The Kalahari

1 x 24mins

The Kalahari is a vast wilderness in Southern Africa and home to a delicate biodiverse ecosystem. It is a harsh land, yet one which is open to transformation and in this film we are given an intimate portrait of the landscape and the desert dwellers that call it home.

The animals which inhabit the Kalahari desert have specialised their behaviours in order to survive here. In this pale and dusty landscape even the lions, usually successful in any habitat, can fall. Top predators are pitted against scavengers such as the jackal and hyena who have greater adaptable feeding patterns, and rare footage is included of the African Wild Cat, showing how the mother of three faces peril every day to feed her young. Seemingly desolate and barren, the land is transformed into an Eden after the rains.