EMERGENCY MEDICAL INSURANCE

We recommend that in addition to your medical insurance you take out the below emergency medical insurance whilst on safari in Tanzania. Authentic Tanzania will arrange for this service before you arrive in Tanzania.

FIRST AIR RESPONDER (FAR) is fully operational covering all of Tanzania and Zanzibar from operational bases in Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Mwanza. One telephone call to the Operational Response Coordination Centre in Dar es Salaam will mobilize the most effective medical emergency response available in Tanzania.

This service is NOT to replace any medical scheme you already have but to act as an IMMEDIATE RESPONSE to medical emergencies in Tanzania. It takes time for international medical cover to get organised or to understand the geographical logistics we face in East Africa and with this in mind Knight Support, in conjunction with Strategis Insurance, has created FIRST AIR RESPONDER to fill the gaps between the scene of an accident and the closest international standard medical facilities.

Once safely in hospital international medical schemes can take over, however FIRST AIR RESPONDER is designed to get you to that hospital in a stable and efficient way while providing immediate first aid and, where appropriate, advanced life support.
In addition FIRST AIR RESPONDER cover includes charges at the admitting hospital for the first 24 hours (subject to limits) and so removes the concern or delay at admission resulting from any need to confirm cover by your medical insurer.

FIRST AIR RESPONDER fills the gap that insurances and even international evacuation companies leave uncovered – by physically having ground teams and equipment available to respond in country, if appropriate to the scene of the accident, by whatever means - road or 4WD ambulance, fixed winged or rotor aircraft or even on foot. Most international insurances assume that there is a physical mechanism (government or privately operated) in a country that will respond to an accident even if they need to pay for it later. In Tanzania no such organization exists and certainly no international organizations have the ability to effectively mobilize help for travelers to Tanzania with the speed and efficiency of FIRST AIR RESPONDER. Once in the care of FAR a patient is stabilized and transported by the most swift and efficient means through to the appropriate receiving medical facility and as necessary to the regional centre of medical excellence.

Knight Support currently carries out approximately 6 medical evacuations per week and is the ground crew for International SOS, AMREF Flying Doctors and Netcare 911. However the all important instant response and access to the full service only comes from being a member of FAR. Emergency response paramedic teams are on standby 24 hours a day, 365 days a year supported by senior incident coordinators and the full Knight Support/FAR infrastructure ready to respond to the needs of any FAR member. Visitors can be covered under the Tourist scheme covering 30 days stay and a residents’ scheme covering 12 months is available with options of evacuation as far as Nairobi or Johannesburg.

1. Costs.

COVER Price per period
of cover (USD) Period of cover
TOURIST Inc Divers $35 30 Days
TOURIST + $75 30 Days
RESIDENT Sector 1 $100 One Year
RESIDENT Sector 2 $150 One Year
RESIDENT Sector 3 $200 One Year

Tourist + (Tourist Plus) applies to those involved in dangerous activities – currently parachuting and sport hunting are the only actuivities classified by our insurers as dangerous. Diving and hot air ballooning are not considered dangerous so are included in the basic cover. Tourist + (Tourist Plus) also applies to those who are over 70 years old at the time of travel.