Each
country have different travel requirements and restriction.
BOTSWANA
Entry into Botswana is permitted for a maximum duration of
90 days
Visas are required by all foreign nationals excluding the following
Visas are NOT required for the following nationals:
Australia - Austria - Bahamas - Barbados - Beleze - Belgium
- Brunei - Canada - Cyprus - Denmark - Finland - France - Gambia
- Germany - Greece - Grenada - Guyana - Iceland - Italy - Jamaica
- Japan - Kenya -Kiribati - Lesotho -Lichtenstein - Luxembourg
- Malawi - Mauritius - Netherlands - Norway - Republic of Ireland
- Samoa - San Merino - Sweden - Malaysia - Maldives - Malta
- Mozambique - Namibia - Nauru - Netherlands - New Zealand -
Norway - Portugal - Republic of Ireland - San Marino - Seychelles
- Sierra Leone - Singapore - Solomon Islands - South Africa
- Spain - St Vincent & Grenadines - Swaziland - Sweden -
Switzerland - Tanzania - Tonga - Trinidad's Tobago - Tuvalu
- Uganda - United Nations - United Kingdom- - United States
of America - Uruguay - Vanuatu - Western Samca - Yugoslavia
- Zambia - Zimbabwe.
(All Commonweath countries with the exception of Sri Lanka,
Pakistan - India - Ghana and Nigeria.)
Visitors planning on staying longer than 90 days will need
to apply for prior permission
Visas are obtainable from:
GABORONE:The Chief Immigration Officer, PO Box 942, Gaborone,
Botswana. Telephone (+267) 361-1300
JOHANNESBURG: The Botswana Consulate. Telephone: (+27) 011-
4033748.
EUROPE: The Botswana Embassy, Avenue de Tervuren 169, 1150
Brussels, Belgium. Telephone: (+32) 02-7352070, Facsimile: 7356318.
Botswana diplomatic or consular missions or by British embassies
or consulates in countries where there are no representations
of Botswana.
ZAMBIA
VISAS & IMMIGRATION - Visas are required by all visitors
except nationals from Antigua, Australia, Barbados, Belize,
Bahamas, Botswana, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica,
Kiribati, Kenya, Lesotho, Malaysia, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius,
Namibia, Nevis, New Zealand, St. Christopher, St Vincent , St.
Lucia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu,
Western Somoa, and Zimbabwe.
NAMIBIA
Passports must be valid for at least 6 months beyond the date
of intended departure from Namibia. Entry into Namibia is permitted
for a maximum duration of 60 days
Visas are needed except for nationals from Angola, Austria,
Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Italy,
Ireland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mozambique, the Netherlands,
the Nordic Countries, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia,
New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, South-Africa, the United Kingdom,
the United States of America, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Visas are obtainable from:
WINDHOEK:Department of Civic Affairs, P/Bag 13200, Windhoek,
9000 Telephone: (061) 2929111,
JOHANNESBURG: Namibian Embassy, 702 Church Street, Pretoria.
Telephone: (+27) 012- 3445992
CAPE TOWN: Namibia Tourism Office, Standard Bank Centre, Heerengracht,
Cape Town 8000. Telephone: (+27) 021-4193190
SOUTH AFRICA
Entry into South Africa is permitted for a maximum duration
of 90 days for most nationalities.
South African visas are obtainable from:-
PRETORIA: Director General Home Affairs, Private Bag X114, Pretoria.
Tel: (021) 3148911.
Diplomatic or consular missions abroad.
SOUTH AFRICAN RESIDENTS: South African citizens travelling
on foreign passports do not need a departure permit from South
Africa, however, they may only use their foreign passport to
enter and depart from the country where their passport originates.
They must now acquire and travel on a SA passport to any other
country they visit otherwise, they need to be in possession
of a letter of permission from the Minister of Home Affairs
to travel on an alternate passport. Foreign passport holders
who are permanent residents of SA (other than British &
Irish) need a re-entry visa for South Africa.
MOZAMBIQUE
All nationalities require a visa for Moçambique. Visa
are issued at the border but it is safer to obtain them before
departure from the Diplomatic representations of Moçambique
in the following cities:
Addis Ababa, Bonn, Brussels, Cape Town, Dar-es-Salaam, Durban,
Geneva,
Harare, Johannesburg, Lisbon, London, Lusaka, Mbabane, Moscow,
Paris, Pretoria, Rome, Stockholm, New York, Washington DC.
MOZAMBIQUE CONSULATES IN SOUTH AFRICA:-
JOHANNESBURG: Mozambique Consulate Genral, 252 Jeppe Street,
7th Floor Cape York Building, Johannesburg 2001 Telephone: (011)
3361819/22, Fax: (011) 3360133
PRETORIA: Mozambique Consulate General, 199 Becket Street,
Arcadia, Pretoria.
Telephone: (012) 3427840, Fax (012) 3437830
CAPE TOWN Mozambique Consulate, 45 Castle Street, 7th Floor,
Cape Town 8001
Telephone: (021) 262944/5, Fax (021) 262946
DURBAN Mozambique National Tourist Office, 5th Floor, 320 West
Street, Durban.
Telephone: (031) 3040200, Fax (031) 3051095
Requirements for visa applications (subject to change):-
· Passport (must be valid for 6 months after intended
return
from Moçambique)
· 2 Passport photographs
· 2 Visa application forms
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Malaria
Avoid being bitten by mosquitoes
The old adage rings true “Prevention is better than cure”
– therefore the best way to avoid malaria is to avoid
being bitten in the first place.
