The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart

Africa’s Great Rift Valley runs four thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It’s a diverse landscape of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rich grasslands and mighty rivers. This fascinating nature documentary visits this home to the greatest concentration of animals on earth including lions, crocodiles, elephants, hippos and flocks of flamingos.

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