Join Hazen as he goes in search of a giant reticulated python in the Beung Kiat Ngong swamps, one of the Mekong region's great wildlife havens. Travel along as he takes the journey of a lifetime across the Mekong River Basin, facing remote jungle and flooded plains during the peak of monsoon season. Brand new episodes of Primal Survivor: Mighty Mekong, Tuesdays at 9pm, on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK

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