Travel Insurance - Africa Travel Cover

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Travel Insurance Africa

It is imperative that you have the correct travel insurance before travelling. When overlanding throughout Africa you may encounter anything from petty theft to hazardous adventure activities. Before you take out full travel insurance ensure that you are aware of which activities will be covered.

Although bungee jumping off a bridge might not seem to be your thing when you are booking your overland tour from the safety of your home, you will be surprised how many clients actually feel adventurous once actually standing on that bridge!

Some travel insurances will cover horse back riding only when helmets are worn, however, caps or helmets are rarely provided throughout Africa. Free travel insurance provided by credit card companies are NOT adequate for overland tours! Check whether valuable items such as laptops, cameras and MP3 players are covered, if not, they might be covered under your house hold insurance. Cameras are often only insured up to a certain value.

Types of Travel Insurance Cover

It is important to take out medical insurance before you travel as it is best to ensure that in case of an emergency you will be airlifted to the nearest clinic or even back to your home country.

Prehaps consider taking out a travel protection plan that will cover you in case of sudden illness or accident that enforces you to cancel the rest of your tour. The travel protection plan covers all of your non-reimbursed travel expenses.

You will need to give the crew of your overland tour a copy of your travel insurance, with the policy number & 24-hour emergency contact number clearly stated on it. Make sure you keep a copy of your documents with you too and that you leave a copy at home. OverlandingAfrica.com cannot be held responsible for any accidents or theft. However, OverlandingAfrica.com will endeavour to help.

Listed below are just a few of the hazardous activities that you might encounter on OverlandingAfrica.com’s tours.

Adventure Activities Insurance:

• White Water Rafting
• Scuba Diving
• Bungee Jumping
• Canoeing
• Camel Riding
• Elephant & horse back riding
• Quad biking
• Microlighting & aircraft activities
• Dune boarding
• Glacier walking
• Mountain biking
• Abseiling

Please enquire should you have any further questions about insurance cover. The team at OverlandingAfrica.com will be happy to assist.