Kenya eTA: prepare your application

Type your details once. We turn them into a pack you copy into the official portal, with the government fee and the official link. You can also ask Elite Trip to file it for you on the portal's on-behalf flow.

Official portal: etakenya.go.ke
Nothing is paid here
Ready in minutes

Government feeUSD 30
ProcessingApply at least 3 working days before you fly
Options1 visa type
Fee paid toDirectorate of Immigration Services, Kenya

The traveller

Exactly as printed in the passport

Given names as in the passport

Surname

Sex, as in the passport

Date of birth

Passport country

Passport number

Passport expiry

The trip

Dates, purpose and where you stay

Arrival in Kenya

Departure optional

Purpose

Entries

Address in Kenya optional, the first hotel

How the portal reaches you

Optional, used only in the pack

Email for the application optional

Phone optional, with country code

Travellers in the group

Someone else applies for me (the portal has a box for this)

Check and build

Your pack opens on the next screen

Before you give us passport details

Government fee, Kenya eTA	USD 30	paid to Directorate of Immigration Services, Kenya, per person, as of 2026-10-25
Elite Trip service fee	quoted before you pay	our work only, on a separate line, never mixed with the government fee

Visas, permits and entry are decided only by Directorate of Immigration Services, Kenya. We do not issue them and cannot promise an outcome or a processing time. You can always apply yourself at etakenya.go.ke and pay only the government fee.

Your data. Passport and personal details are held by ELITETRIP GLOBAL LTD, company 17538230, England and Wales under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, and handled in line with the Kenya Data Protection Act 2019. We use them only to prepare or file this application, keep them no longer than the trip plus the period the law requires, share them only with the authority named above, and delete them on request. Write to us to see, correct or delete them.

I agree that Elite Trip uses these passport details for this application only, as described above. The health and security answers are mine, given by me, and true. Elite Trip did not answer them for me.

Nothing is paid here. The government fee is paid on the official portal. Your details are used to build the pack on this page only, unless you ask us to file it for you on the next screen.

Kenya eTA

eTA, per person	USD 30	paid to Directorate of Immigration Services, Kenya, as of 2026-10-25

Apply at least 3 working days before you fly. Valid for 90 days.

Official portal: etakenya.go.ke. Elite Trip is not a government agency.

Holders of African passports (except Somalia and Libya) and EAC citizens do not need an eTA.
Park fees are paid separately through KWSPay (5% gateway fee).

Paid to the government of Kenya, not to us 2 things travellers pay or do themselves: visa, insurance, taxes, fees. Tap to see.

These are not in your Elite Trip price and we do not sell them. You pay each one to the authority named, on its own site or at the gate. Checked 2026-10-25; rules change, so read the official page before you fly.

Kenya electronic travel authorisation (eTA) USD 30 per person, plus the portal's card fee

Who
Every visitor, except holders of African passports (Somalia and Libya excepted), EAC citizens and a few others listed on the portal.

Where
etakenya.go.ke

When
Apply at least 3 working days before you fly. The eTA is checked at boarding.
National park and reserve fees Set per park and per day by KWS, plus a 5% KWSPay gateway fee

Who
Every visitor entering a Kenya Wildlife Service park (Nairobi, Amboseli, Tsavo, Lake Nakuru and others).

Where
KWSPay through eCitizen

When
Before the gate. Cash is not taken at most gates.

Elite Trip is not a government agency and does not issue visas, insurance or permits.

Nothing is paid here
Official government portal
A real person answers