Race to the source of the Nile | Top Gear Africa Special
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- Опубліковано 9 лис 2013
- The boys race for immortality, knowing only to well that only one man will be remembered for discovering the true source of the river Nile.
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James May is also the first person to go to the North Pole that didn’t want to be there.
A true pioneer and a British Hero
Imagine he wakes up and be like: "Hold up, why am I on the North Pole?"
@@schlabber9677 'It wasn't a dream. I'm still here'
@@CrunchyMotorsport imagine waking up and realising the massive sound coming next to you isn't a polar bear, but Jeremy Clarkson.
Jeremy: I see a higher mound with rocks and trees and lower ground is soggy indicating a spring
James: lizards
Wow so many likes and no comments
Haha I didn’t know this comment got this many likes
That lizard helped him find the source
Hang on _hangggg onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!_
Mr James _did_ end up discovering the damn place didn't he?? =)
@@karthikeyant7489 I know, that's why I don't get the likes but anyway, fair play to him on discovering the source of the Likes xDD
Forget the whole Nile thing. May was running on camera! Truly a monumental moment.
lol
*BIBLICAL SCENES*
He did that a couple times
last time james may was running was to save a dacia sandero by a truck maniac. jeez nile has to be really important after all
I think a person was running the camera, not the month. But maybe it was filmed in may? I don’t know, this video was recommended to me.
Meanwhile the camera crew comfortably following them in their Land Rover
ikr
That is if they got it out of the river beforehand.
A raised defender
Even better, they were waiting for them :)
@Yavuz Adam Toyota is the most stolen car here in Africa.
I was hoping that they would get there and a producer was standing with a water hose.
Rather stig peeing.
@@mrkrabs8112 some say he nourishes the populations of sudan, egypt, Greece, Italy and Morocco.
@@thedunyadoneya2628 some say his pee is holy water
@@mrkrabs8112 All we know know is, He's called The Stig.
@@solitudegaming "yeahhhhhhh"
"Genesis didn't work...so I rammed him"
I'm Genesising him
H2Joe Before i looked into the comments i was hoping for this. Thank you mah dude.
If someone would of tried genesising me i would of still been happy if i lose. :)
God to an angel when he sends man to earth
Up until
Some say, the Stig found all the sources of the river Nile in a Morris Minor in 1m40s driving backwards.
Yh but all we know is he's called the stig
them 5doctor *He’s not the Stig, but he is the Stig’s explorer cousin!
Some say while doing that a piano fell on his head from nowhere
@@nathanw9770 It's a Morris Minor, not a Marina
.
Imagine being a lion minding your business,
And you see 3 old men,
Smashing into each other driving old Subarus and Volvos,
Trying to find a tiny hole.
*Imagine.*
Imagine being a lion and knowing what a Volvo or Subaru is
We, men, have fought for generations over a tiny hole.
Zdeněk *tiny holes*
Trying to find a tiny hole
That’s what she said
Imagine being called a prick by William Shakespeare
The slowest man in history was the first to find the source of the Nile river. Amazing.
Columbus was about 400 years behind the vikings to discover America and he's credited with it anyway.
TALK ABOUT BEING SLOW
Not to mention Captain Sense of Direction.
Correction "True source of the river Nile".
And the first who has broke a Volvos like that
*"And two other blokes"*
6 years old comment lmao
Dolfy, well the video’s a classic.
Bruh
Bruh
Bruh
let's petition to make this inducted in school's history book
I can see it now, the true source of the river Nile rediscovered by Top Gear TV hosts. I wonder what the reaction would be?
I vote yes
link me ill sign
Sure, when the history books actually have true information I think that's a great idea.
No
7:08 the cloud is happy
Thank you
Looks like it is getting tormented
All three of them had some really good basis for their locations of discovery. Jeremy originally went to vegetation, Richard went uphill where water flow starts, and James noticed living creatures in the vicinity
L I Z A R D
Captian Slow just won the biggest challinge in top gear! :D
He also won the winter olympic
For the first time in forever :3
Cipta Pradja yes he won the winter Olympics blathion
GG
I'm guessing English is your biggest "challinge".
