What the Honduras visa rules mean for Sao Tome and Principe travellers
Sao Tome and Principe citizens can enter Honduras without a visa and stay for up to 90 days. You only need a valid Sao Tome and Principe 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. Sao Tome and Principe citizens are treated the same way as Madagascar and South Africa. Overall the Sao Tome and Principe passport ranks #155 in the world with 26 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a Sao Tome and Principe passport you can also visit 9 countries in the region without a visa, including Barbados, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti and El Salvador.
In the other direction, Honduras citizens need evisa to visit Sao Tome and Principe.