Intrepid Journeys is a New Zealand television series, which screens on TV ONE. Making its debut in 2003, the show focuses on New Zealand "celebrities" who travel over to exotic countries to see the country's history, culture and people. It is a multi-award-winning travel series. It is not a “Survivor” style manufactured “challenge” show. It is about meeting real challenges in the real world, travelling to lesser-known places and then getting around the way locals do… by foot, bus and camel. Aside from being physically challenging, Intrepid Journeys also acts as a conduit to other cultures and countries that may otherwise only be seen on the news when all hell is breaking loose. This series is a chance to get past stereotypes, myths and bad press, to get out into the real world and experience life challenging and changing travel. Across each hour-long episode, Intrepid Journeys follows a celebrity traveller for two weeks in a rough and ready destination. The appeal of the show is two-fold. Aside from seeing a personality rise to a real challenge, there is also the chance to gather real working knowledge and understanding of places, lives, events and happenings foreign to Western culture.
Tonight, whilst attempting to climb a volcano, battle leeches and cope with recent back surgery, international supermodel Rachel Hunter has a tense moment with an angry orangutan, and is moved to tears by stories of loss in the Boxing Day tsunami when she visits Sumatra in her Intrepid Journey.
Steve Price travels to Nepal where he takes on a 12-day hike, visits local villages and makes it to Kathmandu's highest point.
Singer Annie Crummer travels to Peru where she is forced to eat roast guinea pig, confront her fear of spiders, and take on a challenging three-day hike.
Comic actor and writer Oscar Kightley visits Burma/Myanmar where he goes on a five-hour hike, deals with chaotic road traffic and sleeps a night on a bumpy train ride.
Psychologist and author Pamela Stephenson-Connolly travels to Papua New Guinea where she wears traditional face paint, takes a long river journey in a dug-out canoe, and has a close encounter with a crocodile.
Former All Black Captain Buck Shelford struggles with a salsa instructor, visits the cigar capital of the world, and witnesses first-hand Fidel Castro's influence in Cuba.
