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January 26, 2008 -  All Travelers Must Purchase Zambia Entry Visas
With effect from January 26, 2008 all visitors to Zambia will have to pay the full visa fee (the visa waiver program for travelers overnighting in Zambia has been scrapped). ALL visitors are required to purchase a tourist visa. Visaa may be purchased on arrival by land or air. Single entry visas, payable in CASH, are US $135 per person for American passport holders.

January 26, 2008 - Tanzania Entry and Yellow Fever
We have just been notified by the Government of Tanzania that ''Health Surveillance Desks" which were removed in 2001, will now be reinstated in all border posts, ports, and international airports. As Tanzania is among countries which are at risk of being infected with yellow fever, health officials have been instructed to deal with the control and prevention of yellow fever for international travelers coming from infected countries.

Yellow Fever Endemic zones in Africa include Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Togo, Benin, Sao Tome and Principe, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, United Republic of Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Somali, Sudan and Equatorial Guinea.

Yellow Fever Endemic zones in the Americas include Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Bolivia.

All visitors arriving from the above infected countries will require a yellow fever vaccination. Visitors arriving from other areas transiting in yellow fever endemic countries by connecting flights to Tanzania within the arrival airport and without checking out of the airport will not be required to produce a yellow fever vaccination certificate. For personal health protection, however, all clients including those arriving directly into Tanzania from non-yellow fever areas, for example Europe or the USA, may need to vaccinate against yellow fever, although it is not mandatory.