Name: Wildest Islands (Season 1)
Uploaded: 2012
Description: Islands can be home to the most extreme examples of life, as nature evolves in the most dramatic way.

Islands can be home to the most extreme examples of life, as nature evolves in the most dramatic way.

Lying 40km off the east coast of Tanzania in Africa, the Zanzibar Archipelago has been labeled the most exotic island chain in the world. Pristine sands and azure blue sea make it a much loved holiday destination, but bizarre creatures, many of enormous size, also roam the islands.

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Lying 40km off the east coast of Tanzania in Africa, the Zanzibar Archipelago has been labeled the most exotic island chain in the world.

Zanzibar - Land of Giants

Between the continents of North and South America is a tropical paradise: the Caribbean. This archipelago of over 7,000 islands and reefs lies within the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean Sea.

Between the continents of North and South America is a tropical paradise: the Caribbean. This archipelago of over 7,000 islands and reefs.

The Caribbean - The Wild Side of Paradise

Situated 1,000km west of Ecuador in South America, the Galapagos archipelago contains 13 main islands and a hundred or so smaller rocks and reefs. The region’s wilderness is so pristine and rich in life it altered our entire view of the natural world.

Situated 1,000km west of Ecuador in South America, the Galapagos archipelago contains 13 main islands and a hundred or so smaller rocks and reefs.

Galapagos - Darwin's Eden

Lying like a teardrop in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is an island that defies convention. Poised just six degrees above the equator, it’s less than 75,000 km sq in size. But it has enough wildlife to rival a continent, and it’s all down to its complicated climate and geography.

Lying like a teardrop in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is an island that defies convention. Poised just six degrees above the equator, less than 75,000 km sq in size.

Sri Lanka - Monsoon Island

Lying just off the coast of west Scotland, the Hebrides archipelago is made up of more than 500 islands and islets. Isolation from the mainland has made it the perfect breeding ground for millions of creatures, making it home to some of the largest gatherings, and greatest spectacles on the planet.

Lying just off the coast of west Scotland, the Hebrides archipelago is made up of more than 500 islands and islets.