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Immunizations For Overseas Travel To South Africa

Find peace of mind & answers to your questions about immunizations for overseas travel to South Africa. Learn how to stay healthy & safe on your African safari & holiday adventure.

Most parts of South Africa are free of malaria – Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria, East London, Port Elizabeth and the Garden Route for example. In some parts of South Africa, including Kruger National Park, northern KwaZulu Natal, the border regions of Northwest and Northern Provinces, there is a risk of catching malaria.

If you are visiting these areas, you need to take anti malaria pills (get your doctor’s advice on the best one for you), sleep under a mosquito net, use insect repellents. Malaria carrying mosquitoes are active between dusk and dawn so have on long sleeve shirts and long pants then.

A yellow fever vaccination certificate is necessary if you’ve come from a country where the disease is endemic. For example, Kenya, Tanzania or tropical South America. If you are going to another African country first and need the yellow fever shot, remember that a yellow fever certificate only becomes valid ten days after you’ve had the shot.