I still have all my cameras acquired over many years, canon, Minolta SLR's and A Nikon Digital SLR. When I got my first iPhone I was and remain happy with the general standard of pictures when taken in good light and of stationary objects.
A couple of years ago I went to SA for my wife's birthday( she insisted on coming) and decided it could not be bothered having to carry my binoculars and my Nikon D70 with various long lenses and bought a Sony Cybershot DSC Hx 50 which has 20.4 mega pixels and a 30x optical ( not digital) zoom. It is brilliant; light and easy to use particularly using the zoom facility. It will record movie in full HD.
I recommend it or it's successor to you. As models change regularly you can often pick up an outdated model quite cheaply. I am often astounded by the quality of the pictures ! My skills as a photographer are akin to my Angling skills