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  1. I appreciate your excitement and enthusiasm and hope you have you have a wonderful and safe journey there and while there and then back home again. But slow down a bit and think about it some more. A XF200 mm f2 lens (which includes a 1.4 tc) is going for around US$ 5000. That one would be good for many settings there but … for considerably less money you can get fantastic zoom lenses giving far more photography options and put the leftover money into a big stack of memory cards, batteries and chargers, etc. and have cash leftover to tip your travel guides and enjoy the local cuisines. Landscapes with animals include things like elephant herds among the Baobab trees, cheetahs watching antelopes on the savanna, etc. I often use a 150-600mm for various projects. I can easily handhold it and get sharp steady shots, but after a while it goes back on the tripod to finish up. IBIS, etc. does not work well at longer focal lengths, so plan on being able to work when you are tired. That type of outdoor activity wears your lens holding arm.
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  2. You are probably going to need to add in some more information before anyone can begin to help you. Information such as 'how much budget are you using to purchase lens equipment and does that include all of the other camera related gear you will also need', 'what kind of tours are you intending to take part in -- strictly herd animals or more isolated opportunistic critter viewing', 'are you going for landscapes with animals or animal portraits', etc.
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