Travel Vaccinations for
Australian Travellers

Plan your travel vaccinations the way Australian clinicians do

Australian travellers face a different vaccination calendar than travellers from the UK, US, or EU. The Australian Immunisation Handbook (the official guideline of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation) sets the national standard, and Smartraveller — the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s travel-advisory service — issues the country-specific advice that determines which vaccines you need.

This site combines those two sources, plus the World Health Organization’s International Travel and Health publication and the CDC Yellow Book, into country-by-country vaccination guides. Each guide tells you what is required for entry, what is recommended for travellers from Australia, what malaria prophylaxis applies, what vaccines typically cost, and when to start planning.

Whether you’re heading to Bali for a week, Vietnam for a month, or Tanzania on safari, your vaccination plan depends on your itinerary, the time of year, your activities (rural trekking carries different risks to city tourism), your medical history, and which routine vaccinations you’ve already had. We summarise the inputs; your travel-health clinician makes the final call.

Edited by Jarrod · sources verified against the Australian Immunisation Handbook, Smartraveller, WHO and CDC · last reviewed monthly