HNK 2, Zagreb
1 — 3 June
1 — 3 June
Simon Reeve is an adventurer, television presenter, and New York Times bestselling author, with a deep passion for travel, wilderness, history, current affairs, nature conservation, and the environment. He has journeyed through spectacular landscapes, dodged bullets on front lines, walked through minefields, and was detained on suspicion of espionage by the KGB. His travels have taken him through jungles, deserts, mountains, and oceans, to some of the most beautiful, dangerous, and remote regions of the world.
For his work and contribution to contemporary travel journalism, Simon Reeve has received multiple awards. He is the recipient of the prestigious Ness Award from the Royal Geographical Society, as well as recognition from the One World Media for his outstanding contribution to a better understanding of the world through television with global social impact.
His accolades also include the British Travel Press Award for travel television, the John Tompkins Natural History Award from the International Wildlife Film Festival for outstanding achievements in filmmaking focused on nature, wildlife, and history, and the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards for favourite travel personality.
His books have appeared on the bestseller lists of The Sunday Times and The New York Times, and in 2023, Her Royal Highness Anne, Princess Royal awarded him an honorary doctorate from the University of London for his outstanding contribution to travel writing and documentary storytelling.
Today, Reeve is recognized as one of the most important and influential voices in modern adventure and exploration television.
After more than 100 sold-out shows, years of travel, and stories that seem almost unreal, one of the most exciting live tours of our time is reaching its final chapter. A tour that has visited over a hundred cities now concludes where it matters most-where we talk about the planet, risk, curiosity, and the future.
As part of Greencajt, we bring the exclusive finale of To the Ends of the Earth by Simon Reeve, a traveler who does not tell stories from a safe distance, but approaches them with genuine curiosity and deep respect.
Through his journeys, Simon has reached the edges of the world-places beyond tourist routes, far from comfort and the familiar. There, he has witnessed extremes: natural, political, and human. But more importantly, he has witnessed the strength of people, the resilience of communities, and the beauty of a planet that, despite everything, continues to fight for balance.
His story sounds like fiction. He was detained and interrogated by the KGB. He was followed by Russian security services. He walked along the edges of war zones, came face to face with smugglers, extremists, and people beyond the reach of the law. He survived malaria deep in the wilderness and traveled through places where a single wrong step could mean a landmine beneath his feet.
And yet, it was precisely there, at the ends of the Earth, that he found something more powerful than danger: extraordinary beauty, extraordinary people, and the truth about how wild this planet still is.
To the Ends of the Earth is not a typical lecture. It is a live expedition -tense, humorous, brutally honest, and deeply inspiring.
And it feels like a Netflix series. Except it really happened.
