No visa needed

Do citizens of Suriname need a visa for Zambia?

Citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname: the passport opens 35 countries visa-free; Paramaribo — Lusaka: ≈ 9,480 km, about 12.5 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 Suriname passport?

Yes, citizens of Suriname 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 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; Zambia passport: 38.
Citizens of Suriname and Zambia can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Ecuador, Jamaica, Bahamas, Belize, Angola, Seychelles, and Mauritius.
Citizens of Zambia, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of Zambia

Travelling to Zambia: good to know

Paramaribo — Lusaka: about 9,480 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +5 hours.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Lusaka 17:00.
Local currency: Zambian Kwacha.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ZMW 20.
Zambia is the 112th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.