Travel destination
Stone Town, spice farms and the north coast beaches. Zanzibar is part of Tanzania, so Tanzania's advice applies.
Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania carry a real malaria risk, and Tanzania requires a yellow fever certificate from travellers arriving from a risk country. Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for most travellers, with rabies for rural or long trips. We match the current advice to your itinerary, including any safari and mainland legs.
Zanzibar's beaches and Tanzania's safari and Kilimanjaro make a classic combination, and travel health, especially malaria, is a real part of planning it.
Your pharmacist matches advice to your whole itinerary at South London Clinic.
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.
South London Clinic is a designated Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre — we provide the yellow fever vaccine and issue the ICVP certificate here. Yellow fever at our clinic
What to check before you fly
There is a risk of yellow fever in parts of Tanzania and the vaccine is recommended for some travellers, depending on exactly where you go. A certificate may also be required on entry. Proof of meningococcal ACWY vaccination may be required for some travellers — we will check the current rule for your visa and route. A record of polio vaccination may be required if you are staying longer than four weeks. We will check the current requirement for your dates. 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.
A Zanzibar beach week, a Serengeti safari and a Kilimanjaro climb are often combined, and each leg has its own considerations. We start from your full itinerary at your South London Clinic consultation.
Malaria is a significant risk in Zanzibar and across much of mainland Tanzania, and antimalarial tablets are frequently recommended; high-altitude areas such as the upper slopes of Kilimanjaro are lower risk. The WHO notes malaria remains a leading cause of illness in sub-Saharan Africa, and we check the TravelHealthPro Tanzania advice against your route.
Tanzania is not itself a yellow fever risk area for most travellers, but it requires a yellow fever certificate from travellers arriving from a country with risk, including many African and South American routes, and this can apply to Zanzibar entry from the mainland. We confirm your exact routing; where a certificate is needed, we direct you to a NaTHNaC-designated centre, as South London Clinic is not one.
Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for most travellers, with rabies for rural or long trips and hepatitis B for longer stays, plus a routine vaccine check.
Six to eight weeks where possible, given malaria tablets and any certificate needs.
Q: Do I need malaria tablets for Zanzibar?
A: Often yes, as malaria is a real risk in Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania. We check your route.
Q: Do I need a yellow fever certificate?
A: Tanzania requires one from travellers arriving from a risk country, including some routings to Zanzibar. We confirm yours.
Q: Which vaccines for Zanzibar and Tanzania?
A: Hepatitis A and typhoid for most, plus rabies and hepatitis B 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 registerOften yes. Malaria is a significant risk in Zanzibar and across much of mainland Tanzania. High-altitude areas such as upper Kilimanjaro are lower risk. Your pharmacist at South London Clinic checks your route.
Tanzania requires a certificate from travellers arriving from a yellow-fever-risk country, which can apply to some routings including entry to Zanzibar. We confirm your exact itinerary and point you to a designated centre if needed.
Hepatitis A and typhoid for most travellers, plus rabies and hepatitis B for longer or rural trips, and a routine vaccine check.
Ideally six to eight weeks, given malaria tablets to start and any certificate requirements.
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