We had a 3-week trip in South Africa and Malawi in May that included a internal light plane flight for which there was a 15kg per person total baggage limit. (That's about the weight of a single 1Dx body, isn't it? [!])
I was able to fit 2 E-M1 bodies, 12-35 f2.8, 40-150 f2.8, 1.4 teleconverter, 45 f1.8 and a Samyang 7.5mm fisheye plus supporting batteries, chargers & other photo kit in a LowePro 200AW slingback bag well within this limit, while still taking enough clothes to remain adequately chic in the game lodges.
The tele zoom plus converter gives a maximum 420mm full-frame equivalent which was just about enough for the game drives, and having 2 bodies meant I didn't have to change lenses on the back of extremely dusty Landrovers. The bodies plus both zooms are weather and dust sealed.
Single auto focussing is extremely quick in decent light, and the in-body stabilization meant I could get a high proportion of sharp images at 420mm at 1/40 (and reasonably high at 1/20 second) at f4 and ISO1600 or 2000. Below that light level, however, auto focussing is very weak, but the 40-150 does have a rapid switch to manual focussing with peaking assistance.
On the negative side, although the CAF is OK for most animals you wouldn't want to use it for birds in flight, and ISO 2000 is my personal limit with 1600 the preferred maximum.
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