The Andes - World in the Clouds - Wildest Latin America - Go Wild

The longest chain of mountains in the world at 7200km, the Andes run the length of western South America and dictate the climate for the whole continent. From the northern coasts of Venezuela to the tip of Tierra del Fuego in Chile, they include some of the highest peaks outside the Himalayas. Live volcanoes punctuate the range, and form part of the Pacific Rim of Fire. This film explores how life has managed to exist in this high altitude world of extremes.

Pumas roam the mountain slopes searching for a meal. Condors glide over 5000 metres above them hoping to scavenge a free meal from their leftovers.

High altitude cloud forests cling to the steep slopes and carpet a rich world of spectacled bears, colourful birds and unique plants. The jungle also cloaks the deserted mountain cities of ancient and mysterious peoples - long since reclaimed by nature. Yet people still live in the thin air and extreme exposures of the Andes. The Quechua are some of the world’s most adapted peoples. Every day is an uphill struggle.

In Peru and Bolivia, the Andes have thrust expansive desert plains and salt pans 3 miles into the sky. Known as the altiplano, these high altitude plateaus are some of the most extreme habitats on Earth. Baking heat claims the day, and frigid winter grips the night. The highest geysers in the world attest to the volcanic instability of the whole area. Flamingoes sieve the saline pools for brine shrimp and altitude adapted animals like viscachas and vicunas graze the plains.

[robertplatte]

WOW good show. I am watching this on a really big tv its outstanding

[chewitt]

The music in this episode is awesome, especially at the beginning and when the people are hunting the flamingos.

[neggylydejesus]

Oh its a remarkable complex balance of people's culture, nature and fauna diversity.🥰 Such a beautiful documentary about nature in Latin America… Awesome! Also, few mispronounced words but I guess we understood what narrator tried to convey. Thank you so much!!

[seanconnery]

5.4.2023.First class, very good and best.💯💙💋😎.Thank you.

[Cracraw]

That poor Condor, I bet he was like, " Let me tell you WTF just happened to me!", when he got back home.

[rickkwitkoski]

Wow! So many species of animals and plants that I've never heard of, especially in the cloud forest. I had to stop and Wikipedia so many times. Thank you.

[hittrewweuy]

I’ve been in Bolivia’s altiplano, lake Titicaca, sale de uyuni, it’s like being in a different planet, completely surreal, I loved it !!

[nathanielavoures]

The farthest south I've traveled is the Aztec ruins of Mexico and the Sierra Madre mountains! Would love to go to South America!

[christinehorner]

Very informative without all the hype. The animals are featured above all. This just shows how God varied each creation. making a world humans could admire and delight in, in many ways.

[mistyg]

My 2 chinchillas seem to like this so far 😊

[techc]

I never knew of the Titicaca frog...I'm learning

[chandrashekharkumar]

Pls upload more episodes from wildest latin america

[deppam]

Hiram Bigham made and extraordinary discovery he was le to and ancient hilltop. If so, how can he discover?

[chandrashekharkumar]

Pls upload episodes from Wildest Africa

[nathanielavoures]

A Puma grows as big as an African lion!

[hensonlaura]

"Volcanic geezers" cracked me up! In the US, geysers is pronounced guy-ser. A geezer here, is disrespectful slang for an old person. Had a quick mental image of some geezers kicking it on the volcano!

[jafrialiakbar]

All I have seen Teach me to trust the creator For all I have not seen.

[nathanielavoures]

South American maybe the world's oldest country! Even though most people think Africa is even older? Then there's Australia which people claim is the oldest country hands down!

[JJDigitalartStudio]

I don't like snakes. I can watch them but I do not like them. I leave them alone and they leave me alone. But the Andes. Rough country that. Cold like the Antarctic.

[ginociambotti]

Tierra del Fuego is not Chile, it's Argentina lol. Hope the rest of the video is more accurate than that.