No visa needed

Do citizens of Burkina Faso need a visa for Kenya?

Citizens of Burkina Faso don’t need a visa for Kenya and can stay up to 60 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 Burkina Faso: the passport opens 30 countries visa-free; Ouagadougou — Nairobi: ≈ 4,500 km, about 6 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 60 days

Can I travel to Kenya without a visa on a Burkina Faso passport?

Yes, citizens of Burkina Faso don’t need a visa for Kenya for up to 60 days. A valid passport is enough.

Kenya visa rules at a glance

With a Burkina Faso passport you can visit 30 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Burkina Faso passport ranks 142nd of 199.
Burkina Faso passport: visa-free access to 30 countries; Kenya passport: 38.
Citizens of Burkina Faso and Kenya can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Ghana, Benin, Gambia, Rwanda, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Haiti, Singapore, Philippines, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
Citizens of Kenya, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso visa for citizens of Kenya

Travelling to Kenya: good to know

Ouagadougou — Nairobi: about 4,500 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Ouagadougou 12:00 — Nairobi 15:00.
Local currency: Kenyan Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ KES 130.
Kenya is the 74th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Burkina Faso.