Synopsis
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.
- Programme: Ray Mears' World of Survival
- Series: 2
- Episode: 01: Heart of the Rift: Tanzania
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1998
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