Medical evacuation helicopter and paramedic team with a stretcher on a remote Southern African savannah airstrip at sunset

Travel protection

Travel insurance and field rescue for remote Southern Africa

SavannahLink works with Global Rescue to provide comprehensive travel protection in the areas other insurance companies will not quote — bush airstrips, desert lodges, delta camps and border regions. Field rescue, medical evacuation and security membership, quoted through us for up to 10% discount.

What is covered

Global Rescue services available through SavannahLink

Global Rescue is a membership, not a reimbursement policy. Their teams come to you — which is what matters when the nearest trauma hospital is several hours away by air.

Field rescue

Global Rescue pioneered worldwide field rescue for members in remote or dangerous environments. Deployable teams are standing by to rescue members from the point of illness or injury for any serious medical emergency — including places where ordinary travel insurers will not quote.

Security membership

Teams of military special operations veterans provide advisory, consultation and evacuation services for events such as natural disasters, terror attacks and civil unrest when you are in danger.

Medical evacuation

Fully deployable medical teams have unparalleled capabilities to transport members back to their home hospital of choice from anywhere in the world, including infectious-disease transport.

Destination reports and event alerts

Destination reports for 215 countries and principalities cover entry requirements, travel status and restrictions, detailed health and security assessments and required immunisations, with ongoing alerts on health and security events worldwide.

Medical and security advisory services

Operations centres are staffed by experienced nurses, paramedics and military special operations veterans. Global Rescue also partners with the Johns Hopkins Emergency Medicine Division of Special Operations, Elite Medical Group and Partners HealthCare, the Harvard Medical School affiliate.

My Global Rescue mobile app

Every service in one place: browse destination reports and alerts, activate emergency assistance, hold real-time virtual health visits, and keep track of the people you care about with GPS tracking and messaging.

Who it suits

Itineraries where standard cover falls short

If an itinerary leaves the tarred road or the city, ask us before you rely on a policy bought online.

  • Safari and bush itineraries far from a trauma-capable hospital
  • Fly-in camps in the Okavango Delta and remote Namibian desert lodges
  • Adventure activities around Victoria Falls, Zambezi rafting and gorge swings
  • Cross-border self-drive and overland circuits through seven countries
  • Corporate, incentive and film crews travelling in unfamiliar regions
  • Groups whose existing policy excludes remote-area rescue or evacuation

Insurance quote

Request a Global Rescue quote with up to 10% discount

Tell us the trip and who is travelling. No medical information is needed at this stage.

Membership is issued by Global Rescue; SavannahLink arranges it and applies the partner discount.