No visa needed

Do citizens of the Solomon Islands need a visa for Lesotho?

Citizens of the Solomon Islands 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 the Solomon Islands: the passport opens 84 countries visa-free; Honiara — Maseru: ≈ 13,350 km, about 17 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 Solomon Islands passport?

Yes, citizens of the Solomon Islands 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 Solomon Islands passport you can visit 84 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 51 with an e-visa; 36 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Solomon Islands passport ranks 72nd of 199.
Solomon Islands passport: visa-free access to 84 countries; Lesotho passport: 42.
Citizens of the Solomon Islands and Lesotho can travel together visa-free to 33 countries, for example: Vanuatu, Micronesia, Kiribati, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Seychelles, Belize, Eswatini, Ecuador, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Lesotho, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands visa for citizens of Lesotho

Travelling to Lesotho: good to know

Honiara — Maseru: about 13,350 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 17 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −9 hours.
Local time: Honiara 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 78th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Solomon Islands.