Travel Immunizations For Travel To Africa

Learn Which Travel Immunizations You Need For Your African Safari or Travels!

Want to know which travel immunizations you need for your Africa trip?
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Find peace of mind & answers to your questions about the latest immunizations for travel to Africa. Learn how to stay healthy & safe on your African safari & holiday adventure.

My wife is a local South African and we have lived in Africa since 1993. Before moving here, we have traveled extensively to and within Africa since 1986.

Based on living here, going on over 80 African safaris and research on immunizations for travel to Africa, we have put together this information. I hope it is useful!

African canoe safari elephants
Stay Healthy & Safe On Your Amazing African Safari
photo of African canoe safari by Michael Poliza

"I never knew of a morning in Africa
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The Latest Requirements For Travel Immunizations For Sub-Saharan Africa.

Here are the latest health standards and requirements for immunizations for travel to sub-Saharan Africa.
First, I give you general guidelines. Then I give you links to the latest official US government guidelines. These recommendations are from the US government�s Centers for Disease Control.

General Guidelines

In short, Africa falls into two groups:

Group One: South Africa and Namibia where little or no precautions are necessary &

Group Two: The rest of Africa where you need to pay much closer attention to travel immunizations. Here is each group in turn.

Guidelines for South Africa & Namibia

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 South Africa�s 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. Also for South Africa and Namibia yellow fever vaccination certificate is necessary if you�ve come from a country where the disease is endemic. For example, if you are traveling from 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.

Guidelines for the rest of Africa...

Click here for more information on CDC travel immunizations recommendations

CDC Travel Immunizations By Region & Country

Southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, St. Helena, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda Plus Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Somalia, Seychelles

Central Africa: Zambia Plus Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sudan

West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde Islands, Cote d�Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

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