Into the Congo with Ben Fogle

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10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Tuesday 31 December

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At a traditional community. Ben witnesses a scary and painful rite-of-passage ceremony for boys on the cusp of adulthood, in the days leading up to which they are deprived of sleep and insulted by members of the community to test how tough they are. Ben then heads to a research station on the fringes of one of Africa's oldest national parks where he comes face-to-face with wild gorillas and witnesses a rare close encounter between two huge 200kg silverbacks