Name: Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Released: 2020-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Chris Packham, Ella Al-Shamahi

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

Chris Packham and biologist Ella Al-Shamahi venture to the Mwiba Wildlife Reserve in Tanzania to take a close look at the complex dynamics of a specially created waterhole with a built-in camera rig.

2020 · 59m

Starring Chris Packham, Ella Al-Shamahi

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

The team decide to build the waterhole in the middle of an open patch of savanna, so that wildlife can approach it from all directions. They excavate over 90,000kg of soil and lay 8km of fibre-optic cable and piping.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

It is the hottest time of the year, and the waterhole becomes busier in the cool of the night. Hyena lurk in the shadows as the team uncover the new dynamics of night-time at the waterhole.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

The rains return and the waterhole faces its biggest change yet; an explosion of life brings new species flooding to the savannah, including the great wildebeest migration.