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Burundi visa for citizens of Madagascar

Citizens of Madagascar get a Burundi visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Madagascar: the passport opens 29 countries visa-free; Antananarivo — Gitega: ≈ 2,570 km, about 3.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Burundi without a visa on a Madagascar passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Madagascar get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Burundi visa rules at a glance

With a Madagascar passport you can visit 29 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Madagascar passport ranks 147th of 199.
Madagascar passport: visa-free access to 29 countries; Burundi passport: 18.
Citizens of Madagascar and Burundi can travel together visa-free to 15 countries, for example: Seychelles, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Benin, Singapore, Gambia, Philippines, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Micronesia, Dominica, Haiti, and Ecuador.
A language both countries share: French.
Citizens of Burundi, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Madagascar. Madagascar visa for citizens of Burundi

Travelling to Burundi: good to know

Antananarivo — Gitega: about 2,570 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Antananarivo 12:00 — Gitega 11:00.
Local currency: Burundian Franc.
Languages: French and Rundi.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BIF 3,009.
Burundi is the 15th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Madagascar.