Originally Posted by
karenkay
i realize this is just one data point, but we're considering a safari in kenya as part of our african trip which begins and ends in JNB...if i don't need the jab, i'd rather not get it. do i need it?
Based on my experience, no.
I went on safari in Kenya within a month before going to South Africa; and I returned to the United States during that time.
Despite arriving by airplane from the United States and crossing borders into and from four neighboring countries, not once did anyone ask for my yellow fever certificate.
Then again, I did not enter Johannesburg directly via a flight from Nairobi; so I cannot comment on that...
...but you might want to consider getting that yellow fever shot anyway, just in case — especially if within the next ten years you might visit parts of Africa or South America which require it.