Justine Shapiro
Traveler
Globe Trekker (1994)
Season 17
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.
Released Aug. 20, 1994
Episode 50 min
12+
Genres: Adventure, Documentary
Keywords: imdb.travel-reality-tv, imdb.exploration, imdb.europe, imdb.middle-east, imdb.travel, imdb.africa, imdb.solitary + 5 more, imdb.australia, imdb.non-fiction, tmdb.travel, tmdb.explore, tmdb.adventure
Production Companies: Pilot Productions
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S17E1 - Building England 2: The Age of Architects
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.
S17E2 - Road Trip Ruta 40: Patagonia
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.
S17E3 - Road Trip Ruta 40: The Andes
S17E4 - Top Ten South American Adventures
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.
S17E5 - Isolated Islands: Saint Helena
S17E6 - Poland
S17E7 - Delhi and Agra
S17E8 - Top Ten African Adventures
S17E9 - Sacred Places Special: Great Mosques
S17E10 - The Rise and Fall of The British Raj
S17E11 - The Wild West, USA
S17E12 - Hawaii 2
S17E13 - Rust Belt Highway, USA
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 50 min.
Released: Aug. 20, 1994
Last Air Date: April 22, 2012, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 12+
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