Mosquitoes and most other insects are generally active for
a few hours around sunset. They can and often do continue to
be bothersome throughout the night and are also around in the
early morning.
• We suggest that you change into longs just before sunset
and spray yourself with the provided repellent.
• Turn out lights when not in use.
• Use insect repellent on exposed skin.
• Sleep under a bednet or in a netted tent or hut or
in a house or caravan with screens.
• Close windows and doors at night.
• Spray insecticide aerosol and/or burn mosquito coil
at night. Anopheles mosquitoes prefer to feed near ground level
so spray your legs and feet as well.
Malaria mosquitoes (Anopheles) are smaller, fly more quietly
and have a distintive posture of head down, body at an angle
and hind legs raised when feeding or at rest. This is in contrast
with the horizontal position of most other mosquito species.
Take prophylaxis in malaria risk areas. Get good advice before
you plan your holiday. Take the pills same day each week when
weekly, or at the same time of the day if daily. Continue prophylaxis
for 4 weeks after your return. Complete the course.
If you, or one of your party, show ‘flu like symptoms’
and signs like body pain, headache and fever develop 7 to 20
days or longer after visiting an endemic area, have a simple
blood test done. This check will show if there are any parasites
in your blood, and just remember, early treatment rarely leads
to complications.
The further away you are from towns and crowded areas the less
chance you have of contacting malaria as it is relayed from
person to person.
AIDS
Your biggest chance of contracting HIV/AIDS is through unprotected
sex
Bilharzia
Your chance of getting Bilharzia is small if you follow some
simple rules.
Do not use water directly from rivers or dams for drinking,
unless you boil it first.
Swimming in rivers or dams exposes you to Bilharzia, unless
you can see signboards saying the water is safe and clean for
human consumption.
The water in towns, at hotels and in swimming pools, has been
treated and is then safe.
Water Sports Clubs usually treat their shoreline areas.
Public parks using tap water will have signs telling you if
the water is safe to use.
Fast flowing mountain streams are usually clear, clean, and
free of Bilharzia.
There are pills available for protection against Bilharzia.
See a Doctor, or Pharmacist
Rabies
Be wary of strange animals. even stray dogs and cats. If you
are bitten, by any animal, it is wise to go straight to a clinic.
Rabies may be treated effectively with a course of injections
if caught in time
Sunstroke and Sunburn
It is recommended that you wear a broad-rimmed hat, wear sunglasses,
and use A good quality sun-screen cream or lotion.
You can also cover your skin by wearing long sleeve shirts,
long trousers, slacks, or jeans.
Snakes
Are very common, but hardly ever seen. Puff adders being the
most dangerous.They lie in paths and do not move, especially
in autumn.
Not all snakes are dangerous. So, if you do get bitten by a
snake, don’t panic.
If you can, kill the snake for identification purposes, but
if that is not possible then try and remember what the snake
looked like.
Your trail guides, or rangers, will have with them snake bite
serum, and they do know what to do.
Above all, remember that most snake bites are not fatal
Scorpions and Spiders
You could get a rather painful bite, but its almost never fatal.
A simple precaution is, when you are camping, shake out your
shoes and clothes in the morning before getting dressed, and
checking your sleeping bags, etc, before retiring at night falls
Tick-Bite Fever
March-April is the worst time as the grass is long and wet.
Symptoms appear one week later, with swollen glands and severe
aching of the bones, backache, headache and fever. The disease
will run it’s course over three to four days
Yellow Fever
Vaccination certificates are necessary if you have come from
any infected area as specified by the World Health Organisation.
Cholera
Cholera acts by releasing a toxin within the intestine. It
has to get into your gut via your mouth (not absorbed through
skin by bathing or showering) and it has to survive the hostile
acidic stomach on the way. If it makes it to the small bowel
it is well adapted to survive there; each germ is capable of
"swimming" by wiggling its tail to counteract the
intestine's propulsive movement which would tend to push it
down and out. It is resistant to bile salts and can adhere to
the intestinal wall as well. You get it by ingesting it either
in water or contaminated food. The contamination comes from
another individual who has cholera - fecal excretement contaminates
hands or water supplies and passes the germs along. Washing
food in contaminated water is a problem and swallowing water
bathing or showering or while brushing teeth can pass it along.
Washing hands is very important in preventing it, as is very
careful food handling, washing and preparation.
The important understanding is that no-one is at any more
risk of contracting cholera than they are many other illnesses
spread via the fecal-oral route. Even in the midst of a community
suffering an epidemic you can avoid contracting it as an individual
if you are very careful about what you touch and use and how
you clean and wash your hands and disinfect and manage food
and what you eat and drink. It is not like an airborne spread
illness which can strike no matter what you do to protect yourself.
Medical insurance
You are well advised to obtain medical insurance before arrival.
Please bring any personal medicines that you may require with
you, as they may be hard to find.
If you wear prescription glasses we recommend that you also
bring a spare pair.
Bring your own small medical kit, including band aids, iodine
(water purification), and aspirin, or your own preferance in
pain killers, as well as antacids, and doses of antibiotics.
It is also wise to bring a small supply of unused hypodermic
needles with you.
Some clinics in remote Places may not have stocks.
Avoid walking barefoot. Any cut, bite or sting, can easily get
infected in the dust and humidity
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