I have asked Viking about this, but their information is a little vague and I wondering if anyone on here's done similar and can point us in the right direction. We are on the Panama Canal and Central America cruise in November this year. This was originally visiting Roatan prior to Panama, but the itinerary has since been reversed and we will now visit Panama prior to Roatan. The entry requirements for Roatan state:
Yellow fever vaccination certificate required for travellers aged between 1 and 60 years arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission, and for travellers having transited for more than 12 hours through an airport of a country with risk of yellow fever transmission.
To be fair Panama City and the canal area are not classed as at risk from Yellow Fever, but I assume Roatan will ignore this.
My question is, I am 60 years old and the Yellow Fever vaccine is not recommended to those over the age of 60, unless visiting High Risk areas, so I am not keen to have the vaccine unless absolutely necessary. Will Roatan just accept the fact that I am over 60 and allow entry or will they still require an exemption certificate. Indeed will they accept an exemption certificate? Annoyingly my wife will be 60 just after we return, so assume she will need to get vaccine.
Any guidance would be much appreciated.