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Bosnia and Herzegovina by campervan: safety and healthcare

Campervan safety in Bosnia and Herzegovina: vehicle security, healthcare, emergency contacts and practical prevention. What to know before you go.

Published 18 September 2026Last checked 19 September 2026

Safety and health

Safety and health

Bosnia and Herzegovina still has mine contamination from the 1992 to 1995 war, and the state publishes exactly how much. In its August 2026 request to extend its Mine Ban Convention deadline, the country reported 774,690,516 square metres, about 775 km², still recorded as suspected hazardous area across 439 sites, down from 967 km² in 2020. It has asked for until 1 March 2032 and expects roughly 425 km² still to be suspect then.

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Marked, used, and on the ground somebody else walked first. That is the whole rule

What the state reported in August 2026

  • Suspected hazardous area remaining, in square kilometres775 km²
  • Expected still suspect at the end of the requested extension, 2032425 km²
  • Area at the previous request, 2020967 km²

The mine rules, in order of importance

  • Stay on roads and paved areas. No shortcut across a field, no wild pull-off, no exploring an abandoned building.
  • Take particular care near former confrontation lines, road edges, open countryside, destroyed or abandoned buildings including in towns, neglected land, untarred roads, woods and orchards.

Everything else

  • Pickpockets in Sarajevo and the other cities, and an increase in thefts from cars around Sarajevo, particularly Mount Trebević.
  • Wildfires are possible from April to October. No fire or barbecue outside a designated area.

Health and pharmacies

  • 112 for the emergency services, 124 for an ambulance.
  • EHIC and GHIC do not cover Bosnia and Herzegovina. Travel insurance with medical evacuation is not optional.

Who to ask

  • The Mine Action Centre, BHMAC, is the state body that surveys, records and clears, under the Demining Commission in the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
  • Each entity has its own centre under it: the Federal Mine Action Centre and the Mine Action Centre of Republika Srpska.