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TRAVEL
INFORMATION:
:: Photography,
Cameras and Binoculars
:: Clothes,
shoes and baggage
:: Health
and Medication
:: Out
on Safari
:: Etiquette
:: Recommended
Reading
:: Booking
your safari
:: Visas
and Insurance
:: Flights,
International and safari charters
:: Gratuities
and money on safari
:: Booking
conditions and cancellation policy
:: Disclaimer of liabilty
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Health and
Medication
Malaria:
Most of the remote destinations in Southern Africa are malaria areas. Although
there are less towns and villages to make it a high-risk area, we strongly recommend
that you take precautions to ensure that you do not get malaria. 90% of malaria
cases occur after dark when the female anopheles mosquito is active and the two
best ways of preventing malaria are to ensure that mosquitoes do not bite you
and to take prophylactic medication. See your physician before you travel for
the type most suited for you.
Please remember the following tips
- keep your tent zips and room doors closed in the evening to prevent unwanted
mosquitoes and insects from entering.
- spray the tent/room with the aerosol insecticide supplied, and close your tent
prior to going for dinner;
- put an effective insect repellant on at night;
- wear long sleeved shirts and long trousers at night;
- keep taking your malaria tablets for at least two weeks after arriving back
home (the actual duration depends on each and particular tablet type).
- If within a few weeks of your return you feel nauseous, weak especially in
the joints, headaches on and off and fever please advise you doctor that you
have traveled through a malaria area, as these are the likely signs and symptoms.
Please carry extras of any medication you may be taking at your time of travel
and make sue you take this as carry on. We also recommend you travel with a small
medical kit with you on safari and the following is a guideline.
- Insect repellent - spray or roll on
- Imodium
- Valoid for nausea and vomiting
- Aspirin, Paracetamol Codeine and an Anti-inflammatory.
- Sun cream lotion or roll-on
- A good pair of sunglasses and a spare pair of prescription glasses.
- More contact lenses than you require for the duration and just in case of a
reaction to dust a pair of prescription glasses.
- Any current contraceptives
- One course of general antibiotics
- Antiseptic cream
- Antihistamine cream
- Plaster bandages
- Band Aid strips
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