Original title
Scout's Safari
Released
10/5/2002
Origin country
US, ZA
Genre
Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Production companies
Tom Lynch Company
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
26
Scout's Safari is a children's television series that aired on the Discovery Kids Channel and Saturday mornings on NBC. The series was created by Thomas W. Lynch.
Scout is sent to Africa, the country where she was born after her father gets an assignment that will let him tavel the worldfor almost a year. At first, it is hard living with Africa, due to her half-brother, Tyler, who is not so excited to see her too. Her mom, and her step-dad howevder are glad to see her. Scout's memeory when she was a child in South Africa returned when she met an old friend Bongani. The adventure's just beginning, when Scout and Bongani gets in the middle of a wildbest stampede. However, they get out fo it, and Scout will never forget that South africa will have better adventures then when she was living in New Yotk.
Scout, her family, and Bongani went to town for a little shopping and fun. Scout was ran away from Bongani, got into a bus, and ended up in a African villiage. Tyler accidentally let out a meercat and got into a little trouble.
After their car is trampled by an elephant, Scout develops a fear of them, but overcomes it to save a wounded baby elephant whose mother was killed by poachers.
On her first day at school Scout makes friends with the free-spirited Nandi, but during a field trip they wander off and fall into a poacher's pit trap.
Bongani tries to get tickets to a soccer game. Cheryl and Charlton attempt to rescue a lion and her cub.
Scout feels left out when all he friends are going through their various cultures' rites of passage ceremonies, including an Induku ritual, a Confirmation and a Bat Mitzvah. So she invents a ceremony of her own, but it turns dangerous when it results in her coming face-to-face with a leopard.
Tyler and Cheryl are sick so they stay at the lodge and try to offer the best service to a visiting critic, while Scout and Roger go on a camping trip.
Scout and Bongani are recording Spot, a zebra in the clinic, for a school project. Tyler is having bad dreams where a giant spider stalks him.
When Scout's best friend Sherna comes to visit from New York City, she teaches Scout an important lesson about friendship. Meanwhile, Cheryl and Roger defend CB when a guest falsely accuses the veterinarian of animal abuse.
Scout's elephant Sherna is acting. Meanwhile, Tyler tries to find his talent for the upcoming school talent show.
The power goes out at the lodge, and things get creepy. They get creepier when Scout thinks she spots a ghost - and learns the legend of a ghost that visits the Lodge. Meanwhile, CB and Roger help hatch ostrich eggs.
Scout, Tyler, Tally and Bongani search for gold.
Scout's father has finished his assignment and returns to South Africa.
Scout learns she has a special gift, almost a sixth sense, with animals. Meanwhile, the lodge is having money troubles and Tyler becomes convinced his father is a spy.
No one believes Scout when she swears she spotted a deadly shark in the local river. Meanwhile, Tyler comes up with an unusual way to reduce the overpopulation of giraffes on the reserve.
Scout is horrified to learn that a religious celebration practiced by Bongani's traditional Zulu family involves ritual slaughter. Meanwhile, back at the clinic, Roger, CB and Tyler attempt a construction project with hilarious results.
Scout, Bongani and some friends ride horses to a nearby waterfall and get trapped by a fast-moving brushfire. Meanwhile, Tyler's friend Ahmet comes over for some help with a science project and snakes get loose all over the lodge.
Scout bonds with a sick animal. Meanwhile, the lodge welcomes guests who are determined to see ""The Big Five.""
Bongani learns that his friend and star goalie on their soccer team is HIV positive. Meanwhile, Tyler discovers there's an unlikely thief at the lodge.
Scout is jealous of Bongani's crush — a new girl in town who's convinced a ghostly predator is trying to harm her and her family. Meanwhile, a tiny show dog comes to stay at the lodge and Tyler's afraid it has been eaten by a lion.
Scout learns the hard way that her special gift with animals is an awesome responsibility when her know-it-all attitude lands Cheryl in the hospital. Meanwhile, Roger's dad joins him and Tyler on a fishing trip where three generations try to get along.
Scout and Bongani intercept a smuggler who's trying to fly a rare white lion out of the country. Meanwhile, Tyler tries to make some money doing chores around the lodge with animal helpers.
Bongani and Scout are not at all pleased when a student poll names them the school's ""cutest couple."" Meanwhile, junior press agent Tyler invites the local news media to witness the reintroduction of a lioness to the wild — with dangerous results.
The discovery of an old diary leads Scout and Bongani to amazing secrets about their ancestors, including clues about a buried treasure. Meanwhile, Tyler enters an Internet contest in search of the world's funniest animals.
Scout attends a traditional Zulu wedding for Bongani's cousin. Tyler tries to make money by charging his friends to pet the lodge's animals.
Scout and Tyler each learn important lessons about letting go of cherished friends. Scout and Bongani might have to say goodbye to each other.
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