No visa needed

Do citizens of Ecuador need a visa for Peru?

Citizens of Ecuador don’t need a visa for Peru and can stay up to 180 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 Ecuador: the passport opens 45 countries visa-free; Quito — Lima: ≈ 1,330 km, about 2 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 180 days

Can I travel to Peru without a visa on a Ecuador passport?

Yes, citizens of Ecuador don’t need a visa for Peru for up to 180 days. A valid passport is enough.

Peru visa rules at a glance

With a Ecuador passport you can visit 45 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 77 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Ecuador passport ranks 110th of 199.
Ecuador passport: visa-free access to 45 countries; Peru passport: 91.
Citizens of Ecuador and Peru can travel together visa-free to 38 countries, for example: Colombia, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Jamaica, Bolivia, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Barbados, and Antigua and Barbuda.
A language both countries share: Spanish.
Ecuador and Peru share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Peru, in turn, don’t need a visa for Ecuador. Ecuador visa for citizens of Peru

Travelling to Peru: good to know

Quito — Lima: about 1,330 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Peruvian Sol.
Languages: Aymara, Quechua, and Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PEN 3.41.
Peru is the 4th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Ecuador.