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It was ‘Sancharam’ that presentedexploratorytrips in their fullness in Indian visual media for thefirst time.Santhosh George Kulangara, the globetrotter, started hissolojourneys outside India in 1997. He has already travelledthroughmore than hundred countries, spanning the seven continents,withhis camera. The wonderful experiences and splendid sights ofthosejourneys were telecast by Asianet as ‘Sancharam’, arealisticvisual travelogue. The viewers, who have always been fondof traveland knowledge, welcomed ‘Sancharam’ with great exuberance.In histurn, Santhosh George went about capturing in his camera thesightsof the various lands, which the viewers haven’t seen andpresentedbefore them the diversity of world countries, as theylonged tosee. After 16 years since he had started travelling,‘Sancharam’has turned out to be an exclusive, round-the-clockexplorationchannel. And that is Safari. Thus, Safari has a uniquehistory oftransforming itself from a half-an-hour travelogueprogrammetelecast once in a week into a 24 X 7 channel. Safari is achannelthat brings the diversity of the global expanse to thevisitingroom of every Malayalee. This is the first explorationchannel inIndia.Safari presents diverse programmes that provideentertainmentand knowledge alike. World travels, Indian travels,numerous otherjourneys, history, geography, culture, art andadventure- all comebefore the viewers through this. The curiosityto know ‘what isbeyond that’ is the real motive of all theexplorations of mankind.The objective of Safari is to inspire eachand every viewer to takeup travels, both short and extensive, forexperiencing and learningthe world. Travels that take the vieweralong... That is theultimate objective of this channel.