8.5/10113 votesLoading...#1 - Deserted Island
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/29/2006
Grylls is kicked out by helicopter into the water near a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. He demonstrates long distance swimming, shelter building and coconut harvesting. Grylls builds a bamboo raft to look for ships, and is surrounded by tiger sharks. He fishes off his raft using a fish bone hook, and shows how to signal a ship using the reflection produced by his polished knife.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#2 - Men vs. Wild with Jake Gyllenhaal
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/2011
Bear brings along a companion, actor Jake Gyllenhaal, to test how he measures up to unpredictable and unforgiving Mother Nature.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1077 votesLoading...#3 - Romania
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 2/15/2009
Grylls heads to Romania where he takes on a bear and dangerous water channels.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1062 votesLoading...#4 - Urban Survivor
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 2/3/2010
Grylls is in a post-disaster urban city scenario and he must survive. His thirst to live and survival techniques modified for a city environment keep him alive in a concrete wasteland in Gdynia, Poland.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10112 votesLoading...#5 - Iceland
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/22/2007
Grylls parachutes into the extreme landscape of Iceland, the site of vicious blizzard, 50 mph (80 km/h) winds, icy glacial waters, boiling hot mud and volcanic springs. He demonstrates how to make a snow cave, find water in volcanic underground tunnels and avoid frostbite. To find food in this subarctic environment, Grylls scavenges a sheep for its eyeballs and mutton fat, and catches a ptarmigan. He demonstrates with his shoelaces the boiling of the eyeballs and mutton in the geysers, to save digestion energy and disinfect the scavenged food.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1080 votesLoading...#7 - Jungle Swamp (1)
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/15/2008
Grylls battles the fierce swamps in Sumatra, Indonesia. As he struggles to keep dry and avoid trench foot, he runs into several types of wildlife, including lizards and the deadly mangrove snake.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1061 votesLoading...#8 - Big Sky Country
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 1/20/2010
Grylls takes on Big Sky Country. He paraglides above the Rockies, traverses vast gullies, and makes the most of abandoned debris before making his great escape on a moving train.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1059 votesLoading...#9 - New Zealand: South Island
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2011
This week Bear braves the remote wilderness of New Zealand's South Island, crossing the country's tallest mountains and attempting to start a fire with wood that is soaking wet.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10120 votesLoading...#10 - African Savanna – Kenya
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/2006
Grylls parachutes into the Sierra Nevadas, simulating the situation of the hundreds of hikers who become stranded there each year. Equipped with a knife and a canteen, Grylls travels through the alpine, woodland and chaparral areas of the mountains. He unsuccessfully tries to tame a wild horse, and eats a live snake. Using techniques gleaned from the Mono Indians, he brushes his teeth with a manzanita leaf. Most of the ground he covers is traversed by river, using a raft held together by grape vine.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10105 votesLoading...#11 - Ecuador
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/13/2007
Grylls paraglides onto the edge of the Andes and follows rivers into the Ecuadorian jungle, is attacked by huge colonies of spear-nosed bats[disambiguation needed], and observes giant weevil grubs and piranhas. He builds a bamboo bridge and a bow and arrow to successfully catch fish, but it doesn't always go his way and he's forced to ride the rapids of the Amazon on a single tree trunk.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10100 votesLoading...#12 - Scotland
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/20/2007
Grylls shows how to navigate the Cairngorms region in extreme weather using ice formations and moss growth, and how to test snow slopes for avalanche potential. He uses moss to purify water and skins a red deer for shelter. For food, he traps a rabbit and cooks it to demonstrate how to prepare it. Grylls also crosses deep marshes and uses fallen trees to cross ravines.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1093 votesLoading...#13 - Panama (1)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/22/2007
Grylls travels to Panama, where he travels in the equatorial heat through mangrove swamps and rain forest, and endures more than 100 mosquito bites and one painful snake bite.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1064 votesLoading...#14 - Turkey
