Top Health and Travel Tips

Get Travel Insurance for Tanzania & check that the cover is appropriate for all your Travel in Tanzania.

Check what vaccinations you need at least 6 weeks before you go & consider whether you need to take extra health precautions.

Get a good travel guidebook for Tanzania and get to know your destinations in Tanzania and local laws & customs of Tanzania.

Ensure you have a valid passport and the necessary Visas for Tanzania.

Make copies of your passport & any visa pages, insurance policy plus 24-hour emergency number & ticket details. Leave these copies, itinerary & contact details with family & friends.

Specific Health Issues:

All travelers should visit either their personal physician or a travel health clinic 4-8 weeks before departure.

Malaria:Â Prophylaxis with Lariam (mefloquine), Malarone (atovaquone/proguanil), or doxycycline is recommended for all areas at altitudes less than 1800 m.

Vaccinations:

Polio

One-time booster recommended for any adult traveler who completed the childhood series but never had polio vaccine as an adult

Yellow fever

Recommended only for those at risk for a large number of mosquito bites. Required for travelers arriving from a yellow-fever-infected country in Africa or the Americas

Hepatitis A

Recommended for all travelers

Typhoid

Recommended for all travelers

Hepatitis B

Recommended for all travelers

Rabies

For travelers spending a lot of time outdoors, or at high risk for animal bites, or involved in any activities that might bring them into direct contact with bats

Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)

Two doses recommended for all travelers born after 1956, if not previously given

Tetanus-diphtheria

Revaccination recommended every 10 years

It is recommended that you consult your local doctor for clarification on all health related issues before you commence your journey.