Pole To Pole: Plains and Boats and Trains

In Kenya Palin takes a hot-air balloon ride. On the ground he observes a lioness and her cubs up close. Then it is on to Tanzania, where he fulfills a lifelong dream by visiting the Ngorongoro Crater. In Dodoma he catches a train bound for the town of Kigoma. In the nearby town of Ujiji he visits the site where David Livingstone and Henry Stanley had their famous meeting. Palin then catches what is believed to be the world's oldest operating ferry - the MV Liemba down Lake Tanganyika to Mpulungu in Zambia.

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Release Date: 1980-11-27
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
TMDb: 9.0/10
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 37

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