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 2/8/2009
Grylls heads to Turkey where he deals with dangerous animals and he also takes to the water.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1053 votesLoading...#15 - Vietnam
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 8/26/2009
Grylls demonstrates what it was like for soldiers who had to survive in the jungles of Vietnam, during the Vietnam War.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10160 votesLoading...#16 - The Rockies
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/2006
Host Bear Grylls parachutes alone into a remote area of the Rocky Mountains equipped with only the clothes on his back.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10121 votesLoading...#17 - Everglades
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/15/2007
Grylls drops into the swamps of Florida's Everglades, where at least 60 tourists need to be rescued each year. He trudges through the swamp and shows how to construct shelter, deal with razor-sharp sawgrass, get out of a muddy sinkhole and avoid alligators and rattlesnakes. He eats frogs and cooks a turtle Seminole-style.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10108 votesLoading...#18 - Kimberly, Australia
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/6/2007
In the Kimberley region of Australia, an area with a mixture of huge scrub deserts, dry riverbeds and red sandstone cliffs full of deep gorges, Grylls faces extreme heat, poisonous snakes and the ever present danger of dehydration. Survival tips include how to forage for food (bush tucker), build a shelter and how to prevent sunstroke. He explains why he believes drinking ones own urine can prevent death from dehydration. During his journey, Grylls observes saltwater crocodiles and endures a lightning storm.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1081 votesLoading...#19 - Castaway (2)
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 5/22/2008
Bear Grylls spends a week showing how to survive the challenges of the Pacific Ring of Fire. He is dropped into petrified swamps devastated by the 2004 Tsunami and has to navigate his way out.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1086 votesLoading...#20 - Siberia (1)
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 5/29/2008
With temperatures dipping to -50°C, Grylls has to keep warm before hypothermia sets in. He uses snares to catch his food, and a fire to keep warm. He puts up a scenario for the great dangers to walk over a frozen lake, and how to survive without drowning and/or before hypothermia sets in.
Director: Tony Lee
Writer: N/A
7.9/1091 votesLoading...#21 - Baja Desert
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 8/6/2008
Grylls must cross blistering desert and barren salt plains in Mexico's Baja peninsula. While collecting honey Grylls is stung by a bee and his face becomes severely swollen, nearly blinding him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1066 votesLoading...#22 - Dominican Republic
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/1/2009
Grylls has some tips on how to survive the hurricane season and he also eats a cooked tarantula to survive. He tells us about the hairs on the tarantula's back legs and how they defend themselves using the hairs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1052 votesLoading...#23 - Texas
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/2/2009
In Western Texas, Grylls falls to earth from an upturned biplane into the parched Chihuahuan Desert; he traverses deep gorges, locates an oasis and takes on a diamond back rattlesnake.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1054 votesLoading...#24 - Land of the Maori
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 8/18/2011
Over 100 people drown each year in New Zealand, and Bear must cross a raging river on a tree trunk to head toward civilization. On his journey to safety he runs out of water, is forced to climb up active volcanic ranges and scale down a waterfall.
Director: N/A
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#25 - Alaskan Mountain Range
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/24/2006
Grylls is dropped in the Chugach Mountains in Alaska, with skis and his usual gear. He demonstrates Glissading as he traverses snow and glaciers, and climbs down a 200ft (61m) waterfall. He catches a salmon, which he eats raw, and finds a skiff from an abandoned lodge. The skiff sinks, but he reaches the shore and is spotted by a ship.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Man vs. Wild
Every episode of Man vs. Wild ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Man vs. Wild!
Bear strands himself in popular wilderness destinations where tourists often find themselves lost or in danger.
Genres:Action & AdventureDocumentary
Network:Discovery
Best Episodes Summary
"Deserted Island" is the best rated episode of "Man vs. Wild". It scored 8.5/10 based on 113 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/29/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Men vs. Wild with Jake Gyllenhaal".
