No visa needed

Do citizens of the Gambia need a visa for Mauritania?

Citizens of the Gambia don’t need a visa for Mauritania 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 Gambia: the passport opens 43 countries visa-free; Banjul — Nouakchott: ≈ 520 km, about 1 hour 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 Mauritania without a visa on a Gambia passport?

Yes, citizens of the Gambia don’t need a visa for Mauritania for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Mauritania 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; Mauritania passport: 26.
Citizens of the Gambia and Mauritania can travel together visa-free to 20 countries, for example: Senegal, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin, Tunisia, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Rwanda, Haiti, and Kenya.
Citizens of Mauritania, in turn, don’t need a visa for the Gambia. Gambia visa for citizens of Mauritania

Travelling to Mauritania: good to know

Banjul — Nouakchott: about 520 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Mauritanian Ouguiya.
Languages: Arabic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MRU 40.
Mauritania is the 3rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Gambia.