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    • VISITORS TO KENYA >
      • Kenya Quarantine exemptions
      • The Best Of Kenyan Luxury
      • Africa Experiences
      • A Kenyan Spa Getaway
      • Kenya Short Stay >
        • Masai Mara
        • Serengeti
        • Amboseli
        • Kenya's Samburu
        • Tsavo
        • Laikipia, Meru, Nyeri and Nanyuki
        • Coast
    • KENYANS & EAST AFRICAN RESIDENTS >
      • COVID requirements for kenyans travelling abroad
      • Stay-cations
      • Luxury Retreats
      • Northern Kenya/Turkana
      • Samburu Kenya
      • Kenyan Coast
      • Masai Mara
      • Serengeti
      • Tsavo
      • Amboseli, Kenya
      • Laikipia, Meru, Nyeri & Nanyuki
      • Rift Valley Circuit
      • Zanzibar
      • Mauritius
      • Santorini, Greece
      • Nyanza Kenya
      • South Africa
      • Dubai
      • Maldives
      • Costa Rica
      • Malaysia
      • Bangkok
      • Experiences >
        • Abu Dhabi
        • Me and My Girls Shopping Tour
        • The Dating Convention
        • Gorilla Trekking
        • The Saffara Spa Getaway
        • Australia Education Tours
        • Saffara Fitness Getaway
        • Action
        • Employee Travel Benefit Program
        • Client Testimonials >
          • Blog
        • Charter Terms & Conditions
        • Student Travel Benefit Program

COVID -19
REQUIREMENTS: VISITING KENYA

GENERAL TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

1. All passengers arriving into Kenya through any point of entry must have a certificate of COVID-19 vaccination. Travelers below the age of eighteen (18) years are exempt from this requirement.

2. All passengers coming to Kenya must be in possession of a valid COVID-19 negative PCR test certificate conducted within 72 hours before departure regardless of the route of entry. Children below the age of five (5) years are exempt from this requirement.

3. There will be no paper verification of COVID-19 test results and vaccination certificates upon arrival into Kenya. Airlines should ensure that all travelers have uploaded both documents into global haven before boarding via www.globalhaven.org

4. Effective 28th December 2021, there exists a temporary variation on proof of vaccination for all Kenyans arriving into the country for the next 7 days on condition that the individuals register for vaccination on the Chanjo –Ke platform (https:portal.health.go.ke/home) and a valid negative PCR COVID-19 test certificate taken within 72 hours of flight and presented at the port of entry. The individuals will receive inoculations on arrival.

5. Operating crew are exempt from COVID-19 test when on a layover between flights. They must adhere to COVID-19 protocols from airport to hotel/residence and back to airport.

6. All travelers will be expected to fill the travelers’ locator form and submit before travel to 
http://bit.ly/covid19moh  and and thereafter submit daily health information to “jitenge” platform for 14 consecutive days.

7. All passengers with flu-like symptoms at the point of entry, or those who develop clinical symptoms within 14 days of arrival shall be placed into quarantine and be tested for COVID-19 at a government testing facility.

8. Any person who tests positive on antigen RDT at any point of entry will be isolated at a 
Ministry of Health designated facility or at home for returning Kenyans and residents for ten (10) days at the travelers own cost. Further, they shall be subjected to a COVID-19 PCR test before discharge.

9. Diplomats and Senior government officials will be exempt from quarantine but must be in possession of negative PCR test conducted within 72 hours before travel.

10. Passengers travelling out of Kenya will require a COVID 19 vaccination certificate. In addition, they will be required to abide by the particular travel, health and COVID-19 related requirements of the destination country.

11. Pre-departure testing may be considered at the discretion of any of the airlines departing from or terminating in Kenya.

 ALL TRAVELERS ORIGINATING THEIR TRAVEL OR TRANSITING THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO A FREE ARRIVAL RAPID ANTIGEN TEST AT THE POINT OF ENTRY:

​1.  South Africa
2. Botswana
3. Zimbabwe
4. Malawi
5. Eswatini
6. Lesotho
7. Namibia
8. Mozambique
9. Zambia
10. Ghana
11. Nigeria


This list of countries shall be updated periodically based on the evidence on the evolution of the variant globally.

