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Where can South Africans travel without a visa?
Where can you go on an SA passport without doing paperwork months in advance?
International travel can be a great adventure, but it can also be disastrous if you don’t prepare properly. Seasoned travellers will know that you often need more than a South African passport to go globetrotting – many countries insist on a visa as well.
However, you might be surprised at how many countries around the globe don’t require South Africans to apply for a visa in advance at an embassy or consulate. We found 74 international destinations that will welcome you with open arms if you present your South African passport at international arrivals. Some require no visa at all, while others will issue your visa when you arrive – this may or may not include a fee, so check in advance. We also found another 48 countries that offer e-visas.
We’ll explore these options in the rest of this article, but first take note that countries may change their rules at any time. The information below is correct at the time of publication, but you should always double-check current regulations before making any spur-of-the-moment travel bookings. First, consult the official tourist information website of the country you plan to visit.
Countries that don’t require a visa, or issue visas on arrival
1. South African passport only (plus visa on arrival for some)
To visit these countries, you need only your South African passport – if you do need a visa, it will be issued when you arrive.
Most of these countries allow you to stay for 90 days or longer. However, some of them restrict tourist visits to 30 days while a few place no limits on how long you can stay.
Africa Angola (30 days) Benin (90 days) Botswana (90 days) Burundi (30-day visa on arrival) Eswatini (30 days) Gabon (30 days) Gambia (90 days) Ghana (90 days) Guinea-Bissau (90-day visa on arrival) Lesotho Malawi (90 days) Maldives (30-day visa on arrival) Mauritania (visa on arrival) Mauritius (90 days) Mozambique Namibia (90 days) Rwanda (30 days) Senegal (30-day visa on arrival) Seychelles (90-day visa on arrival) Somalia (30-day visa on arrival) Tanzania (90 days) Tunisia (90 days) Zambia (90 days) Zimbabwe (90 days) |
Europe Georgia (360 days) Kosovo (90 days) Russia (90 days)
Asia Hong Kong (30 days) Israel (90 days) Macau (90 days) Malaysia (90 days) Palestinian territories Philippines (30 days) Qatar (30-day visa on arrival) Singapore (30 days) Thailand (30 days) Timor-Leste (30-day visa on arrival)
Pacific Fiji (120 days) Kiribati (90 days) Marshall Islands (90-day visa on arrival) Micronesia (30 days) Palau (30-day visa on arrival) Samoa (30-day visa on arrival) Tuvalu (30-day visa on arrival) Vanuatu (30 days) |
Americas and Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda (180 days) Argentina (90 days) Bahamas (90 days) Barbados (180 days) Belize Brazil (90 days) Chile (90 days) Costa Rica (90 days) Dominica (180 days) Dominican Republic Ecuador (90 days) El Salvador (90 days) Grenada (90 days) Guatemala (90 days) Guyana (30 days) Haiti (90 days) Honduras (90 days) Jamaica Nicaragua (90 days) Panama (90 days) Paraguay (90 days) Peru (180 days) St Kitts and Nevis (90 days) St Lucia (42 days) St Vincent and the Grenadines (90 days) Trinidad and Tobago (90 days) Uruguay (90 days) Venezuela (90 days) |
2. Countries that offer an e-visa
Some of these countries offer e-visas as well as visas on arrival. Check the official tourist information website of the country you plan to visit and rather be safe than sorry. If an e-visa option is available online, it’s less hassle than applying in person at an embassy, and it makes the red tape smoother when you get to your destination.
Africa Burkina Faso Cameroon Cape Verde (30 days) Comoros (90 days) Democratic Republic of the Congo (90 days) Cote d’Ivoire (90 days) Djibouti (90 days) Egypt (30 days) Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia (90 days) Guinea (90 days) Kenya (90 days) Libya Madagascar (90 days) Nigeria Sierra Leone (30 days) South Sudan Togo (15 days) Uganda |
Asia Armenia (120 days) Azerbaijan (30 days) Bahrain (14 days) Bhutan Cambodia (30 days) India (30 days) Indonesia (30 days) Iran (30 days) Japan (90 days) Jordan (30 days) Kazakhstan Kyrgystan (30 days) Mongolia (30 days) Myanmar (28 days) Laos (30 days) Nepal (150 days) Oman (30 days) Pakistan (30 days) Saudi Arabia (90 days) South Korea (30 days) Sri Lanka (30 days) Tajikistan (45 days) Turkey (90 days) Vietnam (90 days) |
Europe Albania Moldova
South America Bolivia (90 days) Suriname (90 days)
Pacific Papua New Guinea (30 days)
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3. Countries that require a physical visa
To visit these countries, you must apply for a visa at an embassy, consulate or diplomatic mission and it must be issued before you travel. Although this list includes most countries in Europe, you can apply for a multiple-entry Schengen visa if you plan to visit several countries in the Schengen Area (indicated by * below).
Africa Algeria Central African Republic Chad Republic of Congo Eritrea Liberia Mali Morocco Niger Sudan
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Europe Andorra Austria* Belarus Belgium* Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria* Croatia* Cyprus Czech Republic* Denmark* Estonia* Finland* France* Germany* Greece* Hungary* Iceland* Ireland Italy* Latvia* Liechtenstein* Lithuania* Luxembourg* North Macedonia Malta* Montenegro Netherlands* Norway* Poland* Portugal* Romania* Serbia Slovakia* Slovenia* Spain* Sweden* Switzerland* Ukraine United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies |
Asia Afghanistan Bangladesh Brunei China Iraq North Korea Kuwait Lebanon Syria Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Yemen
Americas and Caribbean Canada Cuba Mexico United States of America and territories
Pacific Australia and territories Nauru New Zealand Solomon Islands Tonga |
Although Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City are independent states that are not part of the Schengen Area, they allow Schengen visa holders free movement across their borders with France and Italy.
Let Nedbank help you see the world
Apart from finding out whether you need a visa, there’s a lot more planning and prep involved if you want your trip abroad to run smoothly. Do you already have a passport – or can Nedbank help you apply for it with no frustrating queues? Do you still need to save for a while before you can afford your trip of a lifetime?
Not only can Nedbank help you with your financial planning, but we can also make sure you don’t go through any stress trying to convert currency as soon as you arrive in a new country. You can open a Nedbank foreign currency account, which enables you to save in a foreign currency for travelling, to invest or hedge your money in 8 international currencies. You can also apply for a Nedbank Travel Card, which can relieve you of the need to carry cash and gives you access to up to 8 foreign currencies on your travels.