Old Top Gear discovered true source of The Nile.
New Top Gear has a weird,shouty nerd as the host.
They found a random pond.
Duke Chastain how is that even close to what he is saying?
Smugly he’s saying they found a random pods as an insult seemed like
Duke Chastain
How? It’s probably true. Quit getting offended by little things that aren’t even about you
Smugly y’all are just haters you don’t care about the joke that it’s just a random pond like we get it. You are weird
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
James May: That is the root of civilization, that nourish the ancient egyptians.
Richard Hammond: What your finger?
James May; No, not my finger, the water.
DreamAboutSpace lmao 😂😂😂😂
DreamAboutSpace how did your comment get so many likes
the root of civilization, the nourishment of the ancient Egyptians, behold. James May's finger
Highlight of this video I must say
Hammond, you utter pillock
For anyone wondering, there is more than one source for the nile. With some chicanery and clever wording, you can technically classify this as the primary source of the Nile, but it's really hard to define a source anyway so for now, this is just a source rather than the source.
But that doesn't make as good content
Yeah the kid named Finger used some clever chicanery.
This isn't any of the sources. It's the inflow of a random tributary which happens to be the fartest from the Straight of Gibraltar, not the actual river mouth outflow (Nile Delta).
"This is the source of egyptian civilisation!"
"Wanna take a piss innit?"
"Im going to put m finger in it, excuse me", said every man ever
Unless your gay
@@AP-pb6tc especially if you're gay
@@fakename287 uhh eww
Anthony Price back door
@@chazzieaitken yeah I get it thanks
Planting union Jack in Africa in the 21 century:
Everybody in Africa : ah shit, here we go again
@Karina Peters No you moron. Britain colonized Africa in huge proportions along with France and everyone else. They ran the transatlantic slave labor trade along with the USA, and even more recently the continent is in ruins after countless civil wars due to unfair land distribution. It is also common for countries to exploit locals for labor in emerald mines, rare metal mines, and a ton of other inhumane shit.
Millions a year is pennies compared to the centuries of pillaging, colonizing, genocide, and slave labor inflicted upon civilizations in Africa.
Of course, the various countries in Africa are struggling, they have been completely destabilized and robbed throughout their history.
Although it's important to note that these are the countries that makeup Africa, as Africa itself is a continent and does not receive money.
@@meezalamazala279 How the heck is this a reply to a comment just about mentioning colonialism
@@AnearPlayz *colonialism
Learned that from civ 6
@@AnearPlayz
Use your brain you idiot he/she was replying to someone else
Even if not
Why you attacking this person ?
@@Palestine4Ever169 bruh I said that 8 months ago but also I didn't "attack" him. You sensitive moron, just so you know btw this isn't related to the subject but I agree that the Uyghur genocide should be stopped aswell... But I have no idea what you yourself consider "attack" because I had/have no intentions to "attack" him in the reply.
3:10 "I'm Genesising him!" hahah
+Kyle D no, its the band genesis
deadseriousforsure "Sadly though, Genesis didn't work. So I rammed him."
Chris Evans *BIFF BANG COANG GENESIS*
Jeremy: “water”
James: “lizards”
Hammond “earth”
The three genders
Fr Lol.
Godzilla?
Maybe.
Everything changed when the BBC nation attacked
May and Hammond: look up hill! That’s the source!
Jeremy: LOOK MAGICAL ROCKS HERE I COME!
Team May! We won for once! And it was grand!
Don't forget that it was (allegedly called) Captain Slow, who has won both the final race against the Germans and quarry drift challenge in Australia.
James also had one of the best wisecracks of the episode (just few minutes prior beginning of this clip). "If Richard Hammond beats me in this race, he will be knighted by the Queen, she will say. 'Arise Sir Richard... Oh you already have.'"
Thatjumpguy yeaaa
You forgot he also won the winter olympic...m
"I'm Genesis'ing him...
Sadly though, Genesis didn't work -- so I rammed him."
So very Clarkson. All he needs now is a hammer.
