Maasai Mara · Amboseli · Travel Medicine
Game drives start at dusk. So do the mosquitoes.
Get Malarone (atovaquone-proguanil) before you fly to Nairobi. One pill a day, started a day or two before you land, keeps chloroquine-resistant malaria off the trip. Ready at your pharmacy before you board.
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Maasai Mara and Amboseli sit in the Kenyan safari belt where CDC recommends chemoprophylaxis for every traveler. More than 90 percent of malaria in Kenya is Plasmodium falciparum, and every strain of P. falciparum in sub-Saharan Africa is treated as chloroquine-resistant. The Anopheles mosquitoes that carry it bite from dusk through dawn, which lands squarely on sundowners at the lodge, evening game drives, and the open-canvas tented camps the region is known for. Once you leave Nairobi, the gap between bush camps and a real pharmacy can be hundreds of kilometers, and bush airstrips do not stock prescription medicine. Sort the antimalarial before you board.
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Your destination, dates, health history, and current medications. Takes about 2 minutes.
A licensed clinician reviews your health profile, checks for interactions, and approves your prescription.
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Your approved prescription is sent electronically to the pharmacy of your choice. Pick it up when your pharmacy has it ready.
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Medications in the Maasai Mara & Amboseli plan
Kenya safari medication FAQ
- Yes. The CDC recommends chemoprophylaxis for all travelers to Kenya's safari areas, including the Maasai Mara and Amboseli, and explicitly calls out tented camps and dusk-to-dawn outdoor time as high-exposure scenarios. More than 90 percent of malaria in Kenya is Plasmodium falciparum, the most severe species, and every strain in sub-Saharan Africa is treated as chloroquine-resistant. The natural elevation of the Mara helps a little but it is not protective. Malarone is one of CDC's first-line options because it has the shortest pre-trip and post-trip dosing window of any malaria pill, and it pairs cleanly with the early-morning, post-dinner, and game-drive timing of a typical safari day.
- One tablet by mouth, once daily, with food. Start 1 to 2 days before you enter a malaria area (so the day before or day of your arrival in Nairobi), continue every day throughout your trip, and keep taking it for 7 days after you leave the malaria area. Most safari travelers find it easiest to set a phone alarm for dinner at the lodge, since taking it with the evening meal helps absorption and reduces the chance of stomach upset. If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember unless it is close to the next scheduled dose, and never double up.
- Three prescriptions in one visit. Malarone (atovaquone-proguanil) for daily malaria prevention, taken with food from the day before you land through 7 days after you leave the malaria area. Hydroxyzine (Vistaril) for the things safari travelers consistently underestimate: jet lag after a 14-plus hour flight, sleep at lodges with 4 am wake-up calls for the morning game drive, and itching from bug bites or sun exposure. Clotrimazole-betamethasone (Lotrisone) for the heat rashes, fungal skin issues, and reaction sites that build up across a week in the bush, where the closest pharmacy can be a day's drive away. Three risks, three prescriptions, one visit.
- Orders are reviewed by a US-licensed provider and the Rx is sent electronically to your pharmacy within 24 hours. Most travelers can pick it up the same day.
- After your provider approves the Rx, it's sent electronically to whichever pharmacy you choose during your visit. Your pharmacy will tell you when the medication is ready for pickup. You can use your pharmacy insurance to cover the medication itself.
- If a provider can't safely prescribe (rare, usually due to a contraindication), the visit fee is refunded in full. You only pay if the Rx is sent.
Sort the malaria pill before you board the safari flight.
One visit, three prescriptions for the trip you've been planning for years. Reviewed by a US-licensed provider, ready at your pharmacy before you fly to Nairobi.