Extreme Africa

Every step up the mighty Drakensberg reveals new species who showcase attributes that enable them to endure their harsh mountain home. Meet the sun gazer, the intriguingly named suicide lizard, the iconic bearded vulture and travelling raptors.

Tanzania's Lake Manyara National Park boasts a number of diverse habitats. From woodland savannas to grassy marshes, visit a region that is a special part of the east African ecosystem and provides a wealth of resources to its wildlife.

Known as "the roof of Africa," the Simien mountains hold the rarest creatures on the continent. Travel among plunging cliffs and lush greenery to discover native wildlife like the magnificent walia ibex, cunning Simien wolf and grass grazing geladas.

Venture into the heart of Namibia, where parts of the landscape receive less than an inch of rain each year. Find incredibly resilient creatures from the largest mammals to the fastest insects and a ghost-like fish found nowhere else in the world.

Explore a corner of Namibia dominated by stifling heat and parched sand. But the margins of Etosha National Park are dotted with oases that attract herds of thirsty creatures, antelopes, exotic birds, plus the world's biggest elephants.

The 1,200 mile Orange River is the longest in South Africa. Follow its westward journey, and see a diverse sample of wildlife from powerful swimming birds like the African darter, to flat lizards who inhabit the granite rocks of the Augrabies Falls.