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🇿🇦 South Africa passport: where can you go in 2026?

Updated 2026-08-18

Everything a South Africa 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: #97 of 199
visa-free 60 · on arrival 29 · eTA 5 · e-visa 35 · visa required 69

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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 South Africa passport opens extra countries with no visa of their own:

🇪🇺 Schengen visa (multiple-entry)+8🇺🇸 US visa (B1/B2 etc.)+7🇪🇺 EU residence permit+6🇺🇸 US Green Card+5🇬🇧 UK visa+5🇬🇧 UK residence permit+4

🔥 Most-searched routes for a South Africa passport

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

🇨🇺 Cuba e-Visa required→🇨🇱 Chile Visa-free90d🇹🇳 Tunisia Visa-free90d🇲🇪 Montenegro Visa required→🇺🇿 Uzbekistan Visa required→

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Visa-free destinations 25

🇬🇪 Georgia 360d🇨🇷 Costa Rica 180d🇵🇪 Peru 180d🇫🇯 Fiji 120d🇦🇷 Argentina 90d🇧🇷 Brazil 90d🇨🇱 Chile 90d🇪🇨 Ecuador 90d🇬🇹 Guatemala 90d🇰🇪 Kenya 90d🇲🇾 Malaysia 90d🇲🇺 Mauritius 90d
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🇵🇦 Panama 90d🇷🇺 Russia 90d🇸🇨 Seychelles 90d🇹🇿 Tanzania 90d🇹🇳 Tunisia 90d🇺🇾 Uruguay 90d🇹🇭 Thailand 60d🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 30d🇭🇰 Hong Kong 30d🇲🇴 Macau 30d🇵🇭 Philippines 30d🇸🇬 Singapore 30d🇯🇲 Jamaica

eTA destinations 2

🇮🇱 Israel🇰🇷 South Korea

Visa on arrival 12

🇦🇲 Armenia🇰🇭 Cambodia🇪🇬 Egypt🇮🇩 Indonesia🇯🇴 Jordan🇱🇦 Laos🇲🇻 Maldives🇳🇵 Nepal🇴🇲 Oman🇶🇦 Qatar🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

e-Visa destinations 14

🇦🇱 Albania🇦🇺 Australia🇦🇿 Azerbaijan🇧🇭 Bahrain🇨🇴 Colombia🇨🇺 Cuba🇮🇳 India🇯🇵 Japan🇰🇿 Kazakhstan🇲🇳 Mongolia🇹🇷 Turkey🇺🇦 Ukraine🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇻🇳 Vietnam

Visa required 46

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

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