Bear hazards the treacherous rapids and terrain surrounding the Zambezi river not wanting to risk still water for fear of crocodiles. But the bush contains it's own dangers.
Bear is dropped off the Skeleton Coast in Namibia. After a day and night on the beach he heads inland across 60 miles of desert in a search for water. Meeting up with a group of San Bushmen he hunts porcupine.
Bear explores a tiny deserted island near Sumatra. Despite the idyllic appearance, Bear struggles to find food and especially water. Unable to find adequate water, he builds a raft to escape.
Bear is air lifted into the treacherous Sanyan mountains in Siberia. Bear meets the Tuvans; yak herder descended from Genghis Khan who have lived there for 20,000 years, and learns some survival techniques from these cold climate experts.
Dropped off the Irish coast, Bear endeavors to scale the rock cliffs. That accomplished, he has more trouble once he clears the cliffs. But the occasional sheep helps.
Bear Grylls is in the jungles of Belize where he plays Tarzan in the trees, comes face to face with a 9 foot boa constrictor and is left hanging by his fingertips over a raging white-water river.