Ecuador visa requirements for Burundians

• Burundi citizens can travel to Ecuador without obtaining a visa, and they can stay there for up to 90 days. 
• Visitors are required to possess a passport with a validity of at least another 3 months from the date of arrival.
• Citizens of Burundi visiting Ecuador are required to provide a certificate of Vaccination for Hepatitis A, Polio , Tetanus, Typhoid and Yellow Fever.
• Visitors must have return or onward tickets and all documents required for their next trip.
• Visitors are allowed the free import of a moderate amount of perfume, One litre of alcoholic drinks, 200 grammes of tobacco, 50 cigars, or 300 cigarettes, Gifts and personal objects up to the value of:

-USD 200 if travellers are staying abroad for up to 7 days;

-USD 300 if travellers are staying abroad for 8 days up to six months;

-USD 400 if travellers are staying abroad for six months up to two years

-USD 500 if travellers are staying abroad for two years or more; such amounts are estimated regardless of the age of travellers.

• Dry or fresh meat, unpreserved meat products and all kinds of plants and vegetables require previous permission from the Ministry of Agriculture.
• Visitors are allowed to depart with a moderate amount of cigarettes, tobacco and national alcoholic drinks. 
• Goods such as narcotics, live animals and their parts, gold bars and antiques are prohibited from entry.
• EgyptAir, British Airways, Avianca, Iberia, Turkish Airlines, Aeroflot, Lufthansa, United Airlines, Air Europa and Emirates are major carriers that fly from Ecuador to Ecuador.
• To bring in pets, travellers must have a health certificate that is issued by an authorized governmental veterinarian and approved by the local health authorities in the home country. 
• In Ecuador, the power plugs and sockets are of type A and B. The standard voltage is 120 V and the standard frequency is 60 Hz.
• Dogs require a certificate of vaccination against rabies issued within three months of arrival in Ecuador.
• A traveller’s luggage should be cleared at the first airport of entry in Ecuador.
• Visitors arriving with more than two pieces of checked luggage have to pay high customs duties as follows: For the third bag: USD 200; For the fourth bag: USD 400; Starting from the fifth bag, all checked luggage will be revised and a customs tax has to be paid for the total content of all bags.
• Visitors departing on international flights are required to pay an airport departure tax.
• The estimated flight time from Burundi to Quito, Ecuador is 15 hours, 30 minutes.
• Ecuador has a wet and dry season. The period from December to May (winter) is hot and humid while the rest of the year is warm and pleasant.
• Because of its three mainland regions, Ecuador’s climate is varied.
• Christianity is the most predominant religion practised in Ecuador.
• Electricity in Ecuador is either not available or erratic in rural areas.
• Ecuador uses six transportation methods to transport passengers; they are aviation, highways, pipelines, ports and harbours, railways and waterways.
• The official language of Ecuador is Spanish, which is spoken by approximately 93% of the population.
• Ecuador uses the Quito time zone (GMT-5), hence, Burundi is 7 hours ahead of Ecuador.
• Ecuador is the closest country to space and farther from the centre of the Earth.
• The official name of Ecuador is República del Ecuador, which literally means “The Republic of the Equator” making the country the only country in the world named after a geographical feature.
• Ecuador has the world’s first UNESCO World Heritage Sites, The Galapagos Islands and the city of Quito.
• The iconic Panama hat that lot of people love in the world actually originated from Ecuador.
• Ecuador’s biggest tourist attraction are its beaches to astonishing volcanoes and the Amazon Rain forest.