Travels to the Other Side of the World

After the first expeditions to Guyana, Indonesia, and Paraguay, described in the book «The Travels of a Naturalist: Adventures with Wild Animals», David Attenborough, the legendary host of the wildlife documentary series «The Blue Planet» on BBC, embarked on equally thrilling journeys to another part of the world. In Madagascar and New Guinea, in the Pacific islands and the Northern Territory of Australia, as part of a group of other enthusiasts, he not only filmed nature with its amazing flora and fauna—tree pythons, birds of paradise, chameleons, frilled lizards, sifaka, indri, lemurs, barramundi, and other animals—but also sought to carefully illuminate the way of life, traditions, and beliefs of the indigenous peoples of these regions. Attenborough observed the leaps of land divers from Pentecost, participated in sing-sing ceremonies in New Guinea and royal kava on Tonga, studied rock paintings in Nourlangie, and conversed with a bark painting master in the Northern Territory. And although sixty years have passed since the last journey described in this book, Attenborough's stories will never lose their freshness and charm, as they are infused with love for all living things and filled with the spirit of discovery.
«Since then, much has changed, but I left the stories about these places and events exactly as I recorded them». (David Attenborough)