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 🇿🇦.
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
- 🇦🇴 Angola (N/A)
- 🇧🇯 Benin (90 Days)
- 🇧🇼 Botswana (90 days)
- 🇸🇿 Eswatini (30 days)
- 🇬🇦 Gabon (30 days.)
- 🇬🇲 Gambia (90 days)
- 🇬🇭 Ghana (90 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 (3 month)
- 🇸🇷 Suriname (90 days)
- 🇹🇹 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)
- 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (90 days)
Oceania
- 🇫🇯 Fiji (4 months)
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati (90 days)
- 🇫🇲 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)
- 🇲🇾 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 was last updated on 12/1/2023.
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