South African Passport
The citizens of South Africa can visit 69 countries without a visa.
South African passport holders also have access to get 26 e-visas or 20 visas on arrival.
South Africa has a population of 59.3M people and the capital is Pretoria 🇿🇦.
Visa-free map
Nearby countries
The nearest visa free countries to visit for South African passport holders are Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Visa free countries
Africa
- 🇦🇴 Angola (30 days)
- 🇧🇯 Benin (90 Days)
- 🇧🇼 Botswana (90 days)
- 🇸🇿 Eswatini (30 days)
- 🇬🇦 Gabon (30 days.)
- 🇰🇪 Kenya (30 days)
- 🇱🇸 Lesotho (90 days)
- 🇲🇼 Malawi (90 days)
- 🇲🇺 Mauritius (90 days)
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique (3 months)
- 🇳🇦 Namibia (3 months)
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania (90 days)
- 🇹🇬 Togo (N/A)
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia (3 months)
- 🇿🇲 Zambia (90 days)
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (3 months)
- 🇷🇪 Réunion (3 months. Travel to mainland France is prohibited unless in possession of a Valid Schengen Visa, Identity and Visa checks are conducted between Reunion and mainland France/ EU or EEA countries and Switzerland.)
Americas
- 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda (1 month)
- 🇦🇷 Argentina (90 days)
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas (3 months)
- 🇧🇧 Barbados (6 months)
- 🇧🇿 Belize (N/A)
- 🇧🇷 Brazil (90 days)
- 🇨🇱 Chile (90 days)
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica (90 days)
- 🇩🇲 Dominica (6 months)
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic (N/A)
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador (90 days)
- 🇸🇻 El Salvador (90 days)
- 🇬🇩 Grenada (3 months)
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala (90 days)
- 🇬🇾 Guyana (3 months)
- 🇭🇹 Haiti (3 months)
- 🇭🇳 Honduras (90 days)
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica (180 Days)
- 🇳🇮 Nicaragua (90 days)
- 🇵🇦 Panama (180 days)
- 🇵🇾 Paraguay (90 days)
- 🇵🇪 Peru (180 days)
- 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis (3 months)
- 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia (6 weeks)
- 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1 month)
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago (90 days)
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay (90 days)
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela (90 days)
- 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands (30 days, extensions possible)
- 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (6 months)
- 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (N/A)
- 🇲🇸 Montserrat (6 months)
Oceania
- 🇫🇯 Fiji (4 months)
- 🇫🇲 Micronesia (30 days)
- 🇻🇺 Vanuatu (30 days)
- 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (31 days)
- 🇳🇺 Niue (30 days)
- 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands (14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.)
Asia
- 🇬🇪 Georgia (1 year)
- 🇮🇱 Israel (90 days)
- 🇰🇷 South Korea (30 days)
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia (90 days)
- 🇵🇭 Philippines (30 days)
- 🇶🇦 Qatar (30 days)
- 🇸🇬 Singapore (30 days)
- 🇹🇭 Thailand (30 days)
- 🇵🇸 Palestine (Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.)
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong (30 days. Landing slip with stay conditions issued upon arrival in place of entry stamp. This is not a permit, however it is used to classify South African citizens as being visa exempted.)
- 🇲🇴 Macau (30 days)
Europe
- 🇮🇪 Ireland (90 days)
- 🇷🇺 Russia (90 days)
- 🇽🇰 Kosovo (90 days)
This data has been sourced from Wikipedia and last updated 2/1/2023.
