Due to a recent outbreak of yellow fever in Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana Ministry of Health is ensuring that all visitors to Botswana coming from the countries listed below, are required to have been vaccinated against yellow fever.

Please be sure to carry your yellow fever certificate with you when visiting Botswana if you have recently traveled to or through the below countries– failure to do so may mean you will be denied access to Botswana.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us for further clarification.

Africa
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda

South America & Central America
Argentina – Misiones Province
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador excluding Galapagos Islands
French Guyana
Guyana
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Trinidad & Tobago
Venezuela