believe this. I never
thought we would get so close.

I never thought we would
really see them, to be honest.

We just ploughed
on. And now look.

My heart is racing.

My skin is tingling.

To see these creatures here,
in this pristine environment,

is breathtaking.

These are some of our
closest living relatives.

Perhaps our closest.

Closer even, some
think, than chimpanzees.

Our cousins, our kin.

Bonobos are only
found in the Congo

and there's still much
to learn about them.

We do know they live in
extended family groups

which the females
tend to dominate,

even though they're
smaller than the males.

I just love their
relaxed, gentle nature,

which is probably because they
don't have much competition for food.

Lambert is keen to impress
on me that what larger animals

like bonobos eat is crucial to
the whole forest ecosystem.

This is a really crucial point.

A forest isn't just the trees,
it's everything that lives there.

Protecting a forest isn't just
about stopping illegal logging,

it's protecting
all the life within.

Look at these babies.

I can see one,
two, three, four.

There's one just up the
trunk of the tree above us.

On our busy planet, wildlife and
wild areas are taking a hammering.

Countless extraordinary creatures
are being pushed towards extinction.

But this wilderness in the Congo
and these awe-inspiring animals

are a reminder beauty
and wonder still exists.

Compared to other great
rainforests around the world,

the Congo is still
relatively untouched.

There is still time to save and
protect this unique ecosystem.

I can see a dark shape just
through here, on the ground,

looking directly at me.

Look at him there, so relaxed.

He is so like us.

And we, of course,
are so like him.

He looks as though he's just
getting some final rays of sun

on a lounger in Benidorm.

This is one of the most
important places I have been to

on any of my journeys.

I am in awe of this
forest, this wilderness

and the life it still contains.

This is one of the last great
strongholds for wild nature

on Planet Earth.

Next time, I'm crossing
the wilds of Patagonia.

The gauchos, the
landscape, the wilderness.

I'll travel through the
foothills of the Andes.

- Right there.
It's the king, man.

It's the king of Patagonia.

- and I'll try to
reach a vast ice field

in one of the least-explored
mountain regions on Earth.

Bloody hell.

The wind is really
going for it now.

It's a little bit
scary, to be honest.