As we set out on our road trip across southern Africa, Paul lays out the stark reality facing the continent’s last-remaining wild lions and the journey ahead of us to see firsthand the perils they face. In this first episode, we leave Cape Town and head north into the world’s oldest desert and along the Skeleton Coast to encounter the extraordinary desert- and marine-adapted lions that survive in one of the Earth’s most unforgiving places—and to meet the man who has spent over 32 years documenting their lives, Dr. Philip “Flip” Stander.
