No visa needed

Do citizens of Suriname need a visa for Peru?

Citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname: the passport opens 35 countries visa-free; Paramaribo — Lima: ≈ 3,130 km, about 4.5 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 Suriname passport?

Yes, citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname passport you can visit 35 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 84 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Suriname passport ranks 132nd of 199.
Suriname passport: visa-free access to 35 countries; Peru passport: 91.
Citizens of Suriname and Peru can travel together visa-free to 30 countries, for example: Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica, Bahamas, and Costa Rica.
Citizens of Peru, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of Peru

Travelling to Peru: good to know

Paramaribo — Lima: about 3,130 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Lima 10:00.
Local currency: Peruvian Sol.
Languages: Aymara, Quechua, and Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PEN 3.41.
Peru is the 19th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.