Nigerien Visa is not required for Senegaleses
Stay Duration: 30 days
Entry Requirements
- Senegal citizens travelling to Niger are not required to apply for a visa for a variable period of at least 30 days (depending on the Embassy’s decision).
- Passports of visitors must be valid at the time of entry into Niger.
- Visitors are required to have two blank pages on their passport available for entry stamps.
- Two copies of evidence of sufficient funds (at least $500 in a bank account) to support stay in destination such as traveller’s cheques or most recent bank statements will be requested at the port of entry into Niger.
- Visitors must provide a computer-generated flight itinerary from the airline or travel agency or copy of airline tickets.
- International certificate of vaccination against yellow fever and Cholera is requested from Senegalese to visit Niger.
- Cats and dogs must be accompanied by a veterinary health certificate which is issued not more than 3 days before the date of departure.
- All travellers are not required to pay any airport tax upon departing from the airport.
- Niger possesses a sub-tropical climate, with the majority of the landmass dominated by an arid, desert environment, making the country hot and dry.
- The country of Niger is one of the hottest countries in the world and is famously nicknamed as ‘Frying Pan of the World’.
- Niger is home to one of the world’s largest protected reserves, the Air and Tenere Natural Reserves, which is the refuge for animals like addax, Cheetah, Oryx and the gazelle.
- Niger is a country in the African continent that abounds in wildlife which includes buffaloes, elephants, West African lion, Northwest African cheetah, roan, antelopes and warthogs.
- There are many dinosaurs remain in an area of the Sahara in Niger.
- There are several old cities, towns and villages in the country with well-preserved traditional architecture. Some are abandoned such as Djado and Djaba and now are exotic ruins in the middle of the desert.
- Gobero site in Agadez is the oldest known graveyard in the Sahara, was used already circa 8,000 BC.
- The estimated flight time from Dakar, Senegal to Niamey, Niger is 3 hours, 8 minutes.
- Niger uses the West Africa Standard Time zone GMT+1) which means that Niger is 1 hour ahead of Senegal.
- In Niger, the power plugs and sockets are of type C, D, E and F. The standard voltage is 220 V and the standard frequency is 50 Hz.