Globe Trekker (1994)
Globe Trekker is an adventure tourism television series produced by Pilot Productions. The British series was inspired by the Lonely Planet travelbooks and began airing in 1994. Globe Trekker is broadcast in over 40 countries across six continents. Each episode features a host, called a traveller, who travels with a camera crew to a country—often, a relatively exotic locale—and experiences the sights, sounds, and culture that the location has to offer. Special episodes feature in-depth city, beach, dive, shopping, history, festival, and food guides. The show often goes far beyond popular tourist destinations in order to give viewers a more authentic look at local culture. Presenters usually participate in different aspects of regional life, such as attending a traditional wedding or visiting a mining community. They address the viewer directly, acting as tourists-turned-tour guides, but are also filmed interacting with locals and discovering interesting locations in unrehearsed sequences. Globe Trekker also sometimes includes brief interviews with backpackers who share tips on independent travel in that particular country.
Seasons & Episode
Judith Jones visits Queen's House; St. Magnus the Martyr and St. Paul's Cathedral in London; townhomes of Bath; Osterley House; Trafalgar Square; Buckingham Palace.
Zay Harding visits Patagonia on Hwy 40. He climbs Volcan Lanin, visits the Lake District in San Carlos de Bariloche, the former Hippie colony of El Bolton, Cueva de las Manos (cave of hands), Mount Fitzroy and Cabo Virgenes Lighthouse. We see beautiful scenery. He has to fill gas containers as some areas of the road have no services.
Several Lonely Planet hosts introduce different locations. 10/ Guyana - Kaieteur National Park and waterfall. 9/ Argentina - Lanin National Park and volcano. 8/ Venezuela - Los Llanos Wetlands, looking for Annaconda. 7/ Chile - Futaleufu. White water rafting. 6/ Paraguay - Mbaracayu Forest Nature Reserve. Hunting with Ache tribe. 5/ Bolivia - Uyuni. World's largest salt flats. 4/ Brazil - Trekking the Amazon rainforest. 3/ Bolivia - Yungas. Cycling the world's most dangerous road. 2/ Colombia - Sierra Nevada. Trekking to the lost city of the Tairona. 1/ Venezuela.