No visa needed

Do citizens of Switzerland need a visa for Zambia?

Citizens of Switzerland 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 Switzerland: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Bern — Lusaka: ≈ 7,240 km, about 9.5 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 Switzerland passport?

Yes, citizens of Switzerland 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 Switzerland passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Switzerland passport ranks 17th of 199.
Switzerland passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Zambia passport: 38.
Citizens of Switzerland and Zambia can travel together visa-free to 30 countries, for example: Gambia, Rwanda, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica, and Botswana.
Citizens of Zambia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Switzerland. Switzerland visa for citizens of Zambia

Travelling to Zambia: good to know

Bern — Lusaka: about 7,240 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Zambian Kwacha.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ZMW 20.
Zambia is the 121st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Switzerland.