What the Honduras visa rules mean for Costa Rica travellers
Costa Rica citizens can enter Honduras without a visa and stay for up to 90 days. You only need a valid Costa Rica passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 90-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Honduras applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Honduras's National Institute of Migration says passports must be valid for at least 6 months. The UK Foreign Office says at least 6 months after the date you arrive, with at least 2 blank pages.
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: The National Institute of Migration says yellow fever vaccination is mandatory for travellers entering from countries with a risk of transmission, which it lists as parts of Panama; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia,…
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states whether travel insurance is required to enter Honduras. The UK Foreign Office advises checking before you travel that you have appropriate travel insurance for local treatment or …
Honduras entry rules compared
Honduras lets 86 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 112. Costa Rica citizens are treated the same way as Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados and Belize. Overall the Costa Rica passport ranks #67 in the world with 91 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a Costa Rica passport you can also visit 27 countries in the region without a visa, including Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Belize, Chile and Colombia.
In the other direction, Honduras citizens can visit Costa Rica visa-free for up to 30 days.