`American Tarzan' welcomes five men and two women to the remote Caribbean island of Dominica and asks them to not only survive the wild but also to master it. Mimicking a time when man was truly Tarzan-like - stalking prey, climbing to treetops, utilizing every resource to stay alive - the competitors live off the land while they traverse a brutal obstacle course highlighted by a distinct jungle, the coast, a mountain and a canyon. They face conditions that early inhabitants tackled hundreds of years ago, relying on nothing more than basic tools, mental toughness and brute strength, until only one is crowned the king - or queen - of the jungle.