Emergency medical evacuation insurance is also crucial for trips to Kenya, says Megan Moncrief, spokesperson for Squaremouth, a travel insurance comparison provider. That’s because medical transfers via helicopter or plane can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in remote areas.
If you get ill or injured during your trip and require care beyond what’s available locally, medical evacuation travel insurance pays for the cost to airlift you to the nearest adequate treatment center.
Moncrief recommends at least $250,000 in medical evacuation coverage for those visiting locations on safari due to the lack of medical facilities in these areas. You can find coverage of $1 million for emergency medical evacuation, per person, in some travel policies. Decent coverage of $250,000 is available in other plans.