I never knew Hamster was such a good climber and runner!
djj zzah fsh fu wsh dfiueh fiu
dji zzah he once ran 30 km home from a huge traffic jam to celebrate his child bday XD
To be fair Hamster is the fittest
Well, think about it, Hamster exercises in a ball, so he does both.
He is the youngest tho
I was really expecting Richard to find it first
Wow I just found this scrolling through the comment section lol
@@kindanoyzy coming back 3 years later
AnnoyingRko top gear never gets old, I’ll probs be back here next year lol
sam.nyzy come back
See you next year dude
I wish at the end Jeremy would of said
"Of course, we were wrong"
I wish you'd learn some English.
+MrArchDelux Only cus you are born in brittland... Tell me what 2nd language you can speak?
My first language is Welsh but what did I say wrong?
...
just becuase you are wrong you cant be mad xd
James: "we were now in the area where the source should be"
The subtitles:
*"we were now in the area where the SAUCE should be"*
''could you imagine children in the future learning in history lessons about sir Richard Hammond nobody wants to think of that''
Lol 😂
@Karina Peters Probably both lmao
if my school actually teaches me that i would be excited for school
I hope when we're all long gone this moment actually becomes a mark in history and James May, the man, the myth, the legend will live on in the pages of history
4:30 "End of the road for you, old friend. I'll tell you what it's like" damn, what a way to say goodbye to a companion. At this point it's no longer a car, it's his family member.
"This nurtured the ancient Egyptians, no not my finger..." I lol'd pretty hard there.
James May only runs when his legacy is at risk, or if a Romanian truck driver crashes into his Dacia Sandero
best topgear special ever, appart from the one where they reach the north pole with gin and tonic :D
I like how Jeremy and James take their time and actually try to figure it out using logic and their geography knowledge, like it’s some sort of huge puzzle. Then when they start running you know it’s finally clicked into place where they’ve got to go.
5:13 spiderman and the lizard's offspring
Hammond is always funny and playful until it gets to the competitive part, he goes full on berserk. lol.
"This Volvo is so far out of it's comfort zone"
Next scene
Subaru- "Hold my beer"
The chemistry of these people can never be replaced
This would be one of my top ten best episodes on top gear
The page of history book with them finding the source of Nile in it will be the most interesting page in the whole book xD
+Szajong Would proudly say to my child that I lived through it.
4:43 top right corner, mic guy.
Mic
Simonstar lol
k
the ghost of the nile mic guy
Jeremy's BMW was the only car that still had its wheels in place. James's Volvo had a collapsed suspension and Richard's Subaru broke the axle.
Not actually the axle, it was the wishbone Hammond broked
That bmw is reliable because it's mechanical engineering built
The awesomest men in the history of awesome men
These three guys had the most fascinating adventures of all times throughout their whole career. I wish I had the same
Richard : *explain a proper way clue that bring him to river
Jeremy: *ROCKS*
Still enjoying every second of this fabulous show in 2021!
Thumbnail looks like Red Dead Redemption 2's loading screen image
Ah back in the days when top gear was good. Seen the new advert today made me cringe.
Best special ever. Two hours of vivid searching to end up at this hahah
Pretty sure the Nile has many sources
Every river has many sources, but the true "source" of a river is the one that feeds it the most.
The majority of the water supplied to the nile comes from precipitation above Lake Victoria.
Nah, that puddle is the one and only source.
Mr. Aled Morgan. The River Nile have only one Source. This its enough or you want more?
One Source. Burundi. Mount Kigezi. Dr. Burkhard Waldecker 1937....
What a team, I love these guys.
Who is watcing this in 2019?
oh gosh this was made in 2013! i'm in 2019
Me
me
No one
me
5:13
For a split second I thought that was Spider-Man
Good God! Top Gear, both entertaining and lecturing! Love it!
No matter how many times I watch this, it'll never get old
It’s truly a testament to engineering that not one, not two, but all three cars were (with some repairs) able to reach the finish.
Me and my brother favourite show....we still watch Top Gear... Love them
James May finally won a race on top gear!
He had also won the boat in the lake race.
and now it's five years later
way better than man vs wild searching for water
One of the best show ever made.
These guys will be able to take their last breath with 0 regrets.
