Visa on arrival

Ethiopia visa for citizens of the Gambia

Citizens of the Gambia get an Ethiopia 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 the Gambia: the passport opens 43 countries visa-free; Banjul — Addis Ababa: ≈ 6,040 km, about 8 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Ethiopia without a visa on a Gambia passport?

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

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Ethiopia visa rules at a glance

With a Gambia passport you can visit 43 countries visa-free, 20 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 93 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Gambia passport ranks 111th of 199.
Gambia passport: visa-free access to 43 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of the Gambia and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 11 countries, for example: Benin, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Rwanda, Haiti, Kenya, Seychelles, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, don’t need a visa for the Gambia. Gambia visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Banjul — Addis Ababa: about 6,040 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Banjul 12:00 — Addis Ababa 15:00.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 101st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Gambia.