Free Travel Documentaries

Watch the harrowing journey of Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his crew of five men as they travel from Peru to the Polynesian Islands on a raft named "Kon-Tiki" made out of balsa logs.

This audio documentary put out by American Public Media recounts the incredible true-life tale of how 28 Men survived a ship-wreck in Antarctica for 2 years.

Watch this impressive documentary on Yuichiro Miura's attempt to become the first person to ski down Mount Everest on May 6, 1970.

In this 45-minute documentary, Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner as they undertake an ambitious climb in the Gasherbrum mountains.

Footage shot in and around the Sahara Desert, accompanied only by a spoken creation myth and the songs of Leonard Cohen.

Using text from Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes and ancient Aztec and Mayan poetry, narrators Martin Sheen (in English) and Enrique Rocha (in Spanish) lead viewers on a visual journey through this country's rich and varied past and present.

Learn about the nation of Iran as travel writer and TV personality Rick Steves travels across the country to take in this vast culture. In 2009, Steves received permission to film a travel documentary in Iran as he sought to learn about a culture he knew relatively little.

"Las Vegas: An Unconventional History" commemorates the 100th anniversary of Las Vegas with a sweeping look at the city's dramatic past.

This documentary records the journey undertaken by Jacques Cousteau, his 24-member team, and an NFB film crew to explore the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, one of the world's richest fishing areas.

Before the Interstate Highway System, before famed Route 66, before highways were even numbered, there was one road that started it all, one road that changed America forever: The Lincoln Highway.