"In the first episode of this extreme-sports and backpacking adventure, the group gets thrown right into the heart of the Australian outback. Birmingham city-slicker Rebecca soon discovers that home-comforts are a little too far away for her liking.

This time we'll see Rebecca and friends living in a fish bowl. And we meet Anita from Amsterdam, who has come prepared for some serious horse riding. Then we'll catch up with the Irish in Australia as Brendan and Jimmy set off for Perth.

Last time the Irish Engineers got lost in the bush. This time they head deep into the desert. Last time Rebecca from Birmingham shared an apartment with other backpackers in Sydney.

This time Miki continues exploring the worlds largest sand island, while Rebecca gets her heart broken and then flees to the Outback.

This is our jumping off point for the river trip on the Kilombero River into the Selous, the world's largest wildlife sanctuary a 50,000 square kilometres wilderness, with wondrous bird life, huge buffalo and elephant herds and the river full of danger.

We drive through the Zambezi National Park to Hwange National Park a 15000 square kilometres of Kalahari Sand country.

We fly into Jeki Air Strip followed by a 40 minute drive to camp observing the dry, wide open savannah.

Not much a city person but Dares Salaam sounded interesting and mysterious. A fascinating city, a fusion of African and Arabic cultures.

One and a half million wildebeest accompanied by vast numbers of zebra will attempt the crossing of the Mara River.

The saline and mineral residue of the Pan and moisture from the summer rains attract an immense number and variety of game animals from the highly endangered black rhino to the elusive tiny damara dikdik and the rare endemic black faced impala.

The dense vegetation of the northern sector of the famed Sabi Sand Reserve provided the perfect cover for the wildlife and it requires all our tracker's skills.

Part of the Greater Kruger Park, one of the world's great game reserves. Home to many predators.

We descend 1500 feet into this ancient caldera to explore this most beautiful and natural wildlife haven. Black-maned lions, huge-tusked elephants and black rhino roam freely protected by the walls of the crater itself.

Botswana, from the caravan ride it appears to be a desert no sign of any surface water, yet it supports a vaired wildlife population.

Surprisingly many animals have adapted to the harsh environment, among them elephant, lion, leopard, oryx and the rare mountain zebra.

A remote area of diverse terrain and vegetation. Lake Albert where we hope to find the rare and elusive Schubyll. Semliki Lodge is a haven in the middle of this marvelous wilderness.

It is the magic of the river with it's huge flood plains that have lured us back. Huge swilring dunes at sunrise w/patterns on the sand tell a story of wildlife that emerge on ly at night to feast.

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