No visa needed

Do citizens of Panama need a visa for Zambia?

Citizens of Panama 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 Panama: the passport opens 88 countries visa-free; Panama City — Lusaka: ≈ 12,170 km, about 15.5 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 Panama passport?

Yes, citizens of Panama 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 Panama passport you can visit 88 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 33 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Panama passport ranks 69th of 199.
Panama passport: visa-free access to 88 countries; Zambia passport: 38.
Citizens of Panama and Zambia can travel together visa-free to 19 countries, for example: Ecuador, Jamaica, Belize, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Angola, Kiribati, South Africa, Micronesia, and Seychelles.
Citizens of Zambia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Panama. Panama visa for citizens of Zambia

Travelling to Zambia: good to know

Panama City — Lusaka: about 12,170 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 15.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Panama City 12:00 — Lusaka 19:00.
Local currency: Zambian Kwacha.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ZMW 20.
Zambia is the 130th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Panama.