Sudan Travel Guide

Sudan requires an entry visa or entry permit from essentially every visitor, most travelers, US citizens included, need to obtain it from a Sudanese embassy before arrival, though an e-Visa route exists too, submitted online with feedback typically within three days, valid for 60 days as a single entry document, allowing a 30 day stay that can be extended once for another 30, provided you complete a police registration within three days of arrival. Any passport carrying an Israeli stamp or visa is refused entry outright.

None of this matters much against the security backdrop. A civil war that began in April 2023 is now in its fourth year, with the UN reporting 14 million people displaced and 21 million facing acute hunger, and every government advisory used for this guide says do not travel to Sudan for any reason, citing armed conflict, crime, kidnapping, terrorism, and landmines. Even the airports are directly affected: Khartoum International Airport was reopened to limited commercial traffic after nearly three years of suspension, but has also faced drone attacks forcing temporary closures, and Port Sudan New International Airport, the only other civilian airport running international flights, is similarly subject to drone strikes and can close without warning.