No visa needed

Do citizens of Mali need a visa for the Gambia?

Citizens of Mali 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 Mali: the passport opens 30 countries visa-free; Bamako — Banjul: ≈ 930 km, about 1.5 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 Mali passport?

Yes, citizens of Mali 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 Mali passport you can visit 30 countries visa-free, 18 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 101 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Mali passport ranks 142nd of 199.
Mali passport: visa-free access to 30 countries; Gambia passport: 43.
Citizens of Mali and the Gambia can travel together visa-free to 25 countries, for example: Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mauritania, Niger, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Cape Verde, Nigeria, and Tunisia.
Citizens of the Gambia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Mali. Mali visa for citizens of the Gambia

Travelling to the Gambia: good to know

Bamako — Banjul: about 930 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Gambian Dalasi.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ GMD 74.
Gambia is the 7th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Mali.