No visa needed

Do citizens of Croatia need a visa for Zambia?

Citizens of Croatia don’t need a visa for Zambia and can stay up to 90 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 Croatia: the passport opens 119 countries visa-free; Zagreb — Lusaka: ≈ 6,920 km, about 9 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Zambia without a visa on a Croatia passport?

Yes, citizens of Croatia don’t need a visa for Zambia for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Zambia visa rules at a glance

With a Croatia passport you can visit 119 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Croatia passport ranks 21st of 199.
Croatia passport: visa-free access to 119 countries; Zambia passport: 38.
Citizens of Croatia and Zambia can travel together visa-free to 27 countries, for example: Gambia, Angola, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Botswana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Africa, Grenada, Eswatini, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, and Haiti.
Citizens of Zambia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Croatia. Croatia visa for citizens of Zambia

Travelling to Zambia: good to know

Zagreb — Lusaka: about 6,920 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Zambian Kwacha.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ZMW 20.
Zambia is the 119th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Croatia.