Ray Mears' World of Survival

Traveller Ray Mears explores far-flung locations with tips on survival and integration into societies of indigenous people. At Lake Eyasi, Tanzania he joins the Hadza tribe on a 60km trek.

The extreme climate of the Mongolian Steppes makes it a hostile environment. Ray Mears finds out how its nomads move their livestock up to 15 times a year, timing their journeys with the seasonal growth of pasture.

Ray Mears goes deep into the Amazonian rainforest to meet the Sanema people, who are superb naturalists and exploit chemicals from trees and vines to catch prey and to induce hallucinogenic trances.

The beach is home to the Vadabalija, an Indian caste who survive by specialising in fishing. Ray Mears sees how they use rafts of logs to navigate the treacherous surroundings to reach the fishing areas around the Bay of Bengal.

In the freezing temperatures of Labrador, Northern Canada, survival expert Ray Mears joins the Innu at their winter hunting camps. He follows the amazing transformation of caribou skin into buckskin, using the brains of the animal to tan the hide.

Ray Mears visits the Aboriginal people of the central Australian desert. He goes to Amata, where 500 Anangu live, and learns how they find water, hunt emu and dig for delicacies such as witchetty grubs and honey ants.