No visa needed

Do citizens of Egypt need a visa for Kenya?

Citizens of Egypt 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 Egypt: the passport opens 19 countries visa-free; Cairo — Nairobi: ≈ 3,530 km, about 5 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 Egypt passport?

Yes, citizens of Egypt 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 Egypt passport you can visit 19 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Egypt passport ranks 173rd of 199.
Egypt passport: visa-free access to 19 countries; Kenya passport: 38.
Citizens of Egypt and Kenya can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Rwanda, Benin, Seychelles, Gambia, Mauritius, Malaysia, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Micronesia, Kiribati, and Hong Kong.
Citizens of Kenya, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Egypt. Egypt visa for citizens of Kenya

Travelling to Kenya: good to know

Cairo — Nairobi: about 3,530 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Kenyan Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ KES 130.
Kenya is the 76th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Egypt.