Behind every effortless safari is a system: medical coverage, vetted partners, checked documents and someone answering the phone at 3 a.m.
Every East African safari includes AMREF Flying Doctors emergency evacuation membership: an air ambulance on call from the remotest airstrip to Nairobi's best hospitals. AMREF operates in East Africa only. For Southern Africa and beyond, your required travel insurance carries the evacuation cover, and we verify it before you fly.
Our team lives where you travel. Also, one WhatsApp message reaches a person, not a call center, at any hour, in your time zone or ours.
In fact, we have stayed in many of the camps we book and travel the routes ourselves. Where our advice relies on trusted partners rather than a personal visit, we say so. Nothing on your itinerary is there because of a brochure alone.
Step-by-step visa guidance for every border on your route, and a pre-departure check of every document (passports, permits, certificates) before you fly.
A route-specific health brief with your itinerary (yellow fever, malaria prophylaxis, altitude on Kilimanjaro), written plainly and always deferring to your travel-medicine professional.
We require comprehensive travel and medical insurance for every guest, and we advise on the right policy for your route, so you can travel with confidence and a changed plan never becomes a lost trip. Older travelers should also check policy age limits; see our guide to African safaris for older travelers.
Safari travel protection is the part nobody thinks about until it matters.
Still, the fastest way to feel confident is a conversation. Tell us your dates and your questions, and we'll answer them clearly before you commit to anything.
Request a private callBefore you travel, check the latest CDC travel health advice and the entry rules published by the US State Department.