What the Zambia visa rules mean for Ghana travellers
Ghana passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Zambia. There is nothing to apply for in advance — the visa is issued at the airport or land border after you pay the fee. Bring cash in a major currency, a passport valid for at least six months, a return ticket and the address of your first night's accommodation, and expect a queue at busy airports.
The main option is the e-Visa, which costs 25 USD. Zambia also offers Single Entry Visa — see the visa options above.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Zambia applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK government says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive and at least 2 blank pages for entry stamping. Zambia's Department of Immigration says travellers getting a visa …
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 3 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: The UK government says you must have a certificate to prove you have had a yellow fever vaccination if you are coming from a country listed as a transmission risk.
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states whether travel insurance is required to enter Zambia. The UK government says medical facilities throughout Zambia are of a lower standard than in the UK and facilities in rural ar…
Zambia entry rules compared
Zambia lets 117 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 28, issues eVisas to 53. Ghana citizens are treated the same way as Burundi, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea and Republic of the Congo. Overall the Ghana passport ranks #120 in the world with 42 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Ghana passport you can also visit 21 countries in the region without a visa, including Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Kenya.
In the other direction, Zambia citizens need eta to visit Ghana.