Seychelles travel health
Required is not recommended: the first is what the border asks about, the second is what a clinic would suggest. Both, for Seychelles, then the number to dial and what care costs a visitor. Applies to every guide in Seychelles: Seychelles.
Required to enter
- Yellow fever certificate, but only if you are arriving from a country where yellow fever is present
Recommended
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid
- Tetanus up to date
- Hepatitis B for a long stay
Emergency number
999, or 151 for an ambulance
Care for visitors
Good but costly
Seychelles Hospital in Victoria is the only full hospital in the country. Praslin has a small one and La Digue a clinic, and both refer anything real to Mahé. Serious cases are flown to Réunion, Mauritius or South Africa, which is several hours and an air ambulance, so evacuation cover is the clause that matters here — particularly for divers.
There is no malaria. Dengue does flare, and the outbreak that ran from 2015 to 2017 was a large one; chikungunya turns up with it. Tap water on Mahé is treated and generally fine, less so on the smaller islands. The two things that actually hurt visitors are the sun, which is directly overhead this close to the equator, and the current on the exposed beaches during the southeast trades.
The general rules — clinic timing, water, mosquitoes, insurance — are in travel health tips.
