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Tips for Southern
Africa
Contents:
Tips for
the Traveler
Visas Health Issues and Risks
Time
Electricity,
Weights and Measures
At a Glance...
Countries
People Climate
Language
Religion
Government
Helpful
Tidbits...
Links... |
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Tips
for the Traveler |
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Visas : |
Visas are required for certain
passport holders for entry and re-entry into to South
Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland. See
your destinations link below. |
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Health
issues and risks: |
Polio and typhoid. Malaria
precautions advised. A yellow-fever certificate is
sometimes required. See your destinations link below. |
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Time: |
See your destinations link below. |
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Electricity: |
See your destinations link below. |
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Weights
& Measures: |
Metric |
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At
a Glance... |
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Countries |
Angola, Botswana, Madagascar,
Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia,
Zimbabwe |
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People: |
Where ever your travels in Africa
take you, you can be sure of one thing, you will come
across friendly, hospitable, happy-go lucky people. |
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Climate: |
Warm, temperate and dry climate.
Some sub-tropical areas. The best time to visit is during
the summer from February. See your destinations link
below. |
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Language: |
English, Afrikaans and indigenous
dialects. |
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Religion: |
Dutch Reform Church, Zion Christian
Church, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Nededuitsch, Hervomde,
Hindu and Muslim. |
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Government: |
See your destinations link below. |
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Helpful
Tidbits... |
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Tipping to acknowledge services
received is at the discretion of the traveler. |
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Don't advertise your wealth or
tourist status - moon bags and dangling cameras are a
dead giveaway. |
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Telephone services are generally
unreliable so make calls short and to the point. |
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Malaria risk, predominantly in the
malignant falciparum form, exists all year
throughout the country, even in urban areas, and is
reported to be resistant to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.
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Only swimming pools which are well-chlorinated
and maintained are safe due to insect and water-borne
disease. |
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Full health insurance is essential
and should include medical evacuation insurance. Visitors
should travel with their own supply of remedies for
simple ailments such as stomach upsets, as pharmaceutical
supplies are usually extremely difficult to obtain. |
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Links |
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Travel
Diseases |
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a helpful guide to all travel diseases |
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Angola Info |
- travel
guide for Angola |
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Botswana Info |
- a
fantastic resource of travel info for Botswana |
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Madagascar Info |
- a
fantastic resource of travel info for Madagascar |
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Mozambique Info |
- a
fantastic resource of travel info for Mozambique |
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Namibia Info |
- a
fantastic resource of travel info for Namibia |
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South Africa Info |
- a
fantastic resource of travel info for South Africa |
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Swaziland Info |
- a
fantastic resource of travel info for Swaziland |
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Zambia Info |
- a
fantastic resource of travel info for Zambia |
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Zimbabwe Info |
- a
fantastic resource of travel info for Zimbabwe |
