Health requirements
- Yellow Fever - Vaccination Certificate is required if arriving from an infected area.
- Cholera/Typhoid - Inoculation recommended.
- Malaria - No certificate required, but advisable to have a course of pills.
- Medical treatment in India is comparatively inexpensive, though India has a pool of some of the best doctors in the world. Most hotels have a doctor on call.
Strong sunshine, heat, digestive upsets and insect bites can spoil one’s trip, so it is a good idea to take a few basic precautions:
- Avoid eating ice creams sold by roadside vendors, undercooked meat, unpeelable fruit or vegetable, drinking tap water or having un bottled drinks or even ice in drinks outside the hotel.
- Carry a kit containing sunscreens and other lotions for protection from the sun, insect repellents and sting relief creams, water sterilising tablets and medicines for possible stomach upsets or indigestion.
- Be careful about mosquitoes when outside in the evenings - use an insect repellent, socks and a long sleeve shirts are good deterrents.
