The Best Rainforests & Jungles Documentaries

Nature & Wildlife - 48 free documentaries about rainforests & jungles.

Start with Jungles: Survival of the Fittest (47 min, National Geographic), then Wild Congo (48 min, Free Documentary). All 48 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on rainforests & jungles is The Wild Trees by Richard Preston.

• Jungles: Survival of the Fittest | Hostile Planet (47 min, National Geographic)
• Wild Congo | King Kong's Lair (48 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• World of the Wild | Episode 1: The Amazon Rainforest (26 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Mark Wiens Goes Night Fishing and Jungle Foraging in Remote Thailand | Epic Food Journeys (25 min, National Geographic)
• Tiger Jungles | Secrets of Wild India (47 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Zachary Quinto & Bear Grylls Brave the Panama Jungle | Running Wild with Bear Grylls (47 min, National Geographic)
• Wild Borneo – A Spectacular Journey into The Oldest Tropical Rainforest (49 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• A Jungle Expedition With Bill Bailey (19 min, BBC Studios)
• Red Zones - World’s Toughest Places | Congo - Conflict and Blood Gold (45 min, Free Documentary)
• World's Most Dangerous Places: Oymyakon, Chinese Jungle, Living in Cemetery (57 min, Free Documentary)
• Monsters of the Costa Rica Jungle | Dead by Dawn (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Wild Colombia: A Wildlife Paradise Between Rainforest and Ocean (143 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• The Unique Wildlife of Brazil’s Rainforest (200 min, Real Wild)
• Operation Sweep: The SAS’s Most Brutal Jungle Raid (48 min, Wonder)
• The $10BN Railway in the Jungle (11 min, The B1M)
• The Rainforest: The Most Diverse Habitat on Earth (50 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• World's Fastest Predators | Episode 3: The Jungle (50 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Red Zones: The World's Most Dangerous Living Conditions (179 min, Free Documentary)
• Earth's Deadliest Volcanoes | Congo: Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira (85 min, Free Documentary)
• Graduation Day in the Jungle! | Orangutan Jungle School 306 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Sacrifice and Betrayal: Queens of the Rainforest | Queens (48 min, National Geographic)
• How Kuala Lumpur Transformed From A Jungle To A Thriving Metropolis (52 min, Spark)
• World of the Wild | Episode 6: The Jungles of Asia (26 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Women Warriors | Congo: Female Fighters on the Frontline (51 min, Free Documentary)
• PREHISTORIC ANIMALS | Australia's Wildest Rainforest | 4K (50 min, Real Wild)
• Africa’s Impenetrable Rainforests | Wild Kingdoms (45 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• CONGO: Protecting The Home of The Gorillas (52 min, Real Wild)
• Medicine from the jungle - Rainforest pharmacy (43 min, DW Documentary)
• Dangerously Curious Capuchin Explores Brazilian Rainforest | New Kids In The Wild 104+105 (100 min, Love Nature)
• Incredibly Rare Animals In The Amazon Rainforest (51 min, Real Wild)
• Piranha Hunting In Amazon Rainforest: SAS Jungle Survival Tactics | Unbreakable (45 min, Wonder)
• Spoiled "Rich Kid" Enters Jungle School | Orangutan Jungle School 302+303 (100 min, Love Nature)
• Australia's Wild Jungle: Aussie Animals Fight Back | Hotspots 102 (49 min, Love Nature)
• Who Wins the Fight for Jungle River Territory? | Primal Combat (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Concrete vs Jungle: Surviving Human Encroachment | Wild Taiwan (48 min, Love Nature)
• Rare Animals Making a Comeback in Borneo | Hotspots 101 (48 min, Love Nature)
• How to Actually Save the Rainforest (14 min, Real Science)
• AUSTRALIA'S RAINFOREST WILDLIFE | Wildest Places S1 E10 | 4K (52 min, Real Wild)
• The Amazon Rainforest: Deadliest Predators (103 min, Real Wild)
• Why Is This Woman in the Jungle? (12 min, The Art Assignment)
• The True Story of The Amazon Rainforest (46 min, Real Wild)
• 6 Months Of Hell In The Jungle: The Scout Rangers' Training (48 min, Wonder)
• Indris’ Fight for Survival in Madagascar’s Rainforest | Land of Gremlins Ep101 (46 min, Love Nature)
• The Unique Wildlife of Singapore's Rainforests (46 min, Real Wild)
• The Alien Wildlife Hidden In The Amazon Rainforest (44 min, Real Wild)
• Gibbons: Acrobats of the Jungle (49 min, Real Wild)
• Wild Boar Attack In The Deep Jungle | Savage Wild (22 min, Real Wild)
• Rescue Operation: Extracting a $3.5 Million Helicopter in the Jungle (46 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Rainforests & Jungles

1. The Wild Trees by Richard Preston - View on Amazon
2. Tropical Nature by Adrian Forsyth - View on Amazon
3. The Lost City of Z by David Grann (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
4. One River by Wade Davis - View on Amazon