Tarzan discovers an elephants bones on the jungle floor. He investigates further and finds that a band of men have been slaughtering the elephants for their ivory. Tarzan discovers that soldiers led by King Aga of Novard is behind this and his armies are looking for the Graveyard of the Elephants. The Novardians worship the woolly mammoth Bentor (whom they consider a god) and want Tarzan to take them to the Graveyard of the Elephants in order to harvest the tusks there. The king of Novard is able to control the massive beast and use it for evil. Tarzan with the help of his elephant friends destroy the bridge that the Bentar uses in order to stop him from being used for evil purposes.