In the northernmost province of the island of Sumatra, a rigid interpretation of Islamic Sharia law applies – including public floggings. The reasons for the humiliating punishments are manifold: sex before or outside marriage, alcohol
Lelian Chew is a wedding planner to the super-rich in the East Asia. With Asia now home to more billionaires than the USA or Europe, this film goes inside a world of unimaginable wealth and
Baby orangutans on the island of Sumatra are being captured and sold as pets, but charities are working to rescue the animals and confront the owners.
Host David Farrier’s empathetic curiosity keeps Dark Tourist from feeling too exploitative — though shallow observations about its macabre destinations often leave something to be desired.
Thilo meets a poacher in Indonesia who catches slow lorises and then sells them to feed his family. He goes with him in search of the lorises.
Louisa and Philipp have only ever known rice on their plates. In Indonesia, they learn how rice plants are grown. They also help to clear a beach of rubbish
Jimmy meets a young family who’ve moved to an isolated tropical Pacific island. It’s beautiful but full of hidden dangers, from lethal centipedes to water pythons.
A biologist and adventurer, Hazen Audel, embarks on a challenging solo sea-faring mission, based on a traditional ocean voyage to remote fishing grounds undertaken by Bajau nomads.
National Geographic VR takes you inside the International Animal Rescue sanctuary in the forests of Borneo to see what it takes to teach a baby orangutan to be an orangutan. Here a dedicated team of
