Count Down: 3 months

At 3 months

Check with the High Commission for the country that you will be visiting Do you need a visitors visa? What are the time lines for entry? Kenya's High Commission allows a 3 months window from the data that the visa is issued to entering the country. Tanzania's High Commission allows a 3 month window from the date the at the visa is issued to the date that you DEPART from the Tanzania. This means that you need to account for the time you will spend in Tanzania. Currently, both embassy's are very good in Canada. Both are located in Ottawa and passports can be sent in registered mail. Kenya states that it will take 7 days from the date the passports are received and Tanzania states that it will take 5 days. Currently, if you are planning on visiting both countries in your travels, you can send your applications to one High Commission and they will take it to the other country's High Commission if you indicate with a note. For example, I sent both my applications (Kenya's and Tanzania's visa applications) 1st to Tanzania's High Commission and left a note stating that I wanted them to take it over to Kenya's High Commission. From there, Kenya's High Commission sent it back to me with a self -addressed enveloped. For further details, check out the following links: http://www.kenyahighcommission.ca http://www.tzrepottawa.ca/home.htm In both cases, you need to apply for your visa at the 3 month mark; not before and not too soon to the date of departure.

Travel Doctor

When traveling to a developing country it is best to seek advice from a medical doctor about the vaccinations and medications that you will need to take while there or prior to your departure. For Kenya and Tanzania I was advised to take the following inoculations (vaccinations). I have included prices for those that I did need to purchase for my entire trip (8 weeks). Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Yellow Fever: $95.90, Typhoid (Typhim): 36.30, I was also asked to take the following pills/vaccinations orally. Cipro: $21.83 - take only if fever and diarrhea while on trip, Dukoral: $64.36- required for Cholera and travelers' diarrhea, Apo-MeFloquin (Larium): $66.89- once a week anti-malaria propholatic medication,

Travel doctor fee

You must also account for the fee for the travel doctor; I payed $50 and if you have another traveler with you they will cost an additional $25. The doctor will speak to you both at the same time for approximately 20 to 30 minutes.

Yellow Fever Confirmation and Wait time

When you receive your Yellow Fever vaccination, the doctor will ask you to wait for approximately 1 hour after the injection in the office to ensure that you do not have any adverse allergic reactions. To enter Kenya and Tanzania, you will require a yellow card from the Government of Canada (International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis) and signed by the doctor that you have received the Yellow fever vaccination before entering both countries.