Watch Walking with Elephants Season 1 in Australia

Explorer, conservationist, author and presenter Levison Wood treks alongside hundreds of elephants on their annual migration across Botswana. He gets up close and personal for the first time with a group of orphans and takes part in an ancient ceremony, before setting off into the bush in search of a herd to follow. Following potentially dangerous encounters with a buffalo and a pride of lions, Lev finds his first herd, but is forced to leave them alone when one threatens to charge.

Levison Wood continues his epic 650-mile journey on foot, following the annual migration of Botswana's 130,000 elephants, and faces his toughest challenge yet. Together with his guide Kane, Lev treks along the route taken by the male elephants through the immense salt pans of the Makgadikgadi, via the frontier town of Gweta, to the edge of the Okavango Delta. Along the way, he narrowly escapes being surrounded by nervous bull elephants, before enjoying the incredible experience of being up close to the same group as they drink at a waterhole.

Levison Wood concludes his journey following Botswana's elephants. After wading through wetland teeming with wildlife, Lev and Kane reach Kane's home village and witness a wonderful sight.