Samu, about your living close to comfort, we once bought a gypsy for going to the farm.
The road was carable, but then you could just drive to the farm, slowly, very slowly. Park there. Take the tractor and go for the ride, go fording rivers etc.,
The gypsy king came and all changed. I was 20 then and climbing up 40 degree gradients with smell of burnt clutch on Low 4WD was my idea of fun. So was fording rivers, going where I had never gone before.
But the gypsy was replaced by an indica,then another idica and then an indigo. Reason, the comfort level really really sucked.
Sore backs, no comforts, and no AC in 40 degree + heat. Add to that low mileage of 10kmpl on petrol,(12-14 on highways).
So before you go for a bare bone as in real bare bone, think.
If safari is too delicate, then the Tatamobile(The truck, not the TL) makes a good option. You can even mount a tripod in the cargo bay, go middle of a river and shoot
