Visa on arrival

Madagascar visa for citizens of the Gambia

Citizens of the Gambia get a Madagascar visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of the Gambia: the passport opens 43 countries visa-free; Banjul — Antananarivo: ≈ 7,890 km, about 10.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Madagascar without a visa on a Gambia passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of the Gambia get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Madagascar visa rules at a glance

With a Gambia passport you can visit 43 countries visa-free, 20 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 93 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Gambia passport ranks 111th of 199.
Gambia passport: visa-free access to 43 countries; Madagascar passport: 29.
Citizens of the Gambia and Madagascar can travel together visa-free to 16 countries, for example: Benin, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Rwanda, Uganda, Haiti, Kenya, Tanzania, Lesotho, Eswatini, Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore, and Philippines.
Citizens of Madagascar, in turn, don’t need a visa for the Gambia. Gambia visa for citizens of Madagascar

Travelling to Madagascar: good to know

Banjul — Antananarivo: about 7,890 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Banjul 12:00 — Antananarivo 15:00.
Local currency: Malagasy Ariary.
Languages: French and Malagasy.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MGA 4,398.
Madagascar is the 148th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Gambia.