For all new bookings made with Maps Tours and Travel between 19 Aug 2020 and 31 October 2020 the following cancellation and refund policy will apply:
If COVD-19 travel restrictions are in place in your country of residence or destination and/or other clear restrictions on your ability to travel due to possible complications associated with COVID-19, you are able to cancel your Maps Tours and Travel itinerary without cancellation fees up to 65 days prior to travel **. This is applicable to all trips booked for travel before 31 December 2021.
Maps Tours and Travel will provide both flexible flight offerings and competitive pricing with non-flexible fares to ensure that you can choose the applicable ticket type to offer you peace of mind.
We recommend that all customers purchase fully comprehensive Travel insurance to cover their investment into their African itinerary.
Trying to keep up with the constantly changing regulations pertaining to African Travel during the current global pandemic is proving to be difficult. To help navigate through the multitude of questions our clients have, we have put together a working document of information we believe to be correct. This document is constantly updated as new and current information is received and verified. However, we suggest checking here regularly to ensure you are always referring to the latest updates.
While we aim to keep the document as current as possible, we still advise you our clients to also check in with the airlines and foreign office advisors to ensure that the most up to date information is received prior to travel.
We hope you find this document useful, but please do not hesitate to contact our team in the event of any queries.
African Countries Open for Travel and When Flights will Resume
All airlines are requiring that passengers produce a certificate of a negative COVID-19 test that has been conducted within 72 hours of departure. The same will be required when arriving at any transit airport / country.
On 6 July 2020, the Kenyan government announced that local air travel will resume operations from 15 July 2020 and that international travel will resume from 1 August 2020.
Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has implemented a reduction in park entry fees from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 to encourage travel.
Open for international travel / date of reopening:
Health screening and quarantine protocols on arrival:
In country testing
Combination with Tanzania & Zanzibar
Countries that can/allowed to travel to Kenya
Australia, Canada, China, Ethiopia, France, German, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Namibia, Norway, Portugal, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America (except for California, Florida and Texas), Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Zimbabwe
Airlines flying into the destination:
Tourism activities across the country resumed from 17 June 2020 and Rwanda’s airports reopened for scheduled commercial flights on 1 August 2020.
Open for international travel / date of reopening:
Health screening and quarantine protocols on arrival:
Countries allowed to travel to the destination:
Airlines flying into the destination:
The government of Tanzania announced on 18 May 2020 that it will lift the ban on international flights arriving and departing from the country. All hotels and other tourist facilities in the country must go through a COVID-19 certification process, and official documents must be placed at the entrances of all facilities. The Tanzanian government has also directed all the country’s tourism entities to appoint and adequately train COVID-19 liaison officers to be the point of contact with its Health Ministry.
Open for international travel / date of reopening:
Health screening and quarantine protocols on arrival:
In Country Testing
Clients require a negative test as an entry protocol for the next country being visited, the client should have documentation from that country proving negative Covid test.
Hospitals conducting test – Test results may take up to 72 hours
Costs of the test is $50 in Arusha and Dar es Salaam, $80 in Zanzibar
Payment can be made by cash deposit or by Tigo Pesa. Both options require a Tanzanian cell phone number. Alternative payment methods are being investigated.
Combination with Kenya
Countries allowed to travel to the destination:
Airlines flying into the destination:
Zambia is open to foreign nationals and issuing visitor visas upon entry into the country. Limited domestic flight schedules are operating twice weekly between Kenneth Kaunda International Airport and Mfuwe International Airport, and between Kenneth Kaunda and Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport in Livingstone.
Open for international travel / date of reopening:
Health screening and quarantine protocols on arrival:
Airlines flying into the destination:
Namibia announced on 12 August 2020 that all its borders are closed to international visitors. The country has imposed a strict lockdown following an increase in COVID-19 transmissions.
Open for international travel / date of reopening:
The South African government has issued lifted the travel ban and opened its boarders to international travelers for the first time since March. In an address to the South African Nation President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed the process would begin on October 1st. This move comes at the country enters national lockdown alert “level one’ as of Sunday 19 October at 12 midnight
Travel will currently be restricted to and from certain countries that are deemed high risk only business travel may be allowed with approval from Home Affairs.
The list of prohibited and permitted countries will be available on site once published by the National Government
Opening for international travel date
Boarders will officially open for international travellers as of 01 October 2020.
These are some of the key regulations pertaining to travel:
The Zimbabwean Government has announced the resumption of domestic and international flights to resume, with the proviso passengers are tested for Covid-19 within 48 hours before they travel.
Open for Domestic Travel as of the 10th of September 2020
Open for international travel
Set to resume on 01 October 2020
Health screening and quarantine protocols on arrival
All travellers will be required to have a PCR Covid-19 clearance certificate issued by a recognised facility within 48 hours from date of departure, in line with WHO guidelines.
