Episode
Naked and Afraid: Close Encounters
Overview
Two strangers are dropped in one of the most dangerous African locations in the dead heat of Summer. Faced with aggressive hippos and charging elephants they quickly learn their place, but must mark their territory if they want to make it 21 Days.
Details
- Series
- Naked and Afraid
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2020-03-15
Episode context
Close Encounters is Episode 6 in Season 11 of Naked and Afraid. It aired on 2020-03-15.
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