Travel destination
Rice terraces, surf beaches and temples. Most Bali trips need food-and-water cover, with more for scooter riding, long stays or rural Indonesia.
Bali and the wider Indonesian islands suit most travellers with a few core vaccines plus food, water and daytime bite precautions. Rabies is present and worth discussing for rural or animal-contact trips, and dengue is common. Malaria is low risk in Bali itself but present in other parts of Indonesia. We match advice to your plans.
Bali and the wider Indonesian islands are a hugely popular trip, and most travellers do well with a few core vaccines plus sensible food, water and bite precautions.
Rabies is present, so it is worth a conversation if you will be somewhere rural, cycling, or around animals. We will go through what is recommended for your plans and how long you have before you fly.
Vaccines
A starting point, not a prescription. What you actually need depends on where exactly you're going, what you'll be doing, how long for and what you've already had — a pharmacist confirms all of it at your appointment.
What to check before you fly
No vaccination certificate is routinely required for UK travellers going directly to Indonesia. Entry requirements change — we confirm the current rules for your exact itinerary at your appointment.
Bites, risk and tablets
Malaria risk changes by region, altitude and season, and depends on exactly where you are going and when. We check the current TravelHealthPro country advice against your itinerary at your appointment, and talk you through bite avoidance and, where it is needed, antimalarial tablets.
Give yourself enough time
Ideally see us six to eight weeks before you travel, as some vaccines are given as a course over several weeks. A rabies course runs over about three to four weeks, so start that one early. Travelling sooner than that? Book anyway — there is usually still something worth doing.
Bali is hugely popular and most travellers do well with the core vaccines and sensible precautions, but Indonesia is vast, and a multi-island trip or time in Lombok, Sulawesi or Papua changes the picture. We start from your itinerary at your South London Clinic consultation.
Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for most travellers because both spread through food and water. Hepatitis B, Japanese encephalitis and rabies come in for longer, rural or repeated trips, and it is worth checking routine tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR cover. The NHS travel vaccination guidance is a useful starting point, which we tailor to your trip.
Rabies is present in Bali and parts of Indonesia, and dogs and monkeys are a real consideration, especially around temples. Any bite, scratch or lick needs urgent care whether or not you had pre-travel doses, and pre-travel cover is worth discussing for rural, cycling or long trips.
Dengue is common and rises in the rainy season, spread by daytime-biting mosquitoes, so bite avoidance matters year-round. Malaria is low risk in Bali itself but present in other parts of Indonesia such as eastern islands and Papua; the TravelHealthPro Indonesia page sets out where, and we check it against your route.
See us ideally six to eight weeks ahead so any courses can be completed; a later booking is still useful.
Q: Is there rabies in Bali?
A: Yes. Dogs and monkeys are a consideration, so any bite needs urgent care and pre-travel doses are worth discussing for some trips.
Q: Do I need malaria tablets for Bali?
A: Bali itself is low risk, but other parts of Indonesia carry malaria. We check your route.
Q: Which vaccines for Bali?
A: Hepatitis A and typhoid for most, with hepatitis B, Japanese encephalitis and rabies for longer or rural trips.
Who you'll see
Superintendent Pharmacist & Independent Prescriber
Rafay has been a pharmacist for more than 12 years and runs the travel clinic at Hills Pharmacy. He'll go through where you're going, what you'll be doing and what you've already had, then explain in plain language what's worth having for your trip and what isn't.
GPhC registration 2240995
Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane, Kennington, South London SE11 4HQ — GPhC premises 1093041 (Marlborough UK Limited)
Check on the GPhC registerYes. Dogs and monkeys, especially around temples, are a real consideration, so any bite, scratch or lick needs urgent care. Pre-travel doses are worth discussing at South London Clinic for rural, cycling or long trips.
Bali itself is low risk, but other parts of Indonesia such as the eastern islands and Papua carry malaria. Your pharmacist checks the current advice against your route.
Hepatitis A and typhoid for most travellers, with hepatitis B, Japanese encephalitis and rabies for longer, rural or repeated trips.
Yes, particularly in the rainy season. It is spread by daytime-biting mosquitoes, so bite avoidance matters and there is no tablet that prevents it.
Book a travel appointment and a pharmacist will go through your itinerary with you — where you're going, what you'll be doing and what you've already had — then tell you what's worth having and what isn't.
Vaccines and antimalarial tablets are prescription only medicines. Suitability is assessed at your consultation — nothing is sold or supplied without it.
Book an appointment
Appointments are with a pharmacist at Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane — free parking nearby.
What to bring: a list of any medicines you take, and any records that are relevant to what you're coming in for.
Book an appointmentSouth London Clinic at Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane, Kennington, South London, Lambeth, SE11 4HQ · Free parking nearby
Bookings for this clinic are taken by phone and email. Give us a call during opening hours and we'll go through the times that are free.
Opening hours
Appointments are subject to availability. If you are travelling, call as early as you can — some travel vaccines need a course started in advance.
Where to find us
The clinic is inside Hills Pharmacy on High Street. Come in through the shop and tell the counter you're here for an appointment.
Address
South London Travel Clinic at Hills Pharmacy99 Kennington LaneOpening hours
Clinic appointments run within these hours. Bank holiday hours can differ — please call before travelling in.
South London Travel Clinic at Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane, Kennington, Lambeth, SE11 4HQ