While doing all the usual tourist things in the African outback, The Man in the Yellow Hat (Will Ferrell) sees all kinds of exotic native wildlife including zorillas (a zorilla is a carnivorous mammal of the weasel family) , rock hyax (looks like a cross between a guinea pig and a wombat), and dik-diks (one the world's smallest antelope species). But what really captures his attention is a clumsy and curious little ape he names George. He takes George back home to America with him, where simian's snoopiness leads them into all sorts of misadventures. Based upon the series of books by H.A. Rey.