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Iceland passport: visa requirements for African countries (2026)
Travelling to Africa on a Iceland passport? You can enter 12 African countries visa-free and 18 with a visa on arrival. 14 offer an e-visa or eTA, and 10 need a visa arranged in advance (January 2025 data).
Data snapshot: January 2025. African countries add and remove e-visa and visa-on-arrival schemes often. Confirm with the destination's embassy or official immigration site before you book.
Visa-free (12)
Angola (30d)Botswana (90d)Cabo Verde (30d)Lesotho (14d)Mauritius (90d)Morocco (90d)Namibia (90d)Seychelles (90d)South Africa (90d)São Tomé and Príncipe (15d)The Gambia (90d)Tunisia (90d)
Visa on arrival (18)
Burkina FasoBurundiComorosDjiboutiEgyptEthiopiaGhanaGuinea-BissauMadagascarMalawiMauritaniaMozambiqueRwandaSenegalSomaliaTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe
e-Visa (12)
Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) (2)
Visa required in advance (10)
All 54 African countries
| Destination | Entry requirement |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Visa required in advance |
| Angola | Visa-free, up to 30 days |
| Benin | e-Visa |
| Botswana | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Burkina Faso | Visa on arrival |
| Burundi | Visa on arrival |
| Cabo Verde | Visa-free, up to 30 days |
| Cameroon | e-Visa |
| Central African Republic | Visa required in advance |
| Chad | Visa required in advance |
| Comoros | Visa on arrival |
| DR Congo | e-Visa |
| Djibouti | Visa on arrival |
| Egypt | Visa on arrival |
| Equatorial Guinea | e-Visa |
| Eritrea | Visa required in advance |
| Eswatini | Visa required in advance |
| Ethiopia | Visa on arrival |
| Gabon | e-Visa |
| Ghana | Visa on arrival |
| Guinea | e-Visa |
| Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival |
| Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) | Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) |
| Kenya | Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) |
| Lesotho | Visa-free, up to 14 days |
| Liberia | Visa required in advance |
| Libya | e-Visa |
| Madagascar | Visa on arrival |
| Malawi | Visa on arrival |
| Mali | Visa required in advance |
| Mauritania | Visa on arrival |
| Mauritius | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Morocco | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Mozambique | Visa on arrival |
| Namibia | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Niger | Visa required in advance |
| Nigeria | e-Visa |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa required in advance |
| Rwanda | Visa on arrival |
| Senegal | Visa on arrival |
| Seychelles | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Sierra Leone | e-Visa |
| Somalia | Visa on arrival |
| South Africa | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| South Sudan | e-Visa |
| Sudan | Visa required in advance |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa-free, up to 15 days |
| Tanzania | Visa on arrival |
| The Gambia | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Togo | e-Visa |
| Tunisia | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Uganda | e-Visa |
| Zambia | Visa on arrival |
| Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival |
Going to Sierra Leone?
For Iceland passport holders our data shows: e-Visa. We live in Freetown: read the Sierra Leone travel guide, the airport guide and the Lungi airport hotel page.