When in the 19th century, the European navigators began to explore the Andaman islands, there were none of the large mammals common to South Asia, particularly elephants. Today, however, elephants are used in the extraction of timber and small herds live in the wild. How did they reach the islands and how were they able to regain new territories? It is believed that in the Andamans, elephants swim in the sea from island to island. Is it a legend or a fact? Could they have reached the Andamans during the last ice age like the primitive tribes of the islands? And why had they disappeared? The film investigates the enigmatic history of the Andaman elephants.