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🇧🇼 Botswana passport: where can you go in 2026?

Updated 2026-08-20

Everything a Botswana passport can do in 2026: where it goes visa-free, and which third-country documents unlock even more.

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destinations open without a pre-arranged visa
Travel freedom rank: #116 of 199
visa-free 46 · on arrival 20 · eTA 6 · e-visa 38 · visa required 88

The world for this passport

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Visa-free / eTA e-VisaOn arrival Visa required

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Some visas do double duty. One of these documents in a Botswana passport opens extra countries with no visa of their own:

🇪🇺 Schengen visa (multiple-entry)+11🇺🇸 US visa (B1/B2 etc.)+10🇪🇺 EU residence permit+10🇺🇸 US Green Card+9🇬🇧 UK visa+6🇬🇧 UK residence permit+6

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Where Botswana travellers look most right now — jump straight to the verdict:

🇪🇸 Spain Visa required→

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Visa-free destinations 17

🇬🇪 Georgia 360d🇫🇯 Fiji 120d🇧🇷 Brazil 90d🇪🇨 Ecuador 90d🇭🇰 Hong Kong 90d🇰🇪 Kenya 90d🇲🇺 Mauritius 90d🇵🇦 Panama 90d🇸🇨 Seychelles 90d🇿🇦 South Africa 90d🇹🇿 Tanzania 90d🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 30d
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🇲🇾 Malaysia 30d🇵🇭 Philippines 30d🇷🇺 Russia 30d🇸🇬 Singapore 30d🇯🇲 Jamaica

eTA destinations 2

🇮🇱 Israel🇰🇷 South Korea

Visa on arrival 6

🇰🇭 Cambodia🇱🇦 Laos🇲🇴 Macau🇲🇻 Maldives🇳🇵 Nepal🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

e-Visa destinations 15

🇦🇱 Albania🇦🇺 Australia🇧🇭 Bahrain🇨🇴 Colombia🇨🇺 Cuba🇮🇳 India🇮🇩 Indonesia🇰🇿 Kazakhstan🇲🇳 Mongolia🇴🇲 Oman🇶🇦 Qatar🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
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🇹🇭 Thailand🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇻🇳 Vietnam

Visa required 60

🇦🇷 Argentina🇦🇲 Armenia🇦🇹 Austria🇦🇿 Azerbaijan🇧🇾 Belarus🇧🇪 Belgium🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina🇧🇳 Brunei🇧🇬 Bulgaria🇨🇦 Canada🇨🇱 Chile🇨🇳 China
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🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇭🇷 Croatia🇨🇾 Cyprus🇨🇿 Czech Republic🇩🇰 Denmark🇪🇬 Egypt🇪🇪 Estonia🇫🇮 Finland🇫🇷 France🇩🇪 Germany🇬🇷 Greece🇬🇹 Guatemala🇭🇺 Hungary🇮🇸 Iceland🇮🇪 Ireland🇮🇹 Italy🇯🇵 Japan🇯🇴 Jordan🇰🇼 Kuwait🇱🇻 Latvia🇱🇹 Lithuania🇱🇺 Luxembourg🇲🇹 Malta🇲🇽 Mexico🇲🇪 Montenegro🇲🇦 Morocco🇳🇱 Netherlands🇳🇿 New Zealand🇲🇰 North Macedonia🇳🇴 Norway🇵🇪 Peru🇵🇱 Poland🇵🇹 Portugal🇷🇴 Romania🇷🇸 Serbia🇸🇰 Slovakia🇸🇮 Slovenia🇪🇸 Spain🇸🇪 Sweden🇨🇭 Switzerland🇹🇼 Taiwan🇹🇳 Tunisia🇹🇷 Turkey🇺🇦 Ukraine🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇺🇸 United States🇺🇾 Uruguay🇺🇿 Uzbekistan

📖 Unlock more with a visa you may already hold

A strong third-country visa can add dozens of destinations to a Botswana passport. Plain-English guides computed for Botswana citizens:

Schengen visa (multiple-entry) → +12 countriesUS visa (B1/B2 etc.) → +11 countriesUK visa → +7 countries

✈️ No third-country visa? See which borders wave you through on arrival: visa on arrival for a Botswana passport (20 countries).

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