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TBH as someone guilty of dragging too much around myself, I would "question" the need for the 70-200L or the 70-300L altogether since you are bringing the 100-400 II already...especially the 70-300 will be as you are saying yourself, redundant in most scenarios.
Yes, it is lighter, but you will be hauling lots and lots already. If I was going with only one tele-zoom, and I wanted something compact, the 70-300L would be my choice, but I would leave any other white behind.
You say the 70-200 II is what you love for gardens...the 100-400 II is darker, sure, but if subject isolation is what you are after, the longer FL and the great MFD will help you get lots of shots that would not be possible with either 70-xxx lens. I'd rather have a ETTL speedlight - if permissible - to fill in my shots with all these lenses really - will cover the shortfall of the darker aperture, will actually isolate the subject a bit better, create sharper images than 1.5-2 stops of extra light would allow for with the f/2.8 zoom. So for anything that would involve close-ups, the 100-400 II has the advantage IMHO.
The 35mm f/1.8 VC does a lot in low light, but again, arguably you could get away with just the 24-70L II and be more versatile.
The TS-E is great, but it is hard to use properly without a tripod IMHO, and dragging along that + deploying it every few minutes will "kill" it for those that will join you for this trip - even if they know about your "passion" and they "understand you". You need to understand them back
So from what you are saying, I would think the 3x zooms listed alone could cut it easily. Forget primes and TSE etc...
Between the whites, I would pick the 70-300L for light weight & OK all-around versatility, the 100-400 II for the potential bird and close-ups, the 70-200 II if f/2.8 for more casual portraits & arch details & low light shooting. But pick one priority and go with that, otherwise, you will end up dragging more lenses that you will probably never really mount on the camera(s).
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