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The Best Episodes of Man vs. Wild

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Bear strands himself in popular wilderness destinations where tourists often find themselves lost or in danger.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 9 - Deserted Island
    8.5/10(123 votes)

    S1:E9

    Grylls is kicked out by helicopter into the water near a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. He demonstrates long distance swimming, shelter building and coconut harvesting. Grylls builds a bamboo raft to look for ships, and is surrounded by tiger sharks. He fishes off his raft using a fish bone hook, and shows how to signal a ship using the reflection produced by his polished knife.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Man vs. Wild Season 7 Episode 1 - Men vs. Wild with Jake Gyllenhaal
    8.5/10(208 votes)

    S7:E1

    Bear brings along a companion, actor Jake Gyllenhaal, to test how he measures up to unpredictable and unforgiving Mother Nature.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Man vs. Wild Season 3 Episode 10 - Romania
    8.4/10(85 votes)

    S3:E10

    Grylls heads to Romania where he takes on a bear and dangerous water channels.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Man vs. Wild Season 4 Episode 10 - Urban Survivor
    8.2/10(70 votes)

    S4:E10

    Grylls is in a post-disaster urban city scenario and he must survive. His thirst to live and survival techniques modified for a city environment keep him alive in a concrete wasteland in Gdynia, Poland.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 7 - African Savanna – Kenya
    8.1/10(137 votes)

    S1:E7

    Grylls parachutes into the Sierra Nevadas, simulating the situation of the hundreds of hikers who become stranded there each year. Equipped with a knife and a canteen, Grylls travels through the alpine, woodland and chaparral areas of the mountains. He unsuccessfully tries to tame a wild horse, and eats a live snake. Using techniques gleaned from the Mono Indians, he brushes his teeth with a manzanita leaf. Most of the ground he covers is traversed by river, using a raft held together by grape vine.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 14 - Ecuador
    8.1/10(120 votes)

    S1:E14

    Grylls paraglides onto the edge of the Andes and follows rivers into the Ecuadorian jungle, is attacked by huge colonies of spear-nosed bats[disambiguation needed], and observes giant weevil grubs and piranhas. He builds a bamboo bridge and a bow and arrow to successfully catch fish, but it doesn't always go his way and he's forced to ride the rapids of the Amazon on a single tree trunk.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 15 - Scotland
    8.1/10(118 votes)

    S1:E15

    Grylls shows how to navigate the Cairngorms region in extreme weather using ice formations and moss growth, and how to test snow slopes for avalanche potential. He uses moss to purify water and skins a red deer for shelter. For food, he traps a rabbit and cooks it to demonstrate how to prepare it. Grylls also crosses deep marshes and uses fallen trees to cross ravines.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 3 - Panama (1)
    8.1/10(103 votes)

    S2:E3

    Grylls travels to Panama, where he travels in the equatorial heat through mangrove swamps and rain forest, and endures more than 100 mosquito bites and one painful snake bite.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 10 - Jungle Swamp (1)
    8.1/10(91 votes)

    S2:E10

    Grylls battles the fierce swamps in Sumatra, Indonesia. As he struggles to keep dry and avoid trench foot, he runs into several types of wildlife, including lizards and the deadly mangrove snake.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Man vs. Wild Season 4 Episode 8 - Big Sky Country
    8.1/10(69 votes)

    S4:E8

    Grylls takes on Big Sky Country. He paraglides above the Rockies, traverses vast gullies, and makes the most of abandoned debris before making his great escape on a moving train.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Man vs. Wild Season 7 Episode 2 - New Zealand: South Island
    8.1/10(68 votes)

    S7:E2

    This week Bear braves the remote wilderness of New Zealand's South Island, crossing the country's tallest mountains and attempting to start a fire with wood that is soaking wet.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 1 - Sahara
    8.0/10(121 votes)

    S2:E1

    In the sun-scorched Sahara Desert, Grylls uses survival tactics of the indigenous people, including eating a scorpion and a sandfish. He also explains how to escape from quicksand.

    Director:Tony Lee
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 2 - Desert Survivor
    8.0/10(101 votes)

    S2:E2

    In the desert, Grylls offers tips on skinning and disemboweling a dead camel for water.

    Director:Tony Lee
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  14. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 11 - Castaway (2)
    8.0/10(89 votes)

    S2:E11

    Bear Grylls spends a week showing how to survive the challenges of the Pacific Ring of Fire. He is dropped into petrified swamps devastated by the 2004 Tsunami and has to navigate his way out.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 12 - Siberia (1)
    8.0/10(94 votes)

    S2:E12

    With temperatures dipping to -50°C, Grylls has to keep warm before hypothermia sets in. He uses snares to catch his food, and a fire to keep warm. He puts up a scenario for the great dangers to walk over a frozen lake, and how to survive without drowning and/or before hypothermia sets in.

    Director:Tony Lee
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  16. Man vs. Wild Season 3 Episode 1 - Baja Desert
    8.0/10(100 votes)

    S3:E1

    Grylls must cross blistering desert and barren salt plains in Mexico's Baja peninsula. While collecting honey Grylls is stung by a bee and his face becomes severely swollen, nearly blinding him.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Man vs. Wild Season 3 Episode 9 - Turkey
    8.0/10(72 votes)

    S3:E9

    Grylls heads to Turkey where he deals with dangerous animals and he also takes to the water.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Man vs. Wild Season 4 Episode 3 - Vietnam
    8.0/10(61 votes)

    S4:E3

    Grylls demonstrates what it was like for soldiers who had to survive in the jungles of Vietnam, during the Vietnam War.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Man vs. Wild Season 5 Episode 1 - Western Pacific
    8.0/10(70 votes)

    S5:E1

    Grylls is on a desert island, south of Papua New Guinea. He wades across a shark-infested tidal channel, climbs crumbling volcanic cliffs, leaps over a 100-foot death drop, and constructs a bamboo windsurfer to make his escape.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 1 - The Rockies
    7.9/10(181 votes)

    S1:E1

    Host Bear Grylls parachutes alone into a remote area of the Rocky Mountains equipped with only the clothes on his back.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 4 - Alaskan Mountain Range
    7.9/10(147 votes)

    S1:E4

    Grylls is dropped in the Chugach Mountains in Alaska, with skis and his usual gear. He demonstrates Glissading as he traverses snow and glaciers, and climbs down a 200ft (61m) waterfall. He catches a salmon, which he eats raw, and finds a skiff from an abandoned lodge. The skiff sinks, but he reaches the shore and is spotted by a ship.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 10 - Everglades
    7.9/10(134 votes)

    S1:E10

    Grylls drops into the swamps of Florida's Everglades, where at least 60 tourists need to be rescued each year. He trudges through the swamp and shows how to construct shelter, deal with razor-sharp sawgrass, get out of a muddy sinkhole and avoid alligators and rattlesnakes. He eats frogs and cooks a turtle Seminole-style.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 4 - Jungle (2)
    7.9/10(96 votes)

    S2:E4

    Survival techniques for Panama's mangrove swamps and jungle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 5 - Patagonia
    7.9/10(102 votes)

    S2:E5

    Grylls parachutes into Patagonia, the southernmost tip of South America, where he first encounters a vast ice field, then forages in a beech forest, wades through a frozen bog and swims through icy water.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 8 - Zambia
    7.9/10(98 votes)

    S2:E8

    Bear Grylls ventures into the landlocked country of Zambia in Southern Africa. Before heading into the bush, he shows you how to survive some of the world's biggest rapids.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Deserted Island" is the best rated episode of "Man vs. Wild". It scored 8.5/10 based on 123 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/29/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Men vs. Wild with Jake Gyllenhaal".