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Wife and I did an overlanding trip before the kids came along, starting in Namibia, through Botswana, a bit of Zimbabwe and down to SA, taking in Makgadikgadi Pan, Chobe, the Ockavanga Delta, Victoria Falls and Kruger NP.
I only had a 70-300 at the time for the long stuff paired with a cropped sensor and I never felt I needed anything longer. On safari you're close and the animals are large! The first time I ever saw a wild lion, we came round a corner and there it was like 2m away from my foot.
I didn't take a second body, I had a Nikon P310 for wider stuff, it's a great little compact, which can be used fully manual. I would take a second body now though.
I now have a Sigma 100-400 which is not much bigger than the 70-300 and much, much smaller than 150-600. Its great.