South Africans may need VISA’s to get to some countries but there are plenty that we don’t! We’ve found a list of 90 countries that you can visit right now! Visa Free!
