Would you like to satisfy your wanderlust at Easter and dream of other worlds? We tell you which travel documentaries you shouldn’t miss on TV during the holidays.
For many, Easter is an opportunity to spend time with family and to cultivate special traditions. But for everyone who has wanderlust or is interested in other cultures and places, there are great opportunities this year to discover the world from the sofa.
Numerous television stations offer highlights such as travel documentaries and special programs on various countries and regions at Easter. So you can sit comfortably at home and let the pictures and stories take you to other worlds.
Whether nature documentaries, city portraits or culinary voyages of discovery – television offers the right program for every taste. And if you can’t get enough, you will also find a selection of travel documentaries that are available on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ and can be streamed at any time.
Travel documentaries on Good Friday, April 7th, 2023
On Good Friday, “Beyond Bali” takes you through the island world of Indonesia. With a traditional Indonesian schooner, from Bali via Lombok, Sumbawa and Komodo to Flores.
In spring, the landscape between Haarlem and The Hague resembles a huge, colorful painting. In Keukenhof, one of the largest flower parks in the world, 4.5 million tulips are in bloom. This is shown by the program “Romantic Holland”.
- 11:15 am “Beyond Bali” – HR
- 11:20 a.m. “The Great Way – on foot around the world” – Servus TV
- 1:30 p.m. “Bruges” – Phoenix
- 1:45 p.m. “Dream routes in Switzerland” – 3 Sat
- 1:50 p.m. “Romantic Holland – between the splendor of tulips and the royal crown” – SWR
- 3:00 p.m. “Fairytale Germany” – WDR
- 18:35 “The Apennines – Italy’s natural paradise” – Arte
Travel documentaries on Holy Saturday, April 8th, 2023
In “Africa from Above”, Arte shows the most fascinating continent on earth, seen from a perspective like never before: With the help of a combination of satellite images, aerial photographs and CGI, this unique feature-length journey presents the most spectacular mountains, water bodies and cities of the continent on a never-before-seen way before.
- 14:45 “Lost Places – Devil’s Island” – N24 documentary
- 3:05 p.m. “England’s most beautiful gardens – green lifestyle for all situations” – 3 Sat
- 3:50 p.m. “Africa from above” – Arte
- 4:55 pm “Dream Trains – Yukon Route Railroad” – N24 documentary
- 5:40 p.m. “Dream Trains – The Glacier Express” – N24 documentary
- 6:30 p.m. “Adventure Europe” – Arte
Travel documentaries on Easter Sunday, April 9th, 2023
Due to its mild climate, the proximity to nature and the numerous possibilities for excursions, Lake Constance is one of the most popular travel destinations in Germany and there is hardly anyone who does not rave about its beauty. To be seen in “Lake Constance – Three Countries, One Lake”. In “Swiss Dreamlike Railway Routes” on 3Sat, Switzerland can be explored from the comfort of your sofa.
- 11:25 a.m. “Lake Constance – Three countries, one lake” – Servus TV
- 1:20 p.m. “Swiss dreamlike railway routes” – 3 Sat
- 15:00 “Corsica” – SWR
- 3:45 p.m. “Menorca’s silent magic” – SWR
- 6:00 p.m. “To the North Cape with Hurtigruten” – ZDF
- 6:20 p.m. “Unknown Africa” - Servus TV
Travel documentaries on Easter Monday, April 10th, 2023
In “Alaska – Equalusuad” Arte goes on the trail of the salmon shark. The annual spectacle of the salmon migration in Alaska’s Prince William Sound is not only fascinating for humans. Predators such as brown bears position themselves, as does the salmon shark, which can be up to three meters long. In “Germany’s most beautiful lakes” the most beautiful lakes in Germany are shown.
- 11:25 am “Alaska – Equalusuad” – Arte
- 12:15 p.m. “Wonderful! Baltic Sea trips – from Rügen to Fehmarn” – WDR
- 4:00 p.m. “Germany’s most beautiful lakes” – WDR
- 5:50 p.m. “Africa from above” – Arte
If you haven’t had enough, you can roam into the distance with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and Co. The streamers have numerous travel documentaries in their program that will take you to other countries.
Travel documentaries on Netflix
On Netflix you will find the travel documentary “Elsewhere. Alone in Africa”. This travel documentary accompanies an artist from Germany on a 15,000 kilometer adventure through Africa – by bicycle. The show “Chef’s Table” belongs to the category “Cooking and Travel Shows”. In search of delicacies, the makers travel to culinary stars around the world.
Travel documentaries at Disney +
The documentary “Jane” paints a portrait of the fearless and perceptive researcher Jane Goodall, who began studying primate behavior in Tanzania in the 1960s. This documentation is available for retrieval at any time from Disney+. In “Welcome to Earth” actor Will Smith explores the most remote and unknown places on earth.
Travel documentaries on Amazon Prime
Feather-light monarch butterflies, gray whales weighing tons or graceful flamingos – many animal species travel thousands of kilometers to reach a very special destination: Mexico. The pulsating coming and going shows the travel documentary “Mexico’s magical animal migrations” on Amazon Prime. In “Wild Madagascar: The Island of the Lemurs” viewers get to know animals that are only native to the island of Madagascar.
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