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Africa Travel Insurance

Looking for travel insurance for Africa that suits your travel and medical needs? With up to unlimited medical cover, you can relax on holiday knowing you’ll have our support if the worst happens.

Find out more below, and when you’re ready, get your quote today.

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Do I need travel insurance for Africa?

Whether you’re off to Cape Town, South Africa or a week away in Morocco, it’s important you have your travel insurance sorted before you fly off on your trip of a lifetime.

Your holiday, no matter where you’re going in Africa, should be remembered for the right reasons. While we can’t promise nothing will go wrong while you’re seeing the world, we can help straighten things out if it does.

From stolen passports or flight delays, to a serious medical emergency needing to be flown home by air ambulance, going without travel insurance isn’t worth risking.

The government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office recommends that you buy travel insurance for every trip you take abroad, including trips to Africa.

Isn’t it worth doing right?

Know before you go

Before you travel, always check:

  • The Foreign Office (FCDO) say it’s safe to travel to your destination.
  • Your destination’s government advice, safety guidelines and entry requirements.

Important: FCDO travel advice and travel rules issued by the government are two separate pieces of advice.

Find out how your travel insurance policy can cover you for coronavirus.

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Why Choose Staysure?

Emergency medical cover abroad for COVID-19

Emergency medical cover abroad for COVID-19

Easy to access and amend your policy online

Easy to access and amend your policy online

Calls are FREE to our UK Contact Centres

Calls are FREE to our UK Contact Centres

We’ve given over 8m people peace of mind

We’ve given over 8m people peace of mind

Data covers Jan 2005 - Jan 2021

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Stay in control of your account with My Staysure

You can make changes to your policy, online and in your own time with My Staysure.

We know you don’t always want to wait in call queues. So if you need to make changes, like updating traveller details or renewing a policy that isn’t changing, visit your My Staysure account.

You can also find some handy travel tips on our lifestyle page, including our guide to travelling after the coronavirus lockdown.

Policies that suit your needs

  • No upper-age limit
  • Best Travel Insurance Provider 2020*
  • Simple online quote process
  • Flexible cover options to suit your needs

Optional extras

100 Day Upgrade
Available on Comprehensive Annual policies only
If you’re 70 and under, you can extend your 50 day trip duration limit to up to 100 days for one trip.
Cruise Plus Cover
Available on Comprehensive policies only
Off on a cruise holiday? This covers things like not being able to dock at a scheduled port due to bad weather, and cabin confinement.
Excess Waiver
Available on Comprehensive policies only
If you need to make a claim, having an Excess Waiver means you won’t have to pay any excess from your own pocket for each item you’re claiming for. This can’t be added retrospectively and does not apply to Terrorism Cancellation, Car Hire Excess Waiver or Gadget cover.
Gadget Cover
Available on Comprehensive policies only
This cover is available for an unlimited number of gadgets for up to £2,000 for things like: accidental loss or theft, accidental or malicious damage, liquid damage, unauthorised call, text or data usage.
Golf Cover
Available on Comprehensive policies only
Cover your golf equipment, emergency equipment hire, non-refundable golfing fees and hole-in-one cover. Available when playing non-professionally only.
Single Item Cover
Available on Comprehensive policies only
This option increases your single item, Personal Baggage cover beyond the standard £400, up to £1,000. To do this you’ll need to describe the item you’re covering and Single Item cover can’t be added retrospectively.
Winter Sports
Available on Comprehensive policies only
This add-on can help if you have a medical emergency while taking part in winter sports activities. It can also help reclaim expenses when you lose or damage your ski equipment as well as cover the costs of unused ski passes, piste closures and avalanches. Winter sports cover is already included as standard when you choose a Comprehensive Annual policy and covers you for two trips, up to a total of 21 days.
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"Having used Staysure Insurance before they were my first choice when booking another trip. Very happy with the cover provided and how easy the website is to navigate. Would highly recommend."
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"Always good value and easy to use and will cover medical conditions if needed"
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"Excellent service on phone when buying travel insurance. We have used Staysure before and had to make a claim from Singapore in an emergency situation. It was handled well, and all financial payments were dealt with efficiently and speedily. Would highly recommend!"

People also asked

To be covered, you need to have received all doses of the COVID vaccine that you’ve been offered, including any booster jabs.

You can also be covered if you can’t have the vaccine due to a medical exemption.

If you have refused any doses of the COVID vaccine or any booster jab, then you won’t be covered for COVID related claims.

If you’re going to Morocco, Tunisia or Egypt, these destinations are classed under Europe when you’re buying your annual travel insurance. Most other African countries are covered under Worldwide for travel insurance.

As long as your safari activities were organised in the UK, you’ll be covered to take part in your safari by our travel insurance.

It’s vital that you check that your destination in Africa is safe for you to travel to when buying your travel insurance, and before you travel. Make sure you take a look at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s travel advice before you travel.

The following are just some of the countries in Africa that we can cover with our travel insurance:

If you can’t travel to Africa because of natural disasters, you’ll be covered for the cancellation of your holiday if the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office have issued a warning against all but essential travel because of natural disasters, such as a typhoon, hurricane or earthquake with any policy if this was an unforeseen event.

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If the country you are in or travelling to changes from Green to Amber and you want to cancel or cut your trip short, any costs incurred or elements of the trip that are lost will not be covered by our policy. You should contact your airline, tour operator, accommodation provider, or other carriers to enquire about refunds, or about changing your travel plans.

1 - Discount applies to base price only, does not include medical or add ons. Offer ends 28/2/22

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