No visa needed

Do citizens of New Zealand need a visa for Peru?

Citizens of New Zealand 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 New Zealand: the passport opens 113 countries visa-free; Wellington — Lima: ≈ 10,590 km, about 13.5 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 New Zealand passport?

Yes, citizens of New Zealand 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 New Zealand passport you can visit 113 countries visa-free, 36 with a visa on arrival and 34 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the New Zealand passport ranks 37th of 199.
New Zealand passport: visa-free access to 113 countries; Peru passport: 91.
Citizens of New Zealand and Peru can travel together visa-free to 87 countries, for example: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Brunei, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Chile, Thailand, Argentina, Uruguay, China, and Paraguay.
Citizens of Peru, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to New Zealand. New Zealand visa for citizens of Peru

Travelling to Peru: good to know

Wellington — Lima: about 10,590 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 13.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −18 hours.
Local time: Wellington 12:00 — Lima 18:00.
Local currency: Peruvian Sol.
Languages: Aymara, Quechua, and Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PEN 3.41.
Peru is the 33rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of New Zealand.