South America With Simon Reeve
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The last leg of Simon's journey through South America takes him from Chile's Atacama Desert right down to Tierra Del Fuego, the most southerly inhabited place on Earth. The Atacama, one of the driest places on the planet, has as little as 1mm of rain per year, Simon discovers shocking evidence of human pollution. Outside t... 59:34 Expired
Simon travels through three of the world's most extreme environments: the salt flats of Bolivia, the Brazilian Pantanal and Paraguay's Chaco Forest. In Bolivia, Simon meets a family who makes a living carving salt from the vast white expanse of the Uyuni salt flats, so huge it is said to be visible from the moon. Crossing ... 58:46 Expired
Simon visits Peru and Bolivia, travelling through the Andes mountains. He begins his journey at the world-famous Machu Pichu, one of the glories of the ancient Inca civilisation. But since the arrival of Europeans, the indigenous people of the Andes have suffered terribly, and to this day they live in some of the poorest c... 59:13 Expired
In this episode, Simon visits Brazil, the biggest country on the continent. He starts in one of the remotest regions of the Amazon with the Waiapi people. They have managed to cling onto their traditional way of life, which is under threat from logging and mining interests. At this point, in early 2020, Simon's journey was... 59:09 Expired
Simon Reeve embarks on a journey to discover the amazing landscapes of South America. To begin, Simon travels through the remote northeast, from the spectacular Mount Roraima in Venezuela through Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. In Venezuela, Simon meets some of the thousands of migrants fleeing the economic collapse o...