No visa needed

Do citizens of Papua New Guinea need a visa for Ecuador?

Citizens of Papua New Guinea don’t need a visa for Ecuador and can stay up to 90 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 Papua New Guinea: the passport opens 37 countries visa-free; Port Moresby — Quito: ≈ 14,850 km, about 19 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Ecuador without a visa on a Papua New Guinea passport?

Yes, citizens of Papua New Guinea don’t need a visa for Ecuador for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Ecuador visa rules at a glance

With a Papua New Guinea passport you can visit 37 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 83 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Papua New Guinea passport ranks 129th of 199.
Papua New Guinea passport: visa-free access to 37 countries; Ecuador passport: 45.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and Ecuador can travel together visa-free to 19 countries, for example: Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Seychelles, Palestine, Peru, Panama, Bahamas, Jamaica, Colombia, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Antigua and Barbuda.
Citizens of Ecuador, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Ecuador

Travelling to Ecuador: good to know

Port Moresby — Quito: about 14,850 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 19 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −16 hours.
Local time: Port Moresby 12:00 — Quito 20:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Spanish.
Ecuador is the 152nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.