An Australian bushman and an American biologist form an intimate bond as they take on the Namibian desert together. The relationship grows as they search for scarce food along a thin stretch of raging river whole territorial baboons track them at every turn.

Surrounded by crocodiles, leopards and venomous snakes, survivalist band together against the South African bush. But scorpion and aggressive tick -- in the most vulnerable parts of the body -- put their challenge at risk.