In the stunning Wadi Rum desert of Jordan, travel vlogger and Nat Geo explorer Eva zu Beck visits a Bedouin family to learn about their nomadic lifestyle and culture to help prepare for an unforgettable desert adventure in the Middle East. Her navigation skills are put to the ultimate test when left alone in one of the most unforgiving terrains on the planet to complete an extreme survival challenge: find water....without a map or GPS. To complete this intense Superskilled challenge, Eva must quickly learn the native language and animal handling cues in order to befriend a camel for her desert trek.
Discover the Amazon rainforest with Eva zu Beck as she undertakes one of the world's most intense indigenous pain rituals: the bullet ant ritual. Eva travels to Leticia, Colombia, to meet the Yukuna indigenous community. Her guide is Fermín, a respected shaman and expert in Yukuna culture and plant-based medicine. The Yukuna people practice ancient healing and protective rituals, often involving controlled pain to increase spiritual and physical strength. Eva commits to experiencing the ultimate test: being bitten by a handful of the Amazon's most notorious insect, the bullet ant. Watch as Eva questions her decision and attempts to channel the resilience of the Yukuna culture to endure a pain she's never experienced before.
Explorer Eva zu Beck travels to Iten, Kenya - the legendary "Home of Champions" known for producing the fastest long-distance runners in history - for an intense, one-week running training camp. Watch as she immerses herself in the Kenyan running culture to learn the secrets of elite marathon runners and world champion athletes in this high-altitude training mecca. With a Kenyan Olympian as a coach, Eva sets out on her mission to become a faster runner and significantly improve her marathon time through training techniques, a specialized running diet, daily schedule, and powerful mindset that separates the best from the rest.
Join Eva zu Beck in Thailand to train under one of the country's most decorated Muay Thai champions, Manasak Pinsinchai. Eva's journey begins in Bangkok where she meets young Thai fighters and learns about the culture, history, and discipline behind Muay Thai and how it is woven into everyday life. She then travels to Chiang Mai for a two-week intensive training bootcamp where she spends long days in sparring sessions, intense conditioning workouts, repetitive drills, and learning clinch and bag work. The challenge pushes her to her physical limits and a painful injury threatens to derail her entire journey. Through it all though, Eva discovers the true meaning of Muay Thai: respect, heart, and self-improvement. At the end of her two weeks, Eva honors the spirit of Thailand's national sport by stepping into the ring for her first-ever fight.
In the vast grassy plains of Mongolia, a country defined by epic landscapes and ancient horse culture, Eva zu Beck sets out on a mission to become a modern-day warrior, guided by a female horseback archery champion. Join Eva as she learns the fundamentals of archery and how to combine it with hands-free horseback riding. Along the way, she connects with local nomadic communities, witnesses the timeless traditions, and gains a deeper understanding of one of the world's best-preserved ancient cultures and what it takes to keep these traditions alive in the modern world.
Journey into the freezing Andes mountains of Bolivia with Eva zu Beck, and meet the Climbing Cholitas, a group of Indigenous women on a mission to reclaim their power. One climb at a time, they endure tough routes at extreme altitudes, all while wearing traditional pollera skirts as an act of resistance. Eva grabs an ice pick and crampon to join them on a challenging trek through the Condoriri Glacier with hopes to harness their confidence and overcome her fear of heights. Experience the ultimate display of female empowerment and cultural heritage as Eva learns how these mountain climbers defy the odds of gravity, challenge social norms, and change the narrative of what it means to be an Indigenous woman in a conservative society.