🇰🇪 Kenya visa requirements for Ghanaian, Kenyan and Nigerian travellers

Short tourist or visit trip on an ordinary passport. Reviewed 11 October 2026.

Ghanaian, Nigerian passport holders can enter without a visa or get one on arrival.

Do I need a visa for Kenya?

Passport	Entry for a short visit
Ghanaian passport	No visa needed eTA exempt, up to 90 days
Kenyan passport	Own country
Nigerian passport	No visa needed eTA exempt, up to 60 days

Kenya visa fees

Ghanaians and Nigerians: eTA exempt within the permitted stay

No pre-travel biometric fee for an exempt visit

Ghana 90 days, Nigeria 60 days

Where to apply

For exempt visits no overseas visa submission address is needed. Use the entry rules above for passport exceptions, arrival permits and pre-travel declarations. Where a visa is required, use the authority listed with the fee.

Electronic Travel Authorisation — check exemptions

Entry count is grant-specific: use the visa or approval actually issued. No blanket single or multiple entitlement is stated.

Emergency numbers in Kenya

Police 999 · Fire 999 · Ambulance 999

Before you go

Friendly and proud, with more than 40 communities; Swahili and English are official. "Jambo" or "Habari" opens most conversations, and handshakes are common. Most people are Christian; the coast has a large Muslim population.

Do

Greet with a handshake and ask "Habari?"
Dress modestly on the coast, especially in Lamu and Mombasa old town
Ask before photographing people, including Maasai communities
Use licensed safari operators and registered taxis

Don't

Don't use plastic carrier bags — they are banned
Don't photograph government buildings or police
Don't walk alone at night in unfamiliar areas of Nairobi

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