What the Zimbabwe visa rules mean for Papua New Guinea travellers
Papua New Guinea passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Zimbabwe. 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 Visa on Arrival, which costs 30 USD.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Zimbabwe applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK government tells British nationals that to enter Zimbabwe their passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date they arrive, and 3 blank pages.
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 3 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: The UK government says that to enter Zimbabwe you must have a certificate proving yellow fever vaccination if you are coming from a country listed as a transmission risk.
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe entry rules compared
Zimbabwe lets 41 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 104, issues eVisas to 53. Papua New Guinea citizens are treated the same way as Australia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Zealand and Palau. Overall the Papua New Guinea passport ranks #127 in the world with 38 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Papua New Guinea passport you can also visit 8 countries in the region without a visa, including Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Eswatini, Tanzania and Zambia.
In the other direction, Zimbabwe citizens need evisa to visit Papua New Guinea.