Travel Insurance for Africa

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.

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Do I need travel insurance for Africa?

Whether you’re off to Cape Town, South Africa, a week away in Morocco, or relaxing on the beaches of Cape Verde, 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.

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?

Generous cancellation cover up to £10,000

Generous cancellation cover up to £10,000

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

We’ve given over 10m people peace of mind

We’ve given over 10m people peace of mind

Data covers Jan 2005 - Jan 2023

"Without Staysure, we would’ve lost so many precious memories as a family..."

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What's Covered?

Basic
Medical emergencies and repatriation Up to £5m
Cancellation Up to £500
Cutting your holiday short Up to £500
Baggage Up to £300
Travel delay Up to £300
Money and passport Up to £300
COVID-19
Excess £129
Comprehensive
Medical emergencies and repatriation Unlimited
Cancellation Up to £5k
Cutting your holiday short Up to £5k
Baggage Up to £2.5k
Travel delay Up to £1.5k
Money and passport Up to £500
COVID-19
Excess £99
Signature
Medical emergencies and repatriation Unlimited
Cancellation Up to £10k
Cutting your holiday short Up to £10k
Baggage Up to £5k
Travel delay Up to £1.5k
Money and passport Up to £500
COVID-19
Excess £0
Basic Comprehensive Signature
Medical emergencies and repatriation Up to £5m Unlimited Unlimited
Cancellation Up to £500 Up to £5k Up to £10k
Cutting your holiday short Up to £500 Up to £5k Up to £10k
Baggage Up to £300 Up to £2.5k Up to £5k
Travel delay Up to £300 Up to £1.5k Up to £1.5k
Money and passport Up to £300 Up to £500 Up to £500
COVID-19
Excess £129 £99 £0

These are just a few of the things our policy covers. For the ins and the outs, take a look at our policy wording.

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Optional extras

100 Day Upgrade
- Add cover to your Comprehensive or Signature Annual policy

If you’re 70 and under, you can increase your standard 50 day trip duration up to 100 days for one round-trip.
Cruise Plus Cover
- Add cover to your Comprehensive or Signature policy

Off on a cruise? This covers extras like not being able to dock at a scheduled port due to bad weather and cabin confinement.
Excess Waiver
- Cover included on a Signature policy
- Add cover to your Comprehensive policy

Add Excess Waiver to your policy and there’s no excess to pay for any claims you make. This can’t be added retrospectively and does not apply to Gadget cover or Car Hire Excess Waiver.
Gadget Cover
- Cover included on a Signature policy
- Add cover to your Comprehensive policy

Protect your gadgets (phones, tablets, cameras, e-readers, etc.) for up to £2,000 per person when you’re on holiday. Cover against accidental loss, damage, theft, and unauthorised usage.
Golf Cover
- Add cover to your Comprehensive or Signature policy

Cover for your golf equipment, emergency equipment hire fees, non-refundable golfing fees, and hole-in-ones when playing for leisure.
Winter Sports
- Cover included on Comprehensive and Signature Annual policies
- Add cover to your Comprehensive or Signature Single Trip policy

Cover for winter sports holidays. Cover your ski equipment against accidental damage or loss, and claim back the costs of any unused ski passes. Plus compensation for piste closures and avalanches.
Staysure Travel Insurance

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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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