Katavi - Africa's Fallen Paradise

Katavi - Africa's Fallen Paradise

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Katavi - Africa's Fallen Paradise

Synopsis

In the grip of a once-in-a-century climate cycle, Katavi National Park spirals into drought, pushing its resident lions, hippos and crocodiles to the limit of their endurance.

Episodes

Season 1

  • Sanctuary

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    Rains in Tanzania’s Katavi National Park have stopped much earlier than usual. Lions, hippos and crocodiles jostle in preparation for extreme drought.

  • Sanctuary

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  • Purgatory

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    Drought-stricken Katavi becomes chaotic as hippos fight to the death, a rogue lion hunts a family of cubs, and fire and ash sweep across the land.

  • Salvation

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    Katavi gets more hellish by the day. Just when everything is at breaking point, the rains finally return, bringing floods of biblical proportion.