Barbonbrown wrote:
Take a beanbag to stabilise the camera in vehicle from where most of your pictures will be taken and it will also damp vibration from the engine, which can often be running when you see a decent shot. Much more convenient for you, and others, than a monopod. (I've done game safaris in Africa and Asia, and never used either a tripod or monopod, nor felt the lack of them,)
An inflatable neck pillow can serve double duty as a beanbag, especially the ones that fold up into a side pocket integrated into the pillow.