the parents of madeleine mccann welcome the news that a german man has been formally made a suspect over their daughter s disappearance in 2007. and, new pictures of prince louis, taken by the duchess of cambridge, are released to mark the prince s fourth birthday. now, the travel show. the travel show team meets an artist and historian on a mission to catalogue all the islamic public art in tripoli before neglect and the elements do their worst. and we catch up with the adventurer. this week on the show. going wild in chile. we ve actually found a huemul deer. can you see him in the distance? treasure hunting in lebanon. and on board a leaky boat in crocodile infested waters. i have lots of water in my boat. i don t know exactly why yet, but here it is. chile and patagonia, a place where tradition is meeting progression. a wild, majestic spectacle where one of the world s longest countries has benefited from the largest land donation in history to create a conservation proje
tojust keep going. and do join us next week to see if karolis makes it all the way to the end. also coming up, rajan s in dublin on the 100th birthday of one of its best known but most challenging classic novels and meeting what have to be some of the luckiest librarians in the world. wow! look at this! the ceiling is incredible and it goes on and on for a long, long way. at must be at least 60 metres or some. and you can see more of our recent travels on the bbc iplayer. you can check us out on facebook and instagram too. just search for bbc travel show and look for that little blue logo. but until next time from all of us here in chile and patagonia, it s goodbye.
doug had spent time in patagonia before, creating the clothing brand north face, and kris had been ceo of the brand patagonia. when he decided to get out of business and do something different with his life, just dedicate his life to conservation and those things that he loved, these two countries came back into the front of his mind. in 1991, doug bought a coastal farm in southern chile, and over 30 years, along with kris and the tompkins conservation organisation, they bought 2 million acres acres across chile and argentina. rewilding came high on their agenda, repopulating the diverse range of species that had become critically imbalanced. the numbers of nandu birds in chile have dropped significantly. in this valley, rewilding has
of parks, joining 17 old and new national parks together to create a huge network of wild areas to explore, more than 1,700 miles. myjourney to its heart takes me six hours in a 4x4, along rough terrain. so, we ve blown a tire, and as you can see behind me, the road is pretty rough. we ve hit one of these huge potholes, and i guess that s part of the story of tourism here. the infrastructure is still a work in progress for the government, but for two philanthropists, doug and kris tompkins, the route of parks was just the latest part in a decades long project in both chile and argentinian patagonia.
with any kind of light. i have a torch. exhales so now remains tojust keep going. and do join us next week to see if karolis makes it all the way to the end. also coming up, rajan s in dublin on the 100th birthday of one of its best known but most challenging classic novels and meeting what have to be some of the luckiest librarians in the world. wow! look at this! the ceiling is incredible and it goes on and on for a long, long way. at must be at least 60 metres or some. and you can see more of our recent travels on the bbc iplayer. you can check us out on facebook and instagram too. just search for bbc travel show and look for that little blue logo. but until next time from all of us here in chile and patagonia, it s goodbye.