When television researcher Jenna Fervair arrives in Costa Rica to investigate the work of naturalist Professor Kim Oates, she discovers that the professor is not the middle-aged spinster that she had anticipated, but a ruggedly handsome young man. Soon she finds herself sharing many exciting adventures with him, and a relationship develops between them. Beset by difficulties, Jenna and Kim independently strive to cross the abyss of distance and lifestyle that separates them.