It was ‘Sancharam’ that presented exploratory trips intheirfullness in Indian visual media for the first time. SanthoshGeorgeKulangara, the globetrotter, started his solo journeysoutsideIndia in 1997. He has already travelled through more thanhundredcountries, spanning the seven continents, with his camera.Thewonderful experiences and splendid sights of those journeysweretelecast by Asianet as ‘Sancharam’, a realistic visualtravelogue.The viewers, who have always been fond of travel andknowledge,welcomed ‘Sancharam’ with great exuberance. In his turn,SanthoshGeorge went about capturing in his camera the sights of thevariouslands, which the viewers haven’t seen and presented beforethem thediversity of world countries, as they longed to see. After16 yearssince he had started travelling, ‘Sancharam’ has turned outto bean exclusive, round-the-clock exploration channel. And thatisSafari. Thus, Safari has a unique history of transformingitselffrom a half-an-hour travelogue programme telecast once in aweekinto a 24 X 7 channel. Safari is a channel that bringsthediversity of the global expanse to the visiting room ofeveryMalayalee. This is the first exploration channel inIndia.Safaripresents diverse programmes that provide entertainmentandknowledge alike. World travels, Indian travels, numerousotherjourneys, history, geography, culture, art and adventure- allcomebefore the viewers through this. The curiosity to know ‘whatisbeyond that’ is the real motive of all the explorations ofmankind.The objective of Safari is to inspire each and every viewerto takeup travels, both short and extensive, for experiencing andlearningthe world. Travels that take the viewer along... That istheultimate objective of this channel.