No visa needed

Do citizens of Egypt need a visa for Rwanda?

Citizens of Egypt don’t need a visa for Rwanda and can stay up to 30 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 Egypt: the passport opens 19 countries visa-free; Cairo — Kigali: ≈ 3,560 km, about 5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Rwanda without a visa on a Egypt passport?

Yes, citizens of Egypt don’t need a visa for Rwanda for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Rwanda visa rules at a glance

With a Egypt passport you can visit 19 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Egypt passport ranks 173rd of 199.
Egypt passport: visa-free access to 19 countries; Rwanda passport: 29.
Citizens of Egypt and Rwanda can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Palestine, Kenya, Benin, Seychelles, Guinea, Gambia, Mauritius, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Micronesia, and Kiribati.
Citizens of Rwanda, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Egypt. Egypt visa for citizens of Rwanda

Travelling to Rwanda: good to know

Cairo — Kigali: about 3,560 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Cairo 12:00 — Kigali 11:00.
Local currency: Rwandan Franc.
Languages: English, French, and Kinyarwanda.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ RWF 1,479.
Rwanda is the 78th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Egypt.