Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
month tourist visa without fuss! Business travellers can get visa extensions but you will
need a letter from your employer.
COMING FROM KENYA
At the time of writing the Ethiopian embassy in Nairobi was only issuing visas to Kenyan citizens or residents.
Not a major problem if flying from Nairobi to Addis where most people can get one on arrival, but a real pain for
overland travellers. If coming overland, plan accordingly and get one elsewhere in Africa. Note also that visas are
not available at the Moyale border crossing.
If travelling north to south across Africa then the good news is that visas were being issued without much fuss
in Khartoum.
The above information is likely to change through the life of this topic so double check in advance.
Lonely
Planet's Thorn Tree forum
(
www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree
)
is a great place for up-to-date information.
Other Documents
In theory a yellow-fever vaccination certificate is mandatory, as is a vaccination against
cholera if you've transited through a cholera-infected area within six days prior to your ar-
rival in Ethiopia. These are rarely checked (although we have been asked to show it be-
fore, but maybe we just look dirty and disease riddled?), but you probably wouldn't want
to risk it.
Documentation needed to bring a vehicle into Ethiopia is covered on
Click here
.
All important documents (passport data page and visa page, credit cards, travel insur-
ance policy, air/bus/train tickets, driving licence etc) should be photocopied. Leave one
copy with someone at home and keep another with you, separate from the originals.
Visas for Onward Travel
Djibouti
Bring US$125 (48-hour service) or US$135 (24-hour service), a hotel reservation, a plane
or bus ticket out of the country, and one passport photo to the
Djibouti Embassy
(
0116-613200; off Bole Rd; 9-11am & 2.30-4.30pm Mon-Fri)
early in the morning and
you'll usually have it by the next day. Visas can also be obtained on arrival at the airport
in Djibouti.
