Quick Summary AMREF Flying Doctors is a Nairobi-based air ambulance service that can fly sick or injured travellers from remote safari areas in East Africa to hospital in Nairobi. Its …

The Long and short Yes. An African safari is safe for children when the trip matches the child’s age. Most lodges welcome children from age 6 on shared game drives. …

Quick Answer Routine medicines are easy. Controlled medicines need paperwork. You can bring most prescription medicines into Africa’s safari countries for personal use. Keep them in original labeled packaging, carry …

Yes, South Africa is safe enough for most first-time visitors who plan carefully. The US State Department rates South Africa Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution, citing crime, terrorism, unrest, and …

Bottomline Africa accounts for approximately 94% of all global malaria deaths. The disease is transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito and is both preventable and treatable — but only when travelers …

Long Story Short No — tap water is NOT safe to drink in the majority of African countries. Travellers should assume tap water is unsafe unless they have specific, current, …