Journalists Myrna Claudel and Ken Matson are in the jungle in search of the missing boy Erik. Tarzan offers his help. But Buharu, the chief of the Zagundas, does not allow any white man to enter his tribal territory. But Tarzan does not comply with the ban. What he doesn't know is that Myrna, Chief Buharu and his rival Nagambi are also out and about in the jungle. Erik becomes Buharu's ally in the power struggle against Nagambi...