Explore two very different wildlife ecosystems that are both surprising and rich with diversity.
Tibet, dominated by a vast high altitude plateau, is home to animals that have evolved to cope with the thin air; from the great bovine, the wild yak, to snake that can only live in volcanic springs.
Then there's Yunnan - a lush, subtropical paradise - that has perhaps the greatest diversity of all of China's regions, home to the nation's only elephants, as well as the highest living primates on earth, the bizarre snub-nosed monkeys.
Episode 1: Magical Beasts (19 November)
This is China's kingdom of wildlife, stretching from precipitous snowy peaks to dense tropical rainforests, it is home to the country's greatest number of animal species.
In the harsh alpine peaks of the north lives one of the rarest and highest-living non-human primates in the world, the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey. Further south, dense tropical rainforests sprawl across the lowlands.
Episode 2: Tibet's Animal Kingdom (26 November)
Welcome to the roof of the world, the wild, mysterious animal kingdom of Tibet where animals and people co-exist in an extraordinary tough high altitude environment.
Encompassing the world's largest Plateau, Tibet is home to a surprising array of animals, from the giant Tibetan bear, to diminutive grassland Pika.
| CHANNEL |
Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182) |
| PREMIERE |
19 November 2017 |
| TIMESLOT |
Sundays, 18h00 |
| REPEATS |
Sundays, 20h30
Mondays, 05h15 / 10h05 |