My geography teacher played this clip in lesson once
best teacher ever
@@VegitoBlueYT yeah it was the end of the year so she played the whole video but it took a little over 1 lesson and when she put it on and everyone but me and my mate looked like they wanted to kill them selves so I stood up and walked to the board and said stfu u insufferable morons just watch the show and see if you like it if not then well, u deserve to die. The teacher told me off and as I went to sit down I whispered to my friend “sometimes, my genius, it’s almost frightening” and he laughed and now ik of 5 people who watch old top gear now because of that lesson
U have a great geography teacher
@@flat6gamingyt643 yessir. It was like 3 years ago now but still the greatest geography teacher I’ve had
@@adamscy_2748 just wondering, do u know what the song at 4:00 is?
I watched that 850 r get destroyed and a little part of me died. Then I realized like my Volvo... It didn't fail to get him where he was going.
Did they really find the true source of the River Nile? Or is it all fake?
It was really just elephant piss
Thats a kind of Fake. The really Source of the River Nil is in Burundi. Look for the Story from Burkhard Waldecker....
They definitely actually found it. Definitely.
@@thedunyadoneya2628.... you write you find the Source. And on which Place in the Geographie from Africa. Thats very interesting for me.
Greetings from Michael
Are you 12 years old mate.. what the fuck do you think?
Love the couple seconds of the zulu soundtrack at the end...well played.
Most definitely the source of the Nile, well done, James May and two other blokes
James May's finger = finger of God!
WRX was the best car there
I mean, k
Legacy GT
WRX would be my choice of weapon for this. Power, 4WD and the ride height.
V70 t5
Yeah
Love it, top gear during its best
Love the use of the Zulu theme at the end 😂😂
......And two other blokes
Commander Sir James Daniel May, 1st Viscount Spaniel May, 1st Duke of Hammersmith, GCB, CBE, DSO, Discoverer of the True Source of the Nile. The greatest slowest man and navigator, IN THE WORLD...
I wish he was knighted or given and OBE or something for that. That's really quite impressive that a journalist found such a geographically important feature
Don't forget the two blokes
These three can never be replaced
Slow and steady wins the race
Love top gear UK
2020 my dudes?
This show never dies
no sorry, 2021
Amazing that actually found the source ,!
That was quite a road trip!
James: I'm gonna put my finger in it, excuse me.''
James:"This nurtured the ancient egyptians and -"
Hammond:"What your finger?"
James:"No the water you idiot!"
Hahahahah lmao one of the stupdist things hammonds ever said!! 6:40
@Karina Peters Lol i agree. Also this comment is from 4 years ago lmao
“I’m genesising him.” Brilliant!
Imagine just hiking through the savnnah and suddenly you see three idiots smasing into each other whilst genesis is blaring through Clarkson's speakers. Truly a magical moment.
I believe...
May's your dad!
Clarkson's your uncle!
And Hammond's your neighbour!
Well done gentlemen. James May the discoverer of the source of the Nile! I wonder if he'll earn a knighthood.
This was my favorite top gear special.. The Nile, Africa and wagons being turned into homes
just amazing never gets old
During the 16th and 17th centuries, back when Britain, Portugal, Spain, the Dutch, etc were off creating trading outposts and colonies, Britain became infatuated with discovering the source of the Nile (which they did) and countless others since then have taken the long journey.
"no not my finger, the water" lol
Thanks for uploading!!
i love top gear
I feel extremely bad for Volvo. This brave car went through such hell just to end up as a wreck with broken rear suspension :((
Damn, I wish I could find this car and repair it...
The Volvo was founded a few days ago, and its rear suspension has been fixed. Although the car itself needs a repaint and front bumper.
@@Nathaniel2256Studios I saw that too, hopefully one day it'll return to it's glory
It’s amazing how two old British men used cheap beater cars and basic geology they probably learned in elementary school to find the source of the Nile.
you guys have impeccable skill at geology and geography
I love top gear, especially challenges.
some african kid wandering around
sees the union jack
"what is it dad?"
*colonization flashbacks*
... "and two other blocks" XD
One of the best specials..
"There are trees so there must be water"
"It won't be in a valley"
"Uphill is good"