Preparing from scratch takes about 4 weeks, wherever you fly from.
Gambia sets its own requirements for bringing in dogs and cats. From any departure country your pet needs microchip, rabies vaccination, rabies antibody titre test, veterinary health certificate and import permit. The rules are the same for dogs and cats.
Order matters more than the list: the microchip goes in before the rabies vaccination, or the vaccination does not count. 1 carriers in our directory fly direct to Gambia, and their pet conditions differ.
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1 airlines in our directory fly direct to and from Gambia. Their conditions differ — the cabin weight limit, whether they carry pets in the hold, the fee and breed restrictions — so it is worth choosing the carrier before buying the ticket.
| Airline | Cabin | Hold | Cabin fee | Direct flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels Airlines no snub-nosed breeds in the hold |
✓ up to 8 kg | ✓ | 60 EUR per flight |
from 3 cities in 3 countries |
Showing the 1 carriers serving the most cities out of 1 with direct flights. Schedules: AeroDataBox, AirLabs, Travelpayouts; pet conditions come from our airline directory.
The limits people find out about last: how many animals one person may bring, the minimum age and which breeds are turned away at the border.
These are the country's rules. Airlines refuse some breeds on their own — their limits are in the carrier table above.
The full list of documents and procedures for entering Gambia. Every item carries its official source and last-checked date, and is marked as always required or required only from some departure countries.
Your pet's passport to enter Gambia will include an import permit, proof of microchip and current rabies vaccination, rabies titer test (some countries) and an export health certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian in the origination c
Pet cats, dogs and ferrets less than 3 months of age may not enter Gambia until they are vaccinated for rabies on or after 3 months of age, wait for 30 days and get a rabies titer test.
A rabies titer test is required for pets entering Gambia, unless entering from a country classified as rabies-free by the World Organization of Animal Health.
an export health certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian in the origination country. Your veterinarian must certify that your pet is healthy enough to travel and is not from a region that is subject to rabies restrictions.
After arriving in Gambia, pet owners must apply to the Gambian Veterinary Department for an import permit.
The order matters more than the list: a step done too early has to be repeated. The intervals come from the same rule fields the engine uses for the earliest departure date.
Steps marked “depends on origin” are not needed by everyone — see the table above or check your own route.
The requirements are the same whichever country you fly from — this country draws no distinction between departure countries. Below is the same engine answer on six examples, counted from zero: no microchip and no vaccination yet, preparation starting today.
| From | Microchip | Rabies jab | Titre test | Health certificate | Import permit | Earliest departurepreparing from scratch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 2026 | Plan → |
| 🇫🇷 France | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 2026 | Plan → |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 2026 | Plan → |
| 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 2026 | Plan → |
| 🇨🇳 China | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 2026 | Plan → |
| 🇺🇸 United States | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 2026 | Plan → |
If the microchip and vaccination are already done, the wait is shorter: the clock runs from the vaccination date, not from today. Breed, weight and connections change the answer too — check your own route with the form above.
The country's rules place no restriction on the arrival airport. Below are airports with direct flights; marked where we have documented the arrival procedure.
From any country: microchip, rabies vaccination, rabies antibody titre test, veterinary health certificate, import permit.
Yes, from any departure country.
The country's rules list no breed bans. Individual airlines have their own restrictions — see the carrier table.
For example: Brussels Airlines. The full list with conditions is in the table above.