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Ethiopia visa for citizens of Senegal

Citizens of Senegal 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 Senegal: the passport opens 33 countries visa-free; Dakar — Addis Ababa: ≈ 6,130 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 Senegal passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Senegal 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 Senegal passport you can visit 33 countries visa-free, 21 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 95 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Senegal passport ranks 138th of 199.
Senegal passport: visa-free access to 33 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Senegal and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 12 countries, for example: Gambia, Benin, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Rwanda, Haiti, Kenya, Seychelles, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Senegal. Senegal visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Dakar — Addis Ababa: about 6,130 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Dakar 12:00 — Addis Ababa 15:00.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 103rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Senegal.