Beninese Visa is not required for Eritreans
Stay Duration: 90 days
Entry Requirements
- Benin is part of Africa with the main city at Porto Novo.
- Benin used to be known as the Slave Coast, i.e., the departure point of captives being moved across the Atlantic.
- The country’s currency is the West African Franc (CFA).
- Banknotes in Benin come in denominations of 10000, 5000, 2000, 1000 and 500 francs while the coins come in denominations of 500, 250, 200, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1 francs.
- One of the languages spoken in Benin is French.
- Eritrea citizens don’t need a visa to travel to Benin as tourists. The maximum duration of stay is 90 days.
- Benin uses 220V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type C and Type E.
- The required document for entering Benin is the standard travel document like passport / national ID card.
- Automatic teller machines are rare in Benin. So it is best advised to look for them in large cities and a chip & PIN card is not required to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.
- One of the road rules in Benin is that cars and motorcycles are expected to be on the speed limits of 50 km/h (31 mph) in all built-up areas, 90 km/h (55 mph) on undivided highways, 90 km/h (55 mph) on motorways and 90 km/h (55 mph) on expressways respectively.
- The internet speed in Benin is on an average of 1.1 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Benin is very low, which makes it a bit hard to find one.
- The climate in Benin is tropical with a dry season in winter and a rainy season due to the African monsoon, which runs from May to September in the extreme north and from mid-March to October in the south.
- The recommended vaccines required before entering Benin include hepatitis A, hepatitis B, typhoid, yellow fever, measles, influenza and polio, pneumonia, etc..
- The best time to travel to Benin is between November to February, in order to attend the annual Vodoun Festival in January.
- The tourist centres to visit in Benin include Paradise Atlantic beaches and the national parks.
- The traveling distance between Benin and Eritrea is about 7hours 14minutes by air under normal conditions.