South African Passport
The citizens of South Africa can visit 73 countries without a visa.
South African passport holders also have access to get 41 e-visas or 16 visas on arrival.
South Africa has a population of 59.3M people and the capital is Pretoria ๐ฟ๐ฆ.
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
So, where can South Africans travel without a visa? We have listed all the countries where South Africa citizens can travel visa-free, eliminating the hassle of visa paperwork.
Africa
- ๐ฆ๐ด Angola (N/A)
- ๐ง๐ฏ Benin (90 Days)
- ๐ง๐ผ Botswana (90 days)
- ๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini (30 days)
- ๐ฌ๐ฆ Gabon (30 days.)
- ๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambia (90 days)
- ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana (90 days)
- ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya (30 days)
- ๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho (90 days)
- ๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi (90 days)
- ๐ฒ๐บ Mauritius (90 days)
- ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique (3 months)
- ๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia (3 months)
- ๐น๐ฟ Tanzania (90 days)
- ๐น๐ฌ Togo (N/A)
- ๐น๐ณ Tunisia (3 months)
- ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia (90 days)
- ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe (3 months)
- ๐ท๐ช Rรฉunion (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
- ๐ฆ๐ฌ Antigua and Barbuda (1 month)
- ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina (90 days)
- ๐ง๐ธ Bahamas (3 months)
- ๐ง๐ง Barbados (6 months)
- ๐ง๐ฟ Belize (N/A)
- ๐ง๐ท Brazil (90 days)
- ๐จ๐ฑ Chile (90 days)
- ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica (90 days)
- ๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominica (6 months)
- ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic (N/A)
- ๐ช๐จ Ecuador (90 days)
- ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador (90 days)
- ๐ฌ๐ฉ Grenada (3 months)
- ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala (90 days)
- ๐ฌ๐พ Guyana (3 months)
- ๐ญ๐น Haiti (3 months)
- ๐ญ๐ณ Honduras (90 days)
- ๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica (180 days)
- ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua (90 days)
- ๐ต๐ฆ Panama (180 days)
- ๐ต๐พ Paraguay (90 days)
- ๐ต๐ช Peru (180 days)
- ๐ฐ๐ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis (3 months)
- ๐ฑ๐จ Saint Lucia (6 weeks)
- ๐ป๐จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3 month)
- ๐ธ๐ท Suriname (90 days)
- ๐น๐น Trinidad and Tobago (90 days)
- ๐บ๐พ Uruguay (90 days)
- ๐ป๐ช Venezuela (90 days)
- ๐ป๐ฌ British Virgin Islands (30 days, extensions possible)
- ๐ฐ๐พ Cayman Islands (6 months)
- ๐ซ๐ฐ Falkland Islands (N/A)
- ๐ฒ๐ธ Montserrat (6 months)
- ๐น๐จ Turks and Caicos Islands (90 days)
Oceania
- ๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji (4 months)
- ๐ฐ๐ฎ Kiribati (90 days)
- ๐ซ๐ฒ Micronesia (30 days)
- ๐ป๐บ Vanuatu (30 days)
- ๐จ๐ฐ Cook Islands (31 days)
- ๐ณ๐บ Niue (30 days)
- ๐ต๐ณ Pitcairn Islands (14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.)
Asia
- ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia (1 year)
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel (90 days)
- ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia (90 days)
- ๐ต๐ญ Philippines (30 days)
- ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar (30 days)
- ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore (30 days)
- ๐น๐ญ Thailand (30 days)
- ๐ต๐ธ Palestine (Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.)
- ๐ญ๐ฐ 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.)
- ๐ฒ๐ด Macau (30 days)
Europe
- ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland (90 days)
- ๐ท๐บ Russia (90 days)
- ๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo (90 days)
This data has been sourced from Wikipedia and was last updated on 12/1/2023.
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