Ricker Loc: Salt Lake City, Utah

Buy a Sony RX 10 lll, which is dust proof and very rain resistant and has a Zeiss lens (24-600) and weighs just slightly over 2 pounds. Leave all of your heavy stuff home. I reluctantly do just that every time I travel around the world....The Sony is terrific, primarily because of the excellent crisp Zeiss lens and because the camera is a professional camera with great video as well as superior images. I still my full frame camera and great heavy lenses when I'm home. The Sony solves all of your packing problems and is the best camera for safari work and all types of travel destinations. You WON'T be disappointed!

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

AND . . . it'll cost WAY less than an upgrade to Business Class.

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Any internal flights with even tighter baggage restrictions?

BarbB

I flew Emerits this past spring. My backpack weighed about 20-plus lbs as well..but I carried it as if it weighed nothing :-)..I had, in my camera backpack, my heaviest lens attached to my camera. If it looked like they were weighting carryons, I was going to take my camera and lens out of my b)s. As it turned out, they just looked aat my camera bag, and said nothing. And that was both to and from India to USA.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

No, most of the advice was simply saying that if the OP has to go on a tour, if he cannot lease his own plane for the flight and his own crew for a safari, then he will have to compromise on gear also. Two of everything is safe, but one short zoom kit and one long zoom kit {or some such thing} may have to be what is possible.

Jenobandito

Thank you.

Jenobandito

Yes, I am taking Gate 1 Travel. Thank you for the information. I appreciate hearing from someone who has traveled with the same tour company. I will pack what I think I will need, then act like it weighs nothing. How many memory cards and what size did you end up taking? Did you take a computer to load them nightly? I have two 64Gb for one camera, and smaller CF cards for the other, older camera. If I did not take a laptop would I have enough memory? Thanks in advance.

Murray Loc: New Westminster

Maybe prchase a good hard case and put in baggage?

jccash Loc: Longwood, Florida

I went with my daughter to Kruger Park in June. I have the Nikon D500 and used an 80-400 lens. My daughter used the Sony a6000 with the 55-220 lens.

I brought a Western Digital Passport Wireless Hard Drive to transfer files. Never used it. I had two 64g SD cards for my daughters camera. Three 32G WXD and SD cards for my D500. Neither of us shot much video. Did not fill all cards.

At night we made camp fires hung out with others and had a crest time.

You might not have time to dump images onto a computer.

I used a tripod at night to capture images of the Southern Cross. A guy on the truck used a monopod with his Canon and 100-400 kens. He was sitting in the back. I was on the first seat. He was able to get better angles. Try and sit on the back bench. If you bring a bean bag you can fill it with rice. They hold a lot of rice. Buy some at a store before you leave. Buy two large bags of rice. When your done you can empty rice into bags and give it to the house cleaning staff.

Have fun. Bring a 4 banger USB charging adapter for charging batteries and a 110 to 220 power adapter. I brought a multi plug short AC power strip. You will need to charge batteries, phone etc. I had four batteries for each camera plus a battery grip for the D500. Never used the drip.

AmazonBasics Two-Port USB Wall Charger (24-Watt) Compatible With iPhone and Samsung Phones - Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F2PW96K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Ac0Yzb6FE1T0W

Power Bright PB-12 US to UK 3-Prong Travel Outlet Plug Adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PQL7AQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Ve0YzbY3SZRHC

TOSSOW 2500W 3 AC Outlets Flag Plug Power Strip Surge Protector with 4 USB Port Charger and 6.5 ft Extension Power Cord for Home Office Travel Desk Nightstand - Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073QPNXX1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Pg0YzbQZR4V20

Something like this for Nikon and Sony battered. Had one for each camera.

Newmowa Dual USB Charger for Nikon EN-EL15 and Nikon 1 V1, D600, D610, D800, D800E, D810, D7000, D7100 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QGJ919U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_uj0YzbEERVCGK

WD 3TB My Passport Wireless Pro Portable External Hard Drive - WIFI USB 3.0 - WDBSMT0030BBK-NESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F5LVTPS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_wl0YzbRM1H4X1

Something like this. BTW I never used it.

Grizzly Camera Bean Bag (Medium-Black), Photography Bean Bag, Video Bean Bag, Camera Support, Camera Sandbag, Camera Beanbag, Spotting Scope Support https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C8SKUTI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_mm0Yzb6XCMA6C

tschuler

I went to Africa in April-May and flew South African airline from DC. Business class was only $6,000 round trip.

tscali

I was also on Gate 1 travel and I replied before. If you are shooting in large and fine format, maximum quality, than I would recommend additional memory cards. I took two 128 GB, two 64 GB and two 32 GB cards. I had two bodies. I only filled one 128 GB, one 64 GB and one 32 GB card. I ended taking about 5000 pictures and a few movies. I had my camera set to Raw plus JPG. The raw filled the 128, and the jpg filled the 64 GB. On the other camera I shot both raw and jpg also; but used it much less. As I said earlier I had a long lens on my better camera, and basic lens on the other. Good luck. Always try to get the highest seats in the safari trucks. You can see more. We had one woman who became our spotter. She was incredible at finding lions and leopards. We saw the big five several times.

jccash Loc: Longwood, Florida

Meant QXD not WXD Card.

Jenobandito

Thanks again. Your card info is very helpful, as for positioning on the truck.

Jenobandito

ONLY! haha, thanks.

freediver808 Loc: Hawaii

I was in South Africa this summer for Sardine Run. All carryon bags would be weighted if you have to fly in/out in Johannesburg. My friend was able to negotiate keeping her heavy camera bag but it took going up to the supervisor . The possible solution is to pack one camera body and maximum amount of lenses in your Cary on complying with Weight and bubble wrap the rest to the checked bag along with second camera body , this way you will have at least one set of gear should luggage gets lost or invaded.