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Eco Team Facilitates Running Wild with Bear Grylls

1 October, 2017

Among the adventure experiences created by Bear Grylls, for millions of fans around the world, is an episode of Running Wild, filmed in Sri Lanka. Eco Team was the official logistics provider for this episode of Running Wild featuring Mike Horn and Matt Pokora in the Samanala Wewa region. The area which is more than 10km away from human inhabitancy meant, the cast and crew had to trek with all their equipment. The film crew also camped in the great outdoors in close proximity to wild elephants and other animals.

Speaking on this significant feat, Founder and Chief Experience Officer of Eco Team Anurudhdha Bandara said, “ In creating an adventure program watched by millions around the world, Eco Team had an adventure of our own making sure that the team truly experienced Sri Lanka.”

‘Running Wild with Bear Grylls’ is a survival skills reality television series. Throughout the many episodes of the show, ‘Running Wild’ has featured celebrities such as former US president Barack Obama, Titanic movie star Kate Winslet and award winning actress Julia Roberts.

During their expedition the episode’s host Mike Horn, the guest celebrity Matt Pokora and the crew consisting of over thirty members were all in Sri Lanka for the production of this episode. Mike Horn is a world renowned adventurer who was dubbed the ‘world’s greatest living man’ by the Telegraph UK, having circumnavigated and trekked around the world from pole to pole and even along the equator – Latitude Zero with no motorised transport. He has also circled the Arctic solo using a kayak, ski and his own feet, expedited the Amazon on his own and scaled mountains over 8,000 metres.

The guest celebrity of the episode, Matt Pokora is a famous French singer and songwriter who has taken up a number of acting roles. Together, they stepped out into the virgin forest of Samanala Wewa Nature Reserve located in between Belihuloya and Kaltota regions, mid-way through the dry and wet zone. It is located in an untouched, remote area where wild elephant sightings are many, which increased the risk for the two stars as well as the large production crew. However all’s well that ended well. The episode was telecast in February this year on M6 French TV.

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