Destinations not appearing on the above listing are not yet allowing any form of travel.
For all new bookings made with Maps Tours and Travel between 19 Aug 2020 and 31 October 2020 the following cancellation and refund policy will apply:
If COVD-19 travel restrictions are in place in your country of residence or destination and/or other clear restrictions on your ability to travel due to possible complications associated with COVID-19, you are able to cancel your Maps Tours and Travel itinerary without cancellation fees up to 65 days prior to travel **. This is applicable to all trips booked for travel before 31 December 2021.
Maps Tours and Travel will provide both flexible flight offerings and competitive pricing with non-flexible fares to ensure that you can choose the applicable ticket type to offer you peace of mind.
We recommend that all customers purchase fully comprehensive Travel insurance to cover their investment into their African itinerary.
Trying to keep up with the constantly changing regulations pertaining to African Travel during the current global pandemic is proving to be difficult. To help navigate through the multitude of questions our clients have, we have put together a working document of information we believe to be correct. This document is constantly updated as new and current information is received and verified. However, we suggest checking here regularly to ensure you are always referring to the latest updates.
While we aim to keep the document as current as possible, we still advise you our clients to also check in with the airlines and foreign office advisors to ensure that the most up to date information is received prior to travel.
We hope you find this document useful, but please do not hesitate to contact our team in the event of any queries.
African Countries Open for Travel and When Flights will Resume
All airlines are requiring that passengers produce a certificate of a negative COVID-19 test that has been conducted within 72 hours of departure. The same will be required when arriving at any transit airport / country.
On 6 July 2020, the Kenyan government announced that local air travel will resume operations from 15 July 2020 and that international travel will resume from 1 August 2020.
Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has implemented a reduction in park entry fees from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 to encourage travel.
Open for international travel / date of reopening:
Health screening and quarantine protocols on arrival:
In country testing
Combination with Tanzania & Zanzibar
Countries that can/allowed to travel to Kenya
Australia, Canada, China, Ethiopia, France, German, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Namibia, Norway, Portugal, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America (except for California, Florida and Texas), Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Zimbabwe
Airlines flying into the destination:
Tourism activities across the country resumed from 17 June 2020 and Rwanda’s airports reopened for scheduled commercial flights on 1 August 2020.
Open for international travel / date of reopening:
Health screening and quarantine protocols on arrival:
Countries allowed to travel to the destination:
Airlines flying into the destination:
The government of Tanzania announced on 18 May 2020 that it will lift the ban on international flights arriving and departing from the country. All hotels and other tourist facilities in the country must go through a COVID-19 certification process, and official documents must be placed at the entrances of all facilities. The Tanzanian government has also directed all the country’s tourism entities to appoint and adequately train COVID-19 liaison officers to be the point of contact with its Health Ministry.
Open for international travel / date of reopening:
Health screening and quarantine protocols on arrival:
In Country Testing
Clients require a negative test as an entry protocol for the next country being visited, the client should have documentation from that country proving negative Covid test.
Hospitals conducting test – Test results may take up to 72 hours
Costs of the test is $50 in Arusha and Dar es Salaam, $80 in Zanzibar
Payment can be made by cash deposit or by Tigo Pesa. Both options require a Tanzanian cell phone number. Alternative payment methods are being investigated.
Combination with Kenya
Countries allowed to travel to the destination:
Airlines flying into the destination:
Zambia is open to foreign nationals and issuing visitor visas upon entry into the country. Limited domestic flight schedules are operating twice weekly between Kenneth Kaunda International Airport and Mfuwe International Airport, and between Kenneth Kaunda and Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport in Livingstone.
Open for international travel / date of reopening:
Health screening and quarantine protocols on arrival:
Airlines flying into the destination:
Namibia announced on 12 August 2020 that all its borders are closed to international visitors. The country has imposed a strict lockdown following an increase in COVID-19 transmissions.
Open for international travel / date of reopening:
The South African government has issued lifted the travel ban and opened its boarders to international travelers for the first time since March. In an address to the South African Nation President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed the process would begin on October 1st. This move comes at the country enters national lockdown alert “level one’ as of Sunday 19 October at 12 midnight
Travel will currently be restricted to and from certain countries that are deemed high risk
Open for international travel / date of reopening:
The Zimbabwean Government has announced the resumption of domestic and international flights to resume, with the proviso passengers are tested for Covid-19 within 48 hours before they travel.
Open for Domestic Travel as of the 10th of September 2020
Open for international travel
Set to resume on 01 October 2020
Health screening and quarantine protocols on arrival
All travellers will be required to have a PCR Covid-19 clearance certificate issued by a recognised facility within 48 hours from date of departure, in line with WHO guidelines.
Destinations not appearing on the above listing are not yet allowing any form of travel.
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