No visa needed

Do citizens of Papua New Guinea need a visa for Lesotho?

Citizens of Papua New Guinea don’t need a visa for Lesotho 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 Papua New Guinea: the passport opens 37 countries visa-free; Port Moresby — Maseru: ≈ 12,250 km, about 16 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 Lesotho without a visa on a Papua New Guinea passport?

Yes, citizens of Papua New Guinea don’t need a visa for Lesotho for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Lesotho visa rules at a glance

With a Papua New Guinea passport you can visit 37 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 83 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Papua New Guinea passport ranks 129th of 199.
Papua New Guinea passport: visa-free access to 37 countries; Lesotho passport: 42.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and Lesotho can travel together visa-free to 31 countries, for example: Micronesia, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Seychelles, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Botswana.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Lesotho, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Lesotho

Travelling to Lesotho: good to know

Port Moresby — Maseru: about 12,250 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −9 hours.
Local time: Port Moresby 12:00 — Maseru 03:00.
Local currency: Lesotho Loti and South African Rand.
Languages: English and Southern Sotho.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LSL 16.
Lesotho is the 71st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.