Season 1
Expedition Africa: Stanley & Livingstone is an American docu-reality television series produced by Mark Burnett which follows four modern day explorers — a navigator, a wildlife expert, a survivalist and a journalist — as they substantially retrace H.M. Stanley's famed expedition to find Dr. David Livingstone.
The series aired in the USA on History from 31 May to 12 June, 2009. There are eight hour-long episodes in the series.
Expedition Africa: Stanley & Livingstone premiered in South Africa on DStv's M-Net Action channel on Monday 19 July 2010, at 18h00. New episodes broadcast weekly.
Synopsis
Expedition Africa: Stanley & Livingstone follows four elite explorers as they recapture one of the greatest adventures in history.
For 30 days, they journey 950 miles deep into the heart of Africa as they retrace Henry Morton Stanley's search for Dr. David Livingstone.
Using only a compass and basic hand-drawn maps, these modern-day Explorers attempt to conquer the most challenging and dangerous parts of Stanley's quest.
Each is an expert in his or her own field of exploration and together they seek to re-live this epic 19th century adventure by confronting similar obstacles and dangers as the great ones before them.
Their route deviates somewhat from Stanley's in that it includes a treacherous crossing of the Uluguru Mountains, which Stanley circumvented.
Additionally, whereas Stanley took roughly 8 months to find Livingstone, the explorers on the show have 30 days to complete the 970-mile journey deep into the interior of Tanzania.