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Hidden among the rocky hills of eastern Botswana lies a remarkable wildlife sanctuary protected for generations by local traditions and beliefs. The sacred Swapong Hills rise from the Kalahari Desert, creating a rare oasis where black eagles soar above towering cliffs, Cape vultures raise their young, and leopards, baboons, klipspringers, and vervet monkeys thrive in an extraordinary ecosystem. Subscribe to Our World: bit.ly/3xnPuGL
A day in the life of Chief's Island witnesses timeless encounters as predators pursue prey and each other in a unique habitat of desert sands, water lily lagoons, floodplains, open grasslands and palms.
This film was first broadcast: 1998
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Hidden among the rocky hills of eastern Botswana lies a remarkable wildlife sanctuary protected for generations by local traditions and beliefs. The sacred Swapong Hills rise from the Kalahari Desert, creating a rare oasis where black eagles soar above towering cliffs, Cape vultures raise their young, and leopards, baboons, klipspringers, and vervet monkeys thrive in an extraordinary ecosystem. Subscribe to Our World: bit.ly/3xnPuGL
A day in the life of Chief's Island witnesses timeless encounters as predators pursue prey and each other in a unique habitat of desert sands, water lily lagoons, floodplains, open grasslands and palms.
This film was first broadcast: 1998
Watch More Documentaries
True Lives - bit.ly/3A8xRMJ
Our History - bit.ly/3rUpdhL
Our World - bit.ly/3ftuckM
Our Stories - bit.ly/3ynfFyk
Our Taste - bit.ly/3OZoDcV
Explore Our World and watch some of the most successful nature documentary series about the environment and the wonders and dangers nature has to offer. We will be posting some of the longest-running and most successful nature documentary series, revealing the trials and tribulations of life on Earth and often for the first time, the secrets of the natural world in all its wonder.
Content distributed by ITV Studios.
#kalahandi #animaldocumentary #wildlife
