Countries South Africans can visit without a visa

Countries South Africans can visit without a visa

Your definitive guide to where South Africans can travel visa-free. They're arranged by area, so have a scroll through and start planning that very last minute holiday. After all, it's not like you need to wait for a visa to come through.

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Africa

Starting in the obvious home continent, there's obviously quite a large number of countries open to South Africans.

 

Countries you can enter with just a passport:

Benin, Botswana, Gabon, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Senegal, Seychelles, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe

 

Additionally, there’s a couple of countries where you can get a visa upon arrival:

Cape Verde, Comores, Egypt, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Tongo, Tunisia and Uganda

 

South and Central America and the Carribbean

This is one area that is pretty much visa free for South Africans. There are a few exceptions, but generally you can travel without too many issues. Here's a list of everywhere.

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay and Venezuela.


Spoilt for choice! 

 

Europe

Unfortunately, there’s only one or two countries here, so Europe is mostly a no-go zone unless you have a visa.

Ireland, Kosovo and Reunion Island (which is owned by France but is close to Mauritius in terms of actual location) are the only countries South Africans can visit without a visa. Still...Dublin is nice! 

 

Asia

Countries you can enter with just a passport

Georgia, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

 

Countries where a visa is granted upon arrival

Armenia, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, South Korea, and Timor-Leste

 

Middle East

Countries you can enter with just a passport:

Israel  and Jordan 

Visa granted upon arrival:

Oman and Turkey

 

Oceania 

Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated states of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

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