Take a Trip to ‘Africa’ from the Comfort of Your Living Room with Discovery

January 8, 2013 | by aharris
A Black Rhino Arrives at a Secret Waterhole at Night (Photo Credit: Paul Brehem)

A Black Rhino Arrives at a Secret Waterhole at Night (Photo Credit: Paul Brehem)

If you’re like me, you have a long list of the places in the world you want to visit in your lifetime. I’ve been fortunate enough to check off a good number, including South Africa (meet the young leopard I met on Safari below), but the rest of the African continent is still on my list.

One of the Many Animals I Met on My Safari in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve (Photo Credit: Amber Harris)Until I find the time to take off work and someone willing to fund my worldwide travels, I’m fortunate (along with you) to have Africa, a new special from Discovery Channel and BBC (from the same team behind the award-winning Life).

I could go on and on about the filmmaking firsts and amazing production facts from the series, but better to let you explore them yourself. In the clip below from tonight’s episode, Kalahari, a group of endangered black rhinos, who are thought to be mostly solitary, gather at a watering hole. Future episodes (all Tuesday at 10pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel) take us to the savannah, the Congo, the cape and the Sahara desert. Visit discovery.com/africa for breathtaking photos, stunning video and more!

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  • Terrie

    I watched the first of the series of Africa and found the Narrator to be terrible. His voice drops off at the end of a comment and enunciate is very poor. It is very difficult to understand what he is saying. The narration is the worst I have ever heard for a professional program.

  • Joey

    I hate the narrator as well! He is awful. I understand the dramatic effect and anthropomorphism these nature series need to appeal to an audience, but come on. It feels like I’m watching an African ‘Days of our Lives’. Far too melodramatic for me. It ruins the amazing film and photography, it dumbs down the series as a whole.