How to go
VISA AND OTHER PROCEDURES
Portuguese and Brazilian citizens can enter the Solomon Islands without a visa, provided they present a plane ticket that proves departure from the country within 60 days, as well as a visa or relevant documentation that proves the right to enter the country of return or otherwise.
HEALTH AND SAFETY CARE
Officially, unless you come from a country at risk of yellow fever infection, the authorities do not require any proof of vaccination.
Vaccines for hepatitis A and typhoid fever are advisable. For more information on traveling health, see the Health Portal of the Ministry of Health and Tropical Medicine and Travelers Clinic. In FitForTravel find country-specific health and disease prevention advice (in English).
The country is one of the Pacific archipelagos with the highest risk of contracting malaria (several variants among which the falciparum, one of the most worrying) and by Dengue fever. Follow preventive treatment before, during and after possible exposure to mosquitoes. Possibly more importantly, if you visit risky areas, wear light clothing that covers your arms, legs and feet, use repellent and/or mosquito nets and, at night, use a mosquito net. It is recommended that you make an appointment with the traveler and take malaria medication on time before traveling to the Solomon Islands.
Other Care
CSaltwater rocodiles ply the sea, estuaries and even riverbeds in several regions of the Solomon Islands, especially in the western islands of the archipelago.
Certain areas of the country – such as the capital Honiara – have had latent and intermittent security problems. There is still some risk of assaults on foreigners in more isolated attractions. The ethnic and social conflicts that affected the Solomon Islands between 1998 and 2003 and again in 2006 were remedied by the RAMSI intervention force, but the return of ethnic animosity cannot be excluded.
TRIP TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
A Star Alliance fly from Lisbon to Sydney or Auckland with the Lufthansa (tel: 707 782 782) via Frankfurt and Singapore from €800. Airlines that fly from Australia (Brisbane), Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby), Vanuatu (Port Vila) and Fiji to the Solomon Islands include the Fiji Airways, Virgin Australia, to Solomon Airlines and Air Niugini. Return flights from these countries to Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, start at €200.