Expedition Africa is an eight-part reality television miniseries that originally aired from May 31, 2009 (2009-05-31) to July 12, 2009 (2009-07-12) on History. Produced by Mark Burnett, the program follows four modern day explorers—a navigator, a wildlife expert, a survivalist, and a journalist—as they substantially retrace H.M. Stanley s famed expedition to find Dr. David Livingstone. Their route deviates somewhat from Stanley s in that it includes a treacherous crossing of the Uluguru Mountains, which Stanley circumvented. Additionally, whereas Stanley took roughly 8 months to find Livingstone, the explorers on the show have 30 days to complete the 970-mile journey deep into the interior of Tanzania.

Cast

So far, the cast consisted of four members (listed in alphabetical order below).

• Benedict Allen is an explorer, author, and filmmaker. Benedict s adventures have taken him from Siberia to South America, where he once completed an eight-month journey to become the first outsider ever to cross the Amazon basin at its widest point. Nevertheless, he does not have much experience in Africa. The author of 10 books, Benedict serves as the group s survivalist. Benedict often chafes under Pasquale s leadership.
• Mireya Mayor is an anthropologist, wildlife correspondent, and former cheerleader for the NFL s Miami Dolphins. Mireya, who has a PhD and master s degree in anthropology, is a two-time Emmy Award-nominated correspondent for the National Geographic Channel. Her work has provided her with extensive field experience studying primates, snakes, and other wild animals indigenous to the continent. Mireya is sometimes annoyed by what she perceives as Pasquale s condescending treatment towards the only woman in the group, as well as by Kevin s inexperience.
• Pasquale Scatturo is an adventurer and geophysicist who has led expeditions all over the world, including three to Mount Everest. Pasquale once successfully led a dangerous 3,260 mile expedition from the source of the Nile River high in the mountains of Ethiopia to the Mediterranean Sea, an experience which was captured in the IMAX film, Mystery of the Nile. Pasquale serves as the group s navigator and de facto leader, though his perceived domineering manner sometimes creates conflict with other members.
• Kevin Sites is a war correspondent and author who has worked for ABC, NBC and CNN. As a backpack journalist, he covered every major conflict in the world in one year for Yahoo! News. On the series he s depicted as a motivated but inexperienced explorer. He s often seen advocating on behalf of the porters, but some in the group regard this sensitivity as him transposing his own concerns onto others. Sites also performs as a trained EMT, helping out where needed medically, and sometimes comes into conflict with Mireya, who believes her past expedition experiences outweigh Sites book knowledge.

Episodes

Episode 1: Lost in Africa

Episode 2: First Victim

Episode 3: Hunters Become The Hunted

Episode 4: African Monsoon

Episode 5: Danger In the Desert

Episode 6: Malaria Claims an Explorer

Episode 7: Heart of Darkness

Episode 8: The Final Chapter

Year	2009
ReleaseDate	2009-05-31
Plot	Follows four explorers as they endeavor to re-create one of history’s greatest adventures, journalist Henry Morton Stanley’s 1871 trek into Africa to find missing explorer David Livingstone.
Awards	Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy, 2 nominations total
Stars	Mireya Mayor, Pasquale Scaturro, Kevin Sites
Series Produced by	Maria Baltazzi, Mark Burnett, Sean Foley, Michael Shevloff, Brian Skope, Jeff Taupier, Gregory Vanger, Ali Zubik, David C. Brown, Jim Shamoon, Mario Zvan, David McKillop, Charles Nordlander
Series Music by	David Vanacore
Series Editing by	Brad Ley, Sven Pape, Neil Jariwala, Mark Sadlek, Molly Shock, Jackson Anderer, Tony Diaz
Series Production Management	Amanda Stutevoss Coppola, Hemal Shah
Series Sound Department	Shaun Cunningham, Rian Engelen, Mark Krupka, Monique Reymond, Brian Riordan, Matt Slivinski, Jacob Farron Smith, Adrian Ordonez
Series Visual Effects by	Andrew Midgley
Series Camera and Electrical Department	Brenton McCracken, Kyle Rooney, Jeffery Taylor
Series Editorial Department	Jason S. Berlin, Bob Sackter, Jonathon Braun, J.D. Sievertson, Andrew Ecker
Series Music Department	Louie Schultz, Michael Lord
Series Additional Crew	Dan Paschen, Erin Sager, Matt Shanfield, Randy Sollenberger, Tom Huffman, Brien Meagher
Genres	Reality-TV
Companies	Blue Sky Films, Mark Burnett Productions
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ImDbRating	6.6
ImDbRatingVotes	100
Keywords	non fiction