Visa on arrival

Madagascar visa for citizens of the Netherlands

Citizens of the Netherlands 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 Netherlands: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Amsterdam — Antananarivo: ≈ 8,930 km, about 11.5 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 Netherlands passport?

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Madagascar visa rules at a glance

With a Netherlands passport you can visit 122 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Netherlands passport ranks 6th of 199.
Netherlands passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Madagascar passport: 29.
Citizens of the Netherlands and Madagascar can travel together visa-free to 23 countries, for example: Gambia, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Zambia, Seychelles, Panama, Honduras, South Africa, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Citizens of Madagascar, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Netherlands. Netherlands visa for citizens of Madagascar

Travelling to Madagascar: good to know

Amsterdam — Antananarivo: about 8,930 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 11.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Amsterdam 12:00 — Antananarivo 13:00.
Local currency: Malagasy Ariary.
Languages: French and Malagasy.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MGA 4,398.
Madagascar is the 153rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Netherlands.