Renowned survivalist Bear Grylls is back with more bold and exciting episodes of the hit series Running Wild with Bear Grylls. Except this season, he is kicking things up a notch by introducing ‘The Challenge’ with celebrity guests tagging along to learn essential survival skills.
Escalante Desert Plateau – Bear Grylls and Natalie Portman. Picture: National Geographic/Ben Simms
These celebrity guests will have to prove their newly learnt skills under high-stress situations, like plunging into a frozen lake in the Candian Rockies or foraging for food in the deserts of the Great Basin.
Sierra Nevada Desert Gorge – Bear Grylls. Picture: National Geographic/Ben Simms
These celebrity guests will have to adapt quickly from their life of celebrity luxury and opulence where they will be pushed mentally and physically.
Celebrity guests include:
- Natalie Portman in Southern Utah
- Simu Lui in the Canadian Rockies
- Ashton Kutcher in the Costa Rican coastal rainforest
- Florence Pugh in the volcanic forests of Costa Rica
- Anthony Anderson in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Rob Riggle in the Great Basin Desert
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge will premier on National Geographic (DStv 181, Starsat 220) on Wednesdays at 9pm, from 28 September.
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