Almost 1 million square kilometers of desolate landscape, devoid of surface water, and this year, rain.
Rainfall in the Kalahari is incredibly low and unpredictable at the best of times, but this season's drought has a deadly grip on the region. Spanning from horizon to horizon in every direction lies a landscape so barren, so empty, it appears lifeless.
But you have only to look up to the soaring skies, dig deep into the depths of the desert sands, or scan the horizon long enough to discover that life here exists, and in many cases, thrives. It may be hell on earth for most, but for those perfectly adapted to living here, their ingenious survival schemes see these animals cheating the fine line between life and death on a daily basis.
This adventurous Kalahari tale tracks the lives of these incredible species, as they show us how to survive hardship, surpass limits - and come out winning. Through love and war, brotherhood and betrayal; from aerial heists, to subterranean turf wars - this is the Kalahari in all its extremes - at its best, at its worst. Journey with us as we experience new beginnings, violent endings and every-day Kalahari life laid bare.
Witness astonishing grit in the face of danger, where the stakes are higher than one life alone - when a single death can impact an entire population, either destroying it, or keeping it alive. Celebrate resilience when it takes almost everything just to live another day.
Set against the backdrop of a land of extremes - from a drought-gripped wilderness transformed into a land of raging rivers during the biggest desert flood this century. There are two sides to every story, but this story has three... Above, below, and everything in between.
This is the Kalahari like you've never seen it before!