traveling to joburg then vic falls for 3 days before doing a plains game safari in central namibia. is taking malaria meds for vic falls recommended? any other immunization requirements for getting in and out of zim? i have never been to zim before. the cdc seems to recommend everything for everywhere.

This might help:

http://www.shakariconnection.c...nting-countries.html

butchbuck

Go to the CDC website www.cdc.com and do everything they tell you. Trying to avoid a malaria prophylaxis and a couple of shots att he risk of getting something life threatening is foolhardy.

Be safe!

Mark

Lots of water & lots of mosquitoes there. Take the pills. You're playing with fire.

Ditto. Take the meds. We were posted to Zimbabwe for three years, and were told to take the meds pretty much anywhere outside Harare and the eastern highlands (Mutare area).

Malaria Prophylaxis with Lariam (mefloquine), Malarone (atovaquone/proguanil), or doxycycline is recommended for all areas, except the cities of Harare and Bulawayo.

You DEFINATELY need to take anti malaria meds...

Don´t take lariam. they will give you the worst nigth dreams ever. take malarone, dos´t give you night dreams. have a happy hunting and enjoy vic falls they are superb

Larium does not bother me. I have taken it 4 different times, for as long as 2 months.

It actually mellows my dreams out... a little.

Malarone.

Larium sometimes makes otherwise normal people go a bit crazy. Way beyond bad dreams. Take malarone.

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Originally posted by butchbuck:
is taking malaria meds for vic falls recommended?

Yes.

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N E 450 No2

ya but we all know you an't right to begin with
see ya in Dallas next yr buddy

It all depends on if you like living or not. I was in Vic Falls lasy July and my PH, who lives in VF, said 3 on his friends had died earlier last year due to malaria. That don't sound fun to me. I'll take the pills.

I have taken Malerone with no side effects. The lady at the travel clinic said that Larium doesn't necessarily give you nightmares. She went on to say with a smile, in fact some men in particular "really like their dreams"!

Sounds interesting.

405wcf

Take the meds. You don't want Malaria. I've taken Larium on most of my safaris - at least 12 - and really never had a problem, and yes it can make your dreams more colorful, but not necessarily. Have also taken Doxy on a couple safaris when other meds might have accelerated Larium effects.

I almost always spend a minimum of three weeks on safari. One of the benefits on a long safari is that Larium is once per week whereas Doxy is a daily-daily.