Travel to Palau – Top Medical Schools

Palau: entry and exit regulations

Formalities, visas

To enter Palau you need a passport that is valid for 120 days beyond the intended departure period. A return or onward travel ticket and sufficient financial resources must also be proven. You will then receive a visa for 30 days upon entry. If you want to stay longer, you can have the visa extended for a fee.

Departure fee

When leaving Palau, an exit fee is required, which is not very cheap and is usually charged in US dollars.

Import and export of goods

The import and export of weapons, ammunition or explosives is strictly prohibited. In addition, the import and export of plants and animals protected under the Washington Species Protection Act is prohibited. Violation can result in severe penalties.

Duty-free

One liter of hard alcohol or its equivalent and 200 cigarettes can be imported duty-free.

Palau: arrival and transport

How to get to Palau

By plane

Palau is best reached by plane via Asia. There are flight connections to Palau from many of the metropolises there.

From Germany, it makes sense to enter via Manila/Philippines.

Or via Taipei (Taiwan), with the relatively inexpensive EVA Air, www.evaeir.com, or with China Air, www.china-airlines.com

Travel in the country

Roads

Palau has a total of 61 km of roads, 36 km of which are paved.

Car rental

There are a large number of car rental companies on the main island of Koror. On all other islands you have to rent the cars privately. The maximum speed is 40 km/h and there is right-hand traffic.

Taxi

Taxis are also only available on Koror.

Ferry connections

Koror is the only overseas port in the country.

Aside from some state boats, most of the boats that run between the islands are private boats. Many of them are speed boats. In return for a share of the petrol costs, you can also find carpooling on the smaller private boats.

Air connections Palau Air flies from Koror to the islands of Peleliu and Angaur six times a week.

Palau Trans Pacific Airlines connects many of the islands with each other, including the southwest.

International license plate

According to Abbreviationfinder, Palau’s international license plate is:

PAL

Tourist office

Palau Visitor Authority:

PO Box 256

Koror, Republic of Palau 96940

Tel: 00680 – 488 2793

00680 – 488 1930

Fax: 00680 – 488 1453

Email: [email protected]

www.visit-palau.com

Palau: Travel Medicine, Vaccinations, and Warnings

Infectious Diseases

In Palau, the following diseases, which are rarely or rarely widespread in Germany or Central and Northern Europe, are to be expected:

Malaria, there is no risk of malaria infection
cholera
Dengue fever disease
Intestinal infections from contaminated food or water, including amoebas, lamblia, salmonella, shigella, worm infestation and all kinds of viruses and bacteria.
Filariasis
tetanus
Typhoid, a risk only for travelers who may come into contact with polluted water or contaminated food.

Recommended vaccinations

when traveling to Palau are recommended vaccinations against the following diseases:

Diphtheria, a vaccination against diphtheria should always exist, also in the home country.
Hepatitis A and B, hepatitis B only for travelers who come into contact with blood or seek sexual contact.
Polio, polio, a vaccination against polio should always exist, also in the home country.
Tetanus, such a vaccination should generally have taken place, also in the home country.
Typhus, for special travel groups (backpackers) who are z. B. supply yourself with water in nature.

Compulsory vaccination

For all persons older than 1 year and coming from a yellow fever infection area designated by the WHO, there is a compulsory vaccination against yellow fever.

Current warnings

Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany

Citizens Service

Tel: 0049 – (0) 30 – 5000 – 2000

Fax: 0049 – (0) 30 – 5000 – 51000

www.auswaertiges-amt.de

Palau: Currency and Shopping

The local currency is the US dollar, with $ 1 = 100 cents.

The following banknotes are valid and in circulation in the country:

$ 1
$ 2
$ 5
$ 10
$ 20
$ 50
$ 100

And the following coins: 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 25c and 50c

Banks and opening times

The main banks of the island state are the “Bank of Guam” and “Bank of Hawaii”.

Opening times are:

Monday – Thursday: 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Friday: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Credit

Cards Credit cards are accepted in the larger hotels and restaurants as well as at car rental companies and diving schools.

Shopping, shopping

Shop opening times

Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Cheap or country-specific goods, souvenirs,

storyboards, storyboards were originally part of the painted men’s houses, Bai (see also under sights).

The first strangers who came to the islands had pieces of wood with the brightly colored paintings cut out of the ornate house gables.

Since around 1930, the locals began to paint wooden boards with colorful pictures especially for strangers and thus today’s tourists. The stories or legends of the islands were depicted on it. Recently they have also become a means of political expression and are an integral part of handicrafts on the islands.