Israeli Visa is not required for Mauritians
Stay Duration: 90 days
Entry Requirements
- Mauritius citizens can travel to Israel without obtaining a visa for a stay up to 90 days.
- Travellers must have onward or return tickets and enough money to cover the expenses of their stay.
- One page of passports must blank, although, passports are normally not stamped upon entry.
- There are no certificates of vaccination required to enter Israel.
- There are no minimum requirement for passport validity but your passport validity should exceed your authorized stay and airlines may decline board if a traveller has less than six months validity on his or her passport.
- Visitors are required to declare currencies up to 50,000 shekels or more when entering or exiting Israel by air and 12,000 shekels if entering or exiting by land.
- Cats, dogs and birds are allowed into the country provided owner present a written statement of ownership and health certificate.
- Travellers are not required to pay any airport tax upon their departure from the airport.
- Mauritius uses the Israel Daylight Time zone (GMT+3), hence, Mauritius is 1 hour ahead of Israel.
- The flight time from Port Louis, Mauritius to Jerusalem, Israel is 8 hours, 14 minutes and from Port Louis, Mauritius to Tel Aviv, Israel 8 hours, 17 minutes.
- Temperatures in Israel vary widely, especially during the winter. Coastal areas, such as those of Tel Aviv and Haifa have a typical Mediterranean climate with cool, rainy winters and long, hot summers.
- With scarce water resources, Israel has developed various water-saving technologies, including drip irrigation.
- Israel was established as a homeland for the Jewish people and is often referred to as a Jewish state because it is considered to be the only country in the world where life revolves around the Hebrew lifestyle.
- Hebrew and Arabic are Israel two official language.
- The city of Jerusalem is of special importance to Jews, Muslims and Christians as it is the home of sites that are pivotal to their religious beliefs.
- Beaches, archaeological, historical and biblical sites and unique geography are Israel’s main tourist attractions.
- The Israel Museum in Jerusalem is one of Israel’s most important cultural institutions and houses the Dead Sea Scrolls along with an extensive collection of Judaica and European art.
- Work and school holidays are determined by the Jewish holiday and the official day of rest is Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath.