 | Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens
Buy new: $2,299.95 / Used from: $1,859.95 Its an excellent choice as a pack, since the lens 18-200 will stay most of your time on the camera
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 | Nikon MB-D10 Multi Power Battery Pack for Nikon D300 & D700 Digital SLR Cameras
Buy new: $251.14 / Used from: $234.99 Must have as it increases your shots per second and also doubles your battery life. makes the total unit a bit heavy, but you do not care since you will anyway use a monopod or tripod (right?)
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 | Opteka Timer Remote Control for Nikon D300, D200, D100, D2X, D2XS, D3 Digital SLR Cameras
Buy new: $59.95 excellent addition; it will help you take shots of sunset or sunrise as well as hiding your camera and take those shots of the wild night animals or even flowers which open at night only. Unless you want to spend the whole night taking shots and being a wreck in the morning...
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 | Lexar Professional Series UDMA 16 GB 300x CompactFlash Memory Card CF16GB-300-381
Buy new: $118.01 Get two of these. each one will give you around 450 shots (specially if you shoot RAW + JPG as I recommend), enough for one day (expect to take between 800 and 1,000 shots a day, if the game is good)
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 | Western Digital 160GB 2.5-inch Passport USB Portable Hard Drive
Buy new: $191.61 / Used from: $65.99 Well, if you take 1,000 photos a day at 10Mb each, you need 10Gb of photos a day. I recommend this backup solution
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 | LaCie 500GB Triple Interface Rugged Hard Drive - 301371
Buy new: $149.98 This is your backup solution; For two reasons: Its rugged and it has triple interface which means you can use FW800 when you can at home while USB on the road
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 | SanDisk 4 GB Extreme IV CF Card with FireWire Reader Bundle
Buy new: $133.27 I recommend a Firewire reader, so you spend less time downloading to your laptop and more time sorting out the shots which you will keep / backup
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 | HOYA 72mm Circularizing Polarizing Filter
Buy new: $62.00 Definetely! Leave it on all the time. Do not worry if you have no sea or water. It will give your skies an amazing depth
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 | Hoya 72UV 72mm Ultraviolet Filter for Camera Lens
Buy new: $34.35 You might need this as well, due to high altitudes and extreme rays
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 | Lowepro Slingshot 200 All Weather Backpack (Black)
Buy new: $71.33 / Used from: $71.99 Your best friend. It takes all and never complains. It swivels so you can have access to your camera with ease
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 | Manfrotto 681B Professional Aluminum Monopod (Black)
Buy new: $59.90 / Used from: $45.00 You are gonna use this more than the tripod for the simple reason that you will be in the car, bumping and never have enough time to fix the tripod. Instead of a conventional tripod you may want to consider a gorilapod. In any case, the monopod will give you amazing freedom
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 | Joby GP2-E1EN Gorillapod Flexible Tripod for Digital SLR Cameras
Buy new: $39.00 Definitely need a Gorilla when in Africa. It grips on the cage of the Toyota Land Cruiser, and takes that amazing shot of the lioness
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