What vaccinations are required for travel to Ecuador & Galapagos?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website provides recommended and/or required vaccinations for each country. For Ecuador & Galapagos, it recommends that you should be up-to-date with routine shots such as measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT) vaccine, and poliovirus vaccine, and that you get vaccinated for Hepatitis A and Typhoid, and Hepatitis B, depending upon your travel plans. Yellow Fever vaccination is required if you are travelling from an endemic zone, and it is recommended if you are traveling to Ecuador’s Amazon Basin, see here. The CDC also suggests that you see a health-care provider at least 4-6 weeks before your trip to allow time for your vaccines to take effect.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website provides recommended and/or required vaccinations for each country. For Ecuador & Galapagos, it recommends that you should be up-to-date with routine shots such as measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT) vaccine, and poliovirus vaccine, and that you get vaccinated for Hepatitis A and Typhoid, and Hepatitis B, depending upon your travel plans. Yellow Fever vaccination is required if you are travelling from a country with risk of yellow fever transmission. The CDC recommends vaccination for travel to the Amazon Basin and all other cities in the eastern part of the Andes Mountains. It DOES NOT recommend vaccination for travel to Quito, Guayaquil, or the Galapagos Islands. The CDC also suggests that you see a health-care provider at least 4-6 weeks before your trip to allow time for your vaccines to take effect.
