A British couple visit Kenya to house-sit for a friend travelling across Europe. When they arrive, they find three orphaned baby elephants living on the property, which a naturalist friend suggests have `adopted' them. They try to protect the animals, while having a series of encounters with other wildlife. Fact-based drama, with Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers.

Bill and Ginny are invited by a naturalist friend to take care of his home in Africa while he is away, and they find themselves adopted by three orphan elephants.