Leo Alex, Marty's zebra, Gloria's hippopotamus and Melman's giraffe, as well as lemurs Julian and Maurice decide to return to America. They repair the plane with the help of a team of penguins. That's the joy, the native zoo is already so close! But it's not so simple. The fuel ends, and our friends are wrecked in Africa, never reaching New York. According to the penguins' forecasts, it takes about 9 months to repair the plane, and it remains only to wait and adapt to the African life ...