Curacao travel health
Required is not recommended: the first is what the border asks about, the second is what a clinic would suggest. Both, for Curacao, then the number to dial and what care costs a visitor. Applies to every guide in Curacao: Curacao.
Required to enter
- Yellow fever certificate, but only if you are arriving from a country where yellow fever is present
Recommended
- Hepatitis A
- Tetanus up to date
- Typhoid for a longer or rural stay
Emergency number
911 on all three islands
Care for visitors
Good and affordable
Good, and Dutch in standard. Curacao has the largest hospital in the Dutch Caribbean and a hyperbaric chamber; Aruba has a modern general hospital; Bonaire is smaller and sends serious cases to Curacao. Diving injuries are treated on Curacao and Aruba. Bring the European Health Insurance Card if you have one — it does not apply here, which surprises people.
Dengue and chikungunya appear in outbreaks. The bigger risk is the water: strong undertow on every north coast, and on Bonaire the diving is unguided by design, so your own limits are the limits. Manchineel trees line some beaches — do not shelter under them in rain.
The general rules — clinic timing, water, mosquitoes, insurance — are in travel health tips.
