In the land of rainmakers and baobab trees, the Zebra Bus travels in the shadow of the ancient Kingdom of Mapungubwe, also known in Venda as Tshavhadzimu or ‘Place of the Gods’. Tasked with discovering the many secrets that the World Heritage Site holds, they set course for a cave with rock art, but soon run into a herd of elephants set on protecting their young.

They almost step on a horned adder, and Oompie teaches them that ‘when you respect Nature, then Nature will respect you back’. Further along, the voices of those who once inhabited the rocky hills make themselves heard through the pottery and stone walls they left behind. Standing at the heart of the kingdom, the team marvels at the story of the Golden Rhino that was found in a big clay pot with the skeleton of what was presumed to be the King himself. Mapungubwe once was the centre of a vast civilisation that had gold and ivory trading links with the East African coast.

As their journey comes to an end, the young ones sing a rain song at the Rain Makers hill, where rainmakers of old summoned the clouds. And guess what? Soon the bush around them is drenched by a thunderstorm!