No visa needed

Do citizens of Papua New Guinea need a visa for Peru?

Citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea: the passport opens 37 countries visa-free; Port Moresby — Lima: ≈ 14,580 km, about 18.5 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 Papua New Guinea passport?

Yes, citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea passport you can visit 37 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 83 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Papua New Guinea passport ranks 129th of 199.
Papua New Guinea passport: visa-free access to 37 countries; Peru passport: 91.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and Peru can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Micronesia, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Seychelles, Botswana, Palestine, Belize, Ecuador, Panama, and Bahamas.
Citizens of Peru, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Peru

Travelling to Peru: good to know

Port Moresby — Lima: about 14,580 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 18.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −16 hours.
Local time: Port Moresby 12:00 — Lima 20:00.
Local currency: Peruvian Sol.
Languages: Aymara, Quechua, and Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PEN 3.41.
Peru is the 146th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.