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In search of a Light weight bag pack for a safari

Started Oct 11, 2018 | Discussions thread
Chizuka
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Re: In search of a Light weight bag pack for a safari

northlondon43 wrote:

Chizuka wrote:

I will be going on a safari in Tanzania and I am looking for a backpack that will be

1) as light as possible (because of the 15kg weight restriction on ALL luggage i.e. checked luggage + carry on). If the bag weighs too much, it will take away valuable weight for me.2) it will be my carry on bag, so besides camera equipment, it needs to be able to hold a few clothes items, an ipad, all chargers, toiletrie, etc. 3) i will be carrying the following gear: Lumix G9, PL 100-400, Oly 40-150 Pro, Oly 12-40 Pro, Oly em10 mk2, and probably the Panasonic G85 (if I buy it)4) I really would prefer not to pay more than 200 $ US for it.

Thank you all for your help and advice.

We went on safari in Tanzania a few years ago and made various internal flights. Whilst it is a 15kg limit we never saw it being enforced as long as you had a soft holdall bag. Secondly you could bring another bag as long as you could carry it on your lap. Hence my holdall had my clothes etc in it and I carried my camera bag (around 7kg of kit) on my lap. No official was remotely interested.

Thank you very much for your post. I am hoping that no official will be interested but I will try to be prepared.

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