Ever since Planet Earth, there has been a steady stream of beautifully shot nature mini-series. Until most of these have transverse the globe highlighting little scene wildlife. Wild Hawaii is the first of these nature shows to take the micro approach to the nature show focusing on one very small part of the globe: only 1,500 miles in length featuring eight major islands as well as one hundred and twenty-four smaller ones (which begs the question, why hasn’t Survivor taken up shop on one of the smaller islands yet).
Despite taking up a small part of the globe’s surface, Hawaii is a great place to film because of its isolation 2,400 miles from the nearest continent. And where else on the globe can you go snowboarding, travel a couple miles and go surfing minutes later? And that isolation has created a diverse array of species that would likely not see anywhere else on the planet, at least not evolved in the same way.
Wild Hawaii takes you from the top of the still active volcano all the way under the ocean just of the shore (you even get to view the ocean via seal cam). The special is made up of two episodes: Land of Fire will explore the fiery heart of Hawaii, explain how the lava shaped the islands and how the animals have adapted around the lava. That will be followed by Secrets of the Deep which will go to undersea rivers to see the fish that thrive in the rare waters just off the shore. The scenes are as beautiful as you would come to expect from these types of show and should be check out by any nature lover.
Wild Hawaii premieres Sundays at 8:00 on Nat Geo Wild. Check out the trailer below:
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