Booking a safari in Tanzania it is important check which vaccinations are compulsory and which are recommended for the trip.
Vaccinations
There are no mandatory vaccinations to enter Tanzania. Usually doctors recommended hepatitis, typhoid and malaria prophylaxis, if necessary, consult your doctor or local health authorities.
We recommend using insect repellent and mosquito nets to prevent bites, although there are not many mosquitoes and the likelihood of contracting diseases is very low.
During the safari, trekking or stay the sea, the sanitary standards are equivalent to Western countries, if you visit Tanzania as volunteer it could be different.
Yellow fever
Vaccination against yellow fever is mandatory only if you are coming from endemic areas. The airport stopover is not taken into consideration if it’s less than 12 hous. If you are asked for a yellow fever vaccination certificate upon arrival at the airport explain to the custom officer you left from your country and not from the country where you had a stopover.
In the case of road transfer from Nairobi (or other endemic areas) to Arusha (or other destinations in Tanzania) the yellow fever vaccination certificate is mandatory.
If a person due to medical or health reasons can not be vaccinated, he must present a medical certificate (preferably in English) stating the impossibility to undergo such vaccination.
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