The Following are key and legal 4x4Selfdrive requirements to travel East Africa. East Africa is the beginning and definition of African Travel. Here, we offer you complete travel package.

1. cross border insurance

This is one of the key requirements to travel East Africa, it covers you over the borders and it’s a legal requirement. Bellow is an example of cross-boarder insurance:

Stands for the common market for Eastern and Southern Africa. there are 19members in this organization and all countries that fall under Eastern and Southern Africa fall under COMESA

When entering another country with a different vehicle, you need to have a COMESA for smooth travel and without being disturbed by the traffic officers. Traveling to East Africa on self-drive Rental vehicle is amazing and fun you get to Experience The Great Migration, The Big Five & Extinct White Rhino, Gorilla Trek, and also Tree climbing Lions. All these under one Roof.

2. PASSPORT FOR YOU AND YOUR PASSENGERS

2. passport document

We require you to have Passport for both you and your partner
Passports are key requirements to travel East Africa very important document you must have at the border. Come travel with us Request a Quote. Before crossing and processing the other documents, your passport should be presented to the customs officer from the revenue authority. They will check to confirm if the person crossing with the car to another country is the one fully authorized by the car owner(operator).

The passport should be valid and indicating the real names of the Designated driver as per authorization letter. The number of the passengers you are traveling with will present their passports to the immigration office. But you’re required to have copy of the passport for the driver. You might be required to have both the softcopy and the hard copy.

3. valid drivng license

AUTHORIZATION LETTER FROM THE CAR OWNER
This letter will be given to you by 4×4 Selfdrive Team (One handing over the vehicle to you) to help our clients across the borders. Contents of the letter are, the Name of the car owner, the date to cross the border, the name of the driver driving the car, and the signatory of the operator (4×4 selfdrive car rental).

4. motor vehicle registration

The car log book is registration of the vehicle. We shall hand over this document to you. The registration shall be required to be with you and is important for your crossing to another Country.

5. yellow fever vaccination

We advice you to have yellow fever vaccination certificate is always a requirement to travel East Africa. 4×4 Selfdrive recommends you to get vaccinated before you plan your travel. Getting Vaccinated helps you to be protected against Yellow fever which is caused by a principal mosquito vector. And it’s very dangerous.

We recommend you to get the vaccination from any authorized health care before travelling. But also you can get it on arrival at the airport, seaport, or border a bit expensive than getting vaccinated before you travel. During your self-drive safari with selfdrivekenya, Yellow Vaccination card comes in handy.

6. travel visa

The cost of an African tourist visa border crossing varies depending on the country you plan to cross with a car. In Africa, all customs officers have different prices but some are transparent and others are hidden so that they can charge you any money they want. In East Africa, you can use the East African visa to cross to any other country that falls under EAC. And recently in 2022 Congo have also joined the EAC.

Before crossing in any East Africa the border to another country, you need to have a visa to that country you are entering which is always checked by immigration officers.

7. confirmation letter from 4x4selfdrive car rental

This letter is normally written by the Us asking the customs officer to allow the bearer to cross the border with the car. The vehicle is allowed to be inspected by the customs officer, before allowing you to cross the border. The confirmation letter indicates the name of the vehicle owner and is attached with them.

8. Cross border exit confirmation letter

Whenever you receive the permission document that allows you to drive in a different country, we advise you to keep it safe. Upon returning the car to the final destination please make sure you get an exit confirmation letter of the car. Which confirms that the car is exited in the system before your handover to the operator. In case you don’t exit the car from the system you will be entitled to all extra charges imposed on the car by the system. We require the exit confirmation letter before receiving the car keys.