Gabonese Visa is not required for Ethiopians
Stay Duration: 30 days
Entry Requirements
- Ethiopians visiting Gabon are required to apply for an electronic visa for a variable duration of stay of at least 30 days.
- Gabon’s electronic visa may be extended for another 30 days total by contacting the local police station or immigration office.
- No sticker will be issued to citizens applying for the electronic visa.
- Super rush processing times for Gabon electronic visas are approximately 24 hours.
- Ethiopia citizens are required to print out two copies of the electronic visa certificate.
- Visitors are required to give one copy of the electronic visa certificate to the immigration department as your travel visa upon arrival in Gabon and one copy upon departure.
- The estimated flight time from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Libreville, Gabon is 4 hours, 42 minutes.
- Gabon uses West Africa Standard Time zone (GMT+1) hence, Ethiopia is 2 hours ahead of Gabon.
- Visitors are required to provide one copy of proof of vaccination for yellow fever.
- Visitors aged 17 years old or more are allowed the free import of 250 grammes of tobacco, 200 cigarettes or cigarillos, or 50 cigars; 50 grammes of perfume; Two litres of alcoholic drinks and Presents up to a total value of XOF 5,000.
- There are no restrictions on tobacco or tobacco articles of Cameroon origin imported from Cameroon.
- Visitors are not required to pay any airport tax upon their departure from the airport.
- An import permit is needed for transporting arms and ammunition from the Home Ministry, Libreville and applications should be submitted 3 months before departure.
- Visitors are required to hold a hotel voucher or a letter of invitation issued by the sponsor and onward or return tickets.
- To bring in pets, visitors must have a certificate of vaccination against rabies or a veterinary certificate issued by the home country less than three days before departure. Dogs and cats less than three months old are exempted from such certificates.
- Gabon is a country along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, has significant areas of protected parkland.
- Gabon has one of the lowest population density of any country in Africa.
- Gabon is one of the fewer African countries without ethnic disharmony. Most ethnicity are spread throughout Gabon, leading to constant contact and interaction among the groups.
- It is estimated that 80% of Gabon’s population can speak French, and that 30% of Libreville residents are native speakers of the language. Nationally, 32% of the Gabonese people speak the Fang Language as a mother tongue.
- Gabonese cuisine is influenced by French cuisine, but staple foods are also available
- Tourists are very attracted to the forested coastal terrain of its famed Loango National Park shelters a diversity of wildlife, from gorillas and hippos to whales.
- The Lopé National Park in Gabon is known for its rainforest and the Akanda National Park for its mangroves and tidal beaches.
- Tourism in Gabon is underdeveloped. Despite this, attractions include beaches, ocean and inland fishing facilities, the falls on the Ogooué River, and the Crystal Mountains.