96 Hour Island Survival (no food, water, or shelter)

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We are attempting to survive 4 days on a deserted island in Tonga with no food, water, or shelter. Get up to a year's supply of immune supporting Vitamin D + 5 individual travel packs, both FREE with your first purchase! Click: drinkag1.com/karaandnate

Watch part 2 here!! -

Massive shoutout to our friend Tom who created this experience that made Nate’s childhood dream come true :) Check out Desert Island Survival if you’re interested in doing a survival challenge for yourself!! - www.desertislandsurvival.com/

In case you missed our first survival challenge in Panama a year ago:    • 72 HOUR SURVIVAL (no food, no water, ...  

Episode 894 | Filmed August 2023 | Tonga

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Who are Kara and Nate?!
Watch our documentary here:    • 100th COUNTRY DOCUMENTARY  

Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment.

We discovered the world of “travel hacking” while planning our honeymoon & became addicted ;)

So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world.

Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to “normal life.” We started this channel to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going.

4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time!

After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time international traveling! And now we are finding the best adventures the world has to offer :)

We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. 😊🎥🌎 Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey!

0:00 4 day Tonga survival
1:17 day 1: building our shelter
3:17 hour 3: climbing coconut trees
8:49 hour 6: starting a fire with a bow drill
11:06 obsessed with ag1
12:46 hour 7: fishing with our homemade reel
15:41 crabs, rats, spiders, pigs, and bats….
17:18 day 2: we slept terribly
19:59 hour 22: nature’s toothbrush
22:24 getting carbs from coconuts
23:19 hour 25: attempting to waterproof our shelter
24:28 Kara starts a fire!
26:54 Breaching humpback whales!
30:34 rain is coming…
31:17 part 2 (days

All Comments (21)
  • @adambrown7609
    Nate's parents are troopers. I can only imagine Nate's imagination as a child. Christie and James could start a channel called the Nate Chronicles.
  • @miekachu_
    This is my adult version of Saturday morning cartoons.
  • I’m only 4 minutes in and I have a feeling Nate’s dad is going to be so much better at this than Nate and Dusty were last time! He’s climbing those palm trees like a pro and the two sticks with ropes to get coconuts down was probably his idea. Such amazing parents ❤️
  • @JJ-fromDK
    The accent and humor of Nate's dad is a pure joy to watch
  • @peytonharris3861
    Nate’s mama is so stinking cute!! So proud of y’all! Can’t wait to see the rest! Kara, I love when you do all the things and are proud of yourself because you totally should be!
  • @lyricketika4978
    You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this video! Visiting my beautiful Motherland, Tonga 🇹🇴 🤍 Both my Tongan Grandad and I will definitely be watching this together, this one is special. Love you guys x
  • @jeannedennis5863
    I just love Nates parents. Their personalities are definitely where Nate got his.
  • @mayanderes9084
    I love both of Nate’s parents, but his dad—has me cracking up 😂😂 he’s so great
  • @AshUndone
    Your parents are champions! I hope they take a luxurious vacation after their survival experience!
  • @Zz2424zxcvbnn
    I recently watched your interview on The Unplanned Podcast. I enjoyed the entire interview, but there was one thing that impressed me the most. When they asked you which country you felt had the friendliest people, you mentioned the Kurds that you met in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. I recall in one of your earlier videos, Nate had jokingly asked you if you would like to visit the Middle Eastern countries ending in ‘-stan’, knowing it was outside of your comfort zone, and you fervently answered, “no thanks!’ Seeing how much you’ve grown through your journey and your unwavering respect for all people, while disregarding the vast cultural, political and religious differences from where you grew up, is just one of the reasons I adore and support your channel. You both are genuinely good people and are a rare, but perfect example of how social media influencers should act! God bless!
  • @jman9806
    Wish I had this relationship with my parents truly a blessing to have these two in your lives especially doing something like this shows what a family you have happy for you all thank you for this amazing content from Nova Scotia here !
  • Your parents are real troopers, Nate. I hope there was a reward afterward for their efforts.
  • @desigoodwin5148
    Hi Kara and Nate, I'm thirteen years old and love you guys!!!! Thank you for being the coolest people and so inspiring. God bless you!!!
  • @boohoolulu2503
    I love the way Nate always encourages Kara❤ mom and dad did GREAT 👍
  • It was a pleasure getting to hang with you guys and your parents! Great job on your isolation!! Hopefully we cross paths again soon!
  • @laurasadie8357
    I adore the parents! So glad your families are willing to be in your videos! What a lovely bunch you all are. I saw this video but then put off watching it to savor it later on. It was worth saving! I need to start over again and watch this channel from the beginning with my kids.
  • We loved this video! ♥️What really impressed us is that Nate's parents were open to doing such a challenge, even with their massive following. You all have such incredible courage. I hope to learn from your stellar content creation and positive family values. Wishing you continued success! Let me know if you have any tips for an aspiring channel like ours.😃
  • Cheers to the Buchanan tribe! I love seeing James and Christie again, they are truly amazing and inspiring. Its easy to see what an example they have been to Kara and Nate. Thank you for taking us along on another great adventure.
  • @LtNduati
    I was beginning to think Kara was my spirit animal, but I'm certain Nates Parents havetaken on that role. THese guys (Kara & Nate included) are just the best, love everything they do,honestly, thankyou covid for closing the worldtwo weeks after I found their channel
  • @iam_madaki
    What nate and cara does is just pure love, so adoring.