Where can South African citizens travel visa-free?
With the 🇿🇦 South Africa passport, South African citizens can enter 60 countries and territories visa-free — plus 33 more with a visa on arrival and 5 with a quick eTA. That's 98 of 198 destinations you can reach without arranging a visa in advance. See it on the interactive globe → A further 29 offer an e-Visa you apply for online.
60 Visa-free33 On arrival5 eTA29 e-Visa71 Visa required
Where it opens up
How far the South Africa passport gets in each region — tap a colour band to list those countries.
no visa neededsmall step — eTA, e-visa or on arrivalvisa before you go
AMERICAS35 destinations
AFRICA53 destinations
ASIA50 destinations
OCEANIA14 destinations
EUROPE46 destinations
Visa-free (60)
🇦🇴 Angola 30d🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 180d🇦🇷 Argentina 90d🇧🇸 Bahamas 90d🇧🇧 Barbados 180d🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇯 Benin 90d🇧🇼 Botswana 90d🇧🇷 Brazil 90d🇨🇱 Chile 90d🇨🇷 Costa Rica 180d🇩🇲 Dominica 180d🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 🇪🇨 Ecuador 90d🇸🇻 El Salvador 180d🇸🇿 Eswatini 30d🇫🇯 Fiji 120d🇬🇦 Gabon 30d🇬🇲 Gambia 90d🇬🇪 Georgia 360d🇬🇭 Ghana 90d🇬🇩 Grenada 90d🇬🇹 Guatemala 90d🇬🇾 Guyana 30d🇭🇹 Haiti 90d🇭🇳 Honduras 90d🇭🇰 Hong Kong 30d🇮🇱 Israel 90d🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇰🇮 Kiribati 90d🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇲🇴 Macau 30d🇲🇼 Malawi 90d🇲🇾 Malaysia 90d🇲🇺 Mauritius 90d🇫🇲 Micronesia 30d🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇦 Namibia 90d🇳🇮 Nicaragua 90d🇵🇸 Palestine 🇵🇦 Panama 90d🇵🇾 Paraguay 90d🇵🇪 Peru 180d🇵🇭 Philippines 30d🇷🇺 Russia 90d🇷🇼 Rwanda 30d🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 90d🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 42d🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90d🇸🇨 Seychelles 90d🇸🇬 Singapore 30d🇹🇿 Tanzania 90d🇹🇭 Thailand 60d🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 90d🇹🇳 Tunisia 90d🇺🇾 Uruguay 90d🇻🇺 Vanuatu 120d🇻🇪 Venezuela 90d🇿🇲 Zambia 90d🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 90d
Visa on arrival (33)
🇦🇲 Armenia 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇩🇯 Djibouti 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇮🇷 Iran 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇳🇵 Nepal 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇴🇲 Oman 🇵🇼 Palau 🇶🇦 Qatar 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇸🇴 Somalia 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 🇹🇻 Tuvalu
eTA (travel authorization) (5)
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇰🇷 South Korea
e-Visa (apply online) (29)
🇦🇱 Albania 🇦🇺 Australia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇭 Bahrain 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇨🇩 DR Congo 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇮🇳 India 🇮🇶 Iraq 🇯🇵 Japan 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇱🇾 Libya 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇸🇷 Suriname 🇸🇾 Syria 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇷 Türkiye 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Visa required (71)
🇦🇫 Afghanistan 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇦🇩 Andorra 🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇳 Brunei 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇹🇩 Chad 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇬 Congo 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇷 Eritrea 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇰🇼 Kuwait 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇧 Lebanon 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇹 Malta 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇲🇨 Monaco 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇳🇷 Nauru 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇳🇪 Niger 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🇻🇦 Vatican City 🇾🇪 Yemen
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