Freeks Wilde Wereld

Freek and his team trek through the Ugandan rainforest in search of our closest relatives: chimpanzees. He carefully follows their tracks, as tracking animals in the dense jungle is anything but easy. To come face-to-face with our distant cousin—how extraordinary is that?

Freek’s dream comes true. As he rows through the Brazilian Pantanal, he suddenly spots a jaguar on the riverbank. Freek explains why these are such legendary cats and how their hunting style is completely different from the other big cats.

In the Brazilian Pantanal, Freek is on the lookout for green anacondas. These river monsters can grow to enormous sizes. He spots one of these constrictors and jumps into the water with it. Will that end well...?

Freek and his team set out along South Africa’s Wild Coast, a fierce shoreline with rough currents and towering waves. Freek dives into the water with a large group of dolphins. Not far away, a whole flock of Cape gannets shoots into the water like torpedoes to hunt fish. Freek and his team are then surprised once again by a group of enormous humpback whales.

Freek and his team explore the Gomantong cave in Borneo. It’s Bassie’s worst nightmare: a dark place filled with millions of cockroaches, bats, and lightning-fast little birds. Freek explains how these creatures keep the cave alive and growing.