Synopsis
Simon Reeve crosses the parched desert of southern Africa, tracking wildebeest with the famous hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari, before heading to the oasis of the Okavango Delta.
- Programme: Wilderness with Simon Reeve
- Episode: 4: Kalahari
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2024
- Geography
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