GET PREPARED FOR A TRIP TO AFRICA

GET  VACCINATION

Get all of your vaccinations at least a month before you plan on arriving in Africa. You may need to carry a certificate of your yellow fever vaccination before you are allowed entry into some African nations. In addition, you will need to ask your doctor for plenty of malaria tablets to last through your entire trip.

OBTAIN A VISA,UPDATE PASSPORT

Obtain a passport before you plan a trip to Africa. Bring your original birth certificate, one other form of identification and two small passport-sized photographs of yourself to the post office. Give yourself 4 to 6 weeks for the passport to be mailed to your home, unless you opt for the rush service, which may double the price of your passport.

 ARRANGE PROPER  FINANCE

Arrange for proper financing before you plan a trip to Africa, since modern banking methods and access to cash may be limited. Up until recently, Western visitors had to enter Africa with large amounts of cash, which made tourists attractive targets for violent crime. In recent years, modern banking advances have made it easier to acquire cash in Africa, but you may still encounter obstacles in rural areas or the less developed countries.

  

GET RETURN  TICKET

 Keep a return plane ticket with you whenever you enter an African country. In many places, such as Nigeria, you will be refused entry into the country without one. Anyone without a return ticket back home will be viewed with extreme suspicion, and you may wind up in jail until you can produce one.

Tips & Warnings

•             Never give your passport to anyone other than a uniformed official, such as a policeman, border guard or airport security guard while you travel through countries in Africa. Remember that stolen U.S. passports can fetch a lot of money on the African black market.