Les Stroud's Beyond Survival show's poster

The Sea Gypsies of Malaysia Part 1

Survival expert Les Stroud journeys around the globe to unearth the secrets of how remote Indigenous tribes have lived in the wild for thousands of years. Les travels to places such as Madagascar and the Kalahari Desert to learn new survival skills from the few remaining Indigenous tribes around the world. Increasingly under threat, the traditional way of life for these tribes is changing quickly.

RMPBS Passport

Please log in to your PBS Passport account to watch this video

Become a Member

The Sea Gypsies of Malaysia Part 1

Season 1 Episode 105 | 26m 46s | CC

Les explores the spiritual, cultural and physical survival of the Bajau. They belong to no country; their allegiance to the sea. They have called the waters of Borneo home for over 200 years and they live, eat, and socialize entirely in a small boat or small ocean stilted hut. Les fishes and makes shelter of braided palm leaves and machete shorn wood.

Les Stroud's Beyond Survival

Watch more episodes

See more
See more
Distributed nationally by American Public Television