World Safari is a documentary film released in 1977 made from footage of Alby Mangels

Alby Mangels

Albertus Zwier "Alby" Mangels is a Dutch-born Australian adventurer and documentary film-maker widely remembered for his "World Safari" adventure travel films .-Early life:...

 and John Field's six year journey around 56 countries and four continents in the 1970s. Includes a motorcycle trip across Australia, living with Buddhist monks, selling life insurance on the side of the road, and getting lost in a two-cylinder DAF

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 van while crossing the Sahara desert.

Originally titled Happy Go Lucky Highway, World Safari has two sequels, World Safari II: The Final Adventure, released 20 December 1984 (Best Family Film of the Year, 1986 Los Angeles Film Festival

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) and Escape:World Safari III released 26 December 1988.