No visa needed

Do citizens of Iceland need a visa for the Gambia?

Citizens of Iceland don’t need a visa for the Gambia 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 Iceland: the passport opens 112 countries visa-free; Reykjavík — Banjul: ≈ 5,650 km, about 7.5 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 the Gambia without a visa on a Iceland passport?

Yes, citizens of Iceland don’t need a visa for the Gambia for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Gambia visa rules at a glance

With a Iceland passport you can visit 112 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Iceland passport ranks 39th of 199.
Iceland passport: visa-free access to 112 countries; Gambia passport: 43.
Citizens of Iceland and the Gambia can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Tunisia, Cape Verde, Bahamas, Dominica, Haiti, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Seychelles, Botswana, Philippines, and Malaysia.
Citizens of the Gambia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Iceland. Iceland visa for citizens of the Gambia

Travelling to the Gambia: good to know

Reykjavík — Banjul: about 5,650 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Gambian Dalasi.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ GMD 74.
Gambia is the 67th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Iceland.