Safari rewards lightness. Neutral tones that disappear into the bush, layers for cold mornings that become warm by ten, and one good jacket for the rim. A scarf does the work of three accessories. Leave the hard case at home — light-aircraft limits are real and strictly enforced.
Binoculars matter more than lenses. A modest pair you will actually carry beats an exceptional pair left in the tent. Your guide carries the spotting scope; you carry curiosity.
Laundry at most camps returns the same day, which means three changes of field clothes is genuinely enough for a week.