Kenya

Safari trips, coastal holidays and business travel to Kenya carry some of the highest travel-health requirements of any destination — yellow fever, malaria and food/water precautions all matter here.

Book a £10 travel health consultation and travel with confidence.

Book An Appointment

Call 0161 676 2015

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TRAVEL HEALTH GUIDE

Recommended vaccines for Kenya

Explore the travel vaccines most commonly recommended for visitors to Kenya. Your final recommendations will depend on your destination, trip duration, planned activities, and medical history.

Yellow Fever + certificate

Recommended for most travellers; certificate required if arriving via a yellow-fever country

single dose (lifelong)

Hepatitis A

Most travellers

single dose

Typhoid

Most travellers

single dose

DTP booster

Most travellers if out of date

1 booster

Rabies

Safari camps, rural travel, animal contact

3 doses

Meningitis ACWY

Dry-season travel in the north, close community contact

single dose

Cholera

Humanitarian work, high-risk areas

2 oral doses

Malaria: HIGH RISK in most of Kenya including the coast and safari parks — antimalarial tablets are strongly advised for nearly all itineraries. Nairobi above 1,800m is lower risk. We’ll prescribe the right tablets at your consultation.

WHEN TO BOOK

Plan Ahead Before You Travel

We recommend booking your appointment 4–6 weeks before departure to allow enough time for vaccinations to become effective or for multiple-dose courses to be completed.