Following breakfast, a direct 7 hours drive to Ruaha national park via Iringa town. We will arrive in Ruaha national park in the late afternoon. This often affords one an opportunity to see the animals at rest, seeking shelter from the unrelenting heat under the branches of large trees.  Ruaha  National Park is Tanzania's largest, a vast wilderness in the south-west of the country visited by only a handful of travelers each year. At the park's heart is the aptly-named Great Ruaha River, a massive watercourse that dwindles to only a few pools in the dry season, but bursts its banks and roars over boulders at the height of the rains. Converging with the Great Ruaha are hundreds of sand rivers, natural game corridors when dry and sparklingly clear streams when wet. Waterbuck, impala and the world's most southerly Grant's gazelle risk their lives for a sip of water - the shores of the Ruaha are a permanent hunting ground for lion, leopard, cheetah, jackal, hyena and the rare and endangered African wild dog. Ruaha's elephants are recovering strongly from ivory poaching in the 1980s and remain the largest population in East Africa. Ruaha represents a transition zone where eastern and southern species of flora and fauna overlap - lesser and greater kudu co-exist with northern species such as Grant's gazelle. The other noted animals found in this park are; the cheetah, African leopard, lion (Africa's second-largest population, representing 10 percent of the world population), African wild dog (third-largest population in the world), spotted hyena, giraffe, hippopotamus, African buffalo, and sable antelope. The best times to visit for predators and large mammals is during the dry season (May–December) and for birds and flowers, during the wet season (January–April) The day concludes with checking into the Park cottages/rest houses/Bandas/campsite and back out on safari for a drive of close to two hours. We return to the Park cottages where dinner awaits us at the Restaurant between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m.

An early morning departure from the Cottage is strongly advised for a better chance at spotting lions. A departure of 6:30 a.m. is recommended. We will take breakfast and Lunchboxes with us and we will have a full day game drive at the park. We will also stop at picnic sites for a break and stretching; As with the first night, we return to the Cottages where dinner awaits us between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m.

Following breakfast, we leave Ruaha National Park for our first stop at Mikumi National Park a 6 hours drive from Ruaha via Iringa. Refreshments and light snacks will be provided en-route. We will arrive in Mikumi national park at 1:00 pm. This often affords one an opportunity to see the animals at rest, seeking shelter from the unrelenting heat under the branches of large trees.  A leisurely picnic lunch will be served inside the park. The remainder of the day will be spent inside the park. Full board, all-inclusive accommodation will be provided by Lyambangali cottages. The day concludes with checking into the Park cottages and back out on safari for a drive of close to two hours. We then return to the hotel for lunch and a brief rest before leaving for an afternoon game drive of close to four hours. We return to the Park cottages where dinner awaits us at the hotel between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m.

The day starts with an early morning game drive in Mikumi national park. Breakfast will be served upon return to the Cottage. We then drive to Dar es Salaam via Morogoro.