In Samburu, matriarch Anastasia turns her elephant herd north after a local river dries up; cheetah mom Kuleta evades a crafty pack of hyenas in Naboisho; checking in on wild dog Phoenix and her new litter in Laikipia.
How elephants dig wells; a sudden river-filling downpour; cheetah Kuleta loses one of her cubs to lions; wild dog Phoenix faces off with a hyena mob.
Anastasia's herd splits to protect two precious elephant calves; Kuleta retakes territory for her remaining cheetah cubs; Phoenix searches for a new mate; the skies open up and rain begins to heal the parched land.