rgeremia1 Loc: New Jersey

I will be using both a 7D and a 7D Mark II. The 7D is my backup camera.

jaycoffman Loc: San Diego

I think the 28-135 would be an excellent second lens for your trip. I'm looking into getting something like that for my upcoming trip to Morocco which is a little different from east Africa. But the best shots on safari were still from the most zoom.

Tigger1 Loc: Surrey, BC Canada

As both of your cameras are crop sensor cameras, I would suggest including your 28-135mm kit lens in your kit. With the 28-135 on one body and the 100-400 on the other body, you now have excellent range coverage, the equivalent of approximately 45mm to 640mm Full Frame equivalent field of view.

There are two commonly used types of safari vehicles used in Kenya, one open sided canvas roof, the ogher is a closed hard sided vehicle with a pop up roof. As you can imagine the open sided vehicle is more prone to dust entering the passenger compartment as compared to the hard sided, closed type of vehicle. I would check with your safari tour company (assuming you are using one) to determine what type of vheicle you will be riding in (assuming you are not doing a walking safari).

Regardless of the type of vehicle you are in and I am assuming you are not the vehicle owner, always try to get to a window seat in the closed vehicle or on the outside of an open vehicle, you do NOT want to get stuck in the center seat of either safari vehicle with bench seats!

Best regards,
Garth

silveragemarvel Loc: Keller, Texas

I have not used Go. I returned last month from Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe using OAT. It was a fantastic experience. All my wildlife photo shots were handheld using the new Sigma 100-400mm on a Nikon D800e. I also had a Sony a6500 with 18-105mm for the wide shots (also my cell phone). You can view some of my photos with the following link:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/45844970@N05/sets/72157685032846454/with/36578967025/

rgeremia1 Loc: New Jersey

Thank you all for your great suggestions and I feel that I will be better prepared whit all the help you've given me. Thanks Again

MadMikeOne Loc: So. NJ Shore - a bit west of Atlantic City

Great info, Roni. We are heading to Africa for 2 safari tours in May and your experience/suggestions are what I need. My plan is to take 2 bodies with a different lens (maybe the 150-600 on one and either the 28-300 OR 80-400 on the other) mounted on each while we are out in the bush. Of course, I'll have my trusty Sony P&S and hubby will have ALL of his gear - a Panasonic Lumix P&S. Thinking about the possibility of replacing my Canon SX50 (sucks in low light PLUS only 12MPs) with a Sony RX10 iii and taking that along, too. Fortunately I have plenty of time to think this through.

ronichas Loc: Long Island

Thanks so much. Enjoy your trips. It is a wonderful experience. Where are you going?

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

What country are we talking about here?

reindeer Loc: London U.K.

I would recommend a 70-300 and a wide angle e.g. 20 mm f2.8 nikkor if the body is a dx type. If you go during the cold season it is quite common for the cheetahs to jump on the engine hood of the vehicle in the morning to get some warmth. Quite interesting if you are sitting just a yard away in an open jeep. I am talking Masai Mara but elsewhere I am sure it will be the same. Try avoid changing lenses to protect the sensor. Camping in a tent along Mara river at night is superb. You might get a hippo as a guest outside the tent flap.

fecraly

I was in Kenya in June 2016. Local winter, so temps rarely got above 80, lows in 50s. In western Kenya (Masa Mara region), you are above 3000 ft, so it gets cold at night (and at beginning of early morning game drive). Plan to dress in "layers" and shed as day warms up. Rainy season just ended, so bush was still green, but getting dry. Moderate dust an annoyance, so keep cameras covered as others cite. I used Nikon with 55-300 tele. Great for 95% of shots. Need 500/600 for some shots--that I could not get with the 300. I carried a small "back-up" point and shoot that got down to 25 mm for close ups and wide angles (e.g. lions walking past the vehicle 6 feet away). Take 3 rechargeable batteries for each camera; can't count on electricity in some places. Also bring voltage converter, since local juice is 220/240 volts. A set of split neutral density filters is essential for the sunrise/sunset shots--spectacular views!! I plan to return in 2 years--Serengeti region in Kenya/Tanzania.