London schoolboy Ben is visiting his father's homeland of Kenya. Ben thinks he won't fit in with his estranged Maasai cousins, but when he arrives, he finds there is a lot more at stake than his pride. With his cousin Kip, the boys must survive the African savannah, hunt for food, defend elephants from poachers and even face the king of the beasts. Does Ben have what it takes to be a twenty-first century warrior.