No visa needed

Do citizens of the Maldives need a visa for Bhutan?

Citizens of the Maldives don’t need a visa for Bhutan and can stay up to 14 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of the Maldives: the passport opens 54 countries visa-free; Malé — Thimphu: ≈ 3,100 km, about 4.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 14 days

Can I travel to Bhutan without a visa on a Maldives passport?

Yes, citizens of the Maldives don’t need a visa for Bhutan for up to 14 days. A valid passport is enough.

Bhutan visa rules at a glance

With a Maldives passport you can visit 54 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 75 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Maldives passport ranks 101st of 199.
Maldives passport: visa-free access to 54 countries; Bhutan passport: 17.
Citizens of the Maldives and Bhutan can travel together visa-free to 16 countries, for example: Seychelles, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Singapore, Palestine, Philippines, Zambia, Micronesia, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Panama, and Ecuador.
Citizens of Bhutan, in turn, get a visa on arrival in the Maldives. Maldives visa for citizens of Bhutan

Travelling to Bhutan: good to know

Malé — Thimphu: about 3,100 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Malé 12:00 — Thimphu 13:00.
Local currency: Bhutanese Ngultrum and Indian Rupee.
Languages: Dzongkha.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BTN 96.
Bhutan is the 9th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Maldives.