Chasing the Rains

An exploration of how wildlife, including cheetahs, hyenas and elephants, survive the cycles of draught and rainfall.
The Fickle River
S1 E1

In Samburu, matriarch Anastasia turns her elephant herd north after a local river dries up; cheetah mom Kuleta evades a crafty pack of hyenas in Naboisho; checking in on wild dog Phoenix and her new litter in Laikipia.

Blood and Dust
S1 E2

How elephants dig wells; a sudden river-filling downpour; cheetah Kuleta loses one of her cubs to lions; wild dog Phoenix faces off with a hyena mob.

The Inside Story
S1 E4

Meeting the innovative teams working to preserve and protect Kenya's wildlife; Save the Elephants' radio-tracking-collar system; a drone that monitors wild dog packs; a local team of Maasai cheetah trackers.