Located (for the most part) just upstream from Victoria Falls

Tad is the protagonist.  He/She finds him/herself …  unusually.. hatching out in the nostril of a sleeping crocodile – which leads to his/her adoption by the crocodile (Mr. Garwe) and his two friends, Gudo (a learned Baboon) and a Mr. Umhutu (a cynical mosquito)

Read from the beginning to find out the rest!