TRAVELLERS FROM THE FOLLOWING APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES WILL BE EXEMPT FROM QUARANTINE. LIST UPDATED ON 21/12/2021:
​

1.  Afghanistan
2.  Albania
3.  Algeria
4.  Andorra
5.  Angola
6.  Anguilla
7.  Antigua and Barbuda
8.  Argentina
9.  Armenia
10.  Aruba
11.  Australia
12.  Austria
13.  Azerbaijan
14.  Bahamas
15.  Bahrain
16.  Bangladesh
17.  Barbados
18.  Belarus
19.  Belgium
20.  Belize

21.  Benin 
22.  Bermuda 
23.  Bhutan 
24.  Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba 
25.  Bosnia and Herzegovina 
26.  Botswana 
27.  Brazil 
28.  British Virgin Islands 
29.  Brunei
30.  Bulgaria 
31.  Burkina Faso 
32.  Burundi
33.  Cabo Verde
34.  Cambodia 
35.  Cameroon 
36.  Canada 
37.  Cayman Islands 
38.  Central African Republic 
39.  Chad 
40.  Chile 
41.  China 
42.  Colombia 
43.  Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
44.  Comoros 
45.  Congo 
46.  Costa Rica 
47.  Croatia 
48.  Cuba 
49.  Curaçao 
50.  
Cyprus
51.  Czech Republic
52.  Democratic Republic of Congo
53.  Denmark
54.  Djibouti

55.  Dominica
56.  Ecuador
57.  Egypt
58.  El Salvador
59.  Equatorial Guinea
60.  Eritrea
61.  Estonia
62.  Eswatini
63.  Ethiopia
64.  Faroe Islands
65.  Fiji
66.  Finland
67.  France
68.  French Guiana
69.   French Polynesia
70.  Gabon
71.  Gambia
72. Georgia
73. Germany
74. Ghana
75.  Gibraltar
76.  Greece
77.  Greenland
78.  Grenada
79.  Guadeloupe
80.  Guam  
81.  Guatemala
82.  Guernsey
83.  Guinea
84.  Guinea -Bissau
85.  Guyana
86.  Haiti
87.  Holy See
88.  Honduras
89.  Hungary
90.  Iceland
​91. India
92. Indonesia
93. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
94. Iraq
95. Ireland

96. Isle of Man
97. Israel
98. Italy
99. Ivory Coast
100. Jamaica
101. Japan
102. Jersey
103. Jordan
104. Kazakhstan
105. Kosovo
106. Kuwait
107. Kyrgyzstan
108. Lao People's Democratic Republic
109. Latvia
110. Lebanon
111. Lesotho
112. Liberia
113. Libya
114. Liechtenstein
115. Lithuania
116. Luxembourg
117. Madagascar
118. Malawi
119. Malaysia
120. Maldives
121. Mali
122. Malta
123. Martinique
124. Mauritania
125. Mauritius
126. Mayotte
127. Mexico
128. Monaco
129. Mongolia
130. Montenegro
131. Montserrat
132. Morocco
133. Mozambique
134. Myanmar
135. Namibia
136. Nepal
137. Netherlands
138. New Caledonia

139. New Zealand
140. Nicaragua
141. Niger
142. Nigeria
143. North Macedonia
144. Norway
145. Occupied Palestinian territory
146. Oman
147. Pakistan
148. Panama
149. Papua New Guinea
150. Paraguay
151. Peru
152. Philippines
153. Plurinational State of Bolovia
154. Poland
155. Portugal
156. Puerto Rico
157. Qatar
158. Réunion
159. Republic of Moldovia
160. Romania
​161. Russian Federation


162. Rwanda
163. Saint Barthélemy
164. Saint Kitts and Nevis
165. Saint Lucia
166. Saint Martin
167. Saint Pierre and Miquelon
168. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
169. San Marino
170. Sao Tome and Principe
171. Saudi Arabia
172. Senegal
173. Serbia
174. Seychelles
175. Sierra Leone
176. Singapore
177. Slovakia
178. Slovenia
179. Somalia
180. South Africa
181. South Korea
182. South Sudan
183. Spain
184. Sri Lanka
185. Sudan
186. Suriname
187. Sweden
188. Switzerland
189. Syrian Arab Republic
190. Tajikistan
191. Thailand
192. Timor-Leste
193. Trinidad and Tobago
194. Togo
195. Tunisia
196. Turkey
197. Turks and Caicos Islands
198. Uganda
199. Ukraine
200. United Arab Emirates
201. United Kingdom
202. United Republic of Tanzania
203. United States of America
204. United States of Virgin Island
205. Uruguay
206. Uzbekistan
207. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
208. Viet Nam
209. Yemen
210. Zambia
​211. Zimbabwe
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