I read a book years ago about a person who went on a solo safari in Africa, riding a bike painted like a zebra. The only other things I remember are that he got charged by a rhino, and he purified water mostly by boiling or with iodine tabs.
Stump the Bookseller
New format, same book stumper solving.
Probably not it, but worth a shot: Emmanuel’s Dream.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21965198-emmanuel-s-dream
No. But looks way cool!