A journey around the edge of the Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve from the rugged coast of South Africa; he joins the fight against wildlife poachers, through Mozambique and on to the tropical island of Zanzibar.

Simon Reeve visits the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles where he goes spear fishing with Madagascan Vezo people, sees industrial tuna trawlers unloading their catch in Mauritius, and meets an Englishman in the Seychelles.

Simon Reeve travels from the coral coast of Kenya to the troubled Horn of Africa on the third leg of his Indian Ocean journey. He meets women who make a living from making handicrafts out of mountains of plastic pollution that fetches up on their beach. In war torn Mogadishu, capital of Somalia and source of the piracy epidemic in the Indian Ocean, Simon travels with the African peace keeping force AMISOM.

On the fourth leg of his journey, Simon Reeve travels around the Indian Ocean from Oman to the Maldives.

The Chinese are building a new port and their money has helped the Sri Lankan government bring a 30-year war to a brutal end; Simon visits battleground between fighters from Tamil and the Sri Lankan army; Simon investigates growing prawn industries.

The last leg of Simon Reeve's journey begins on the northern tip of Sumatra, near the epicenter of the 2004 tsunami, and takes him to the south western corner of Australia. In Banda Aceh, Sharia law is in force and Simon joins the local vice and virtue squad who patrol the streets and beaches. In the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Simon investigates the shocking trade in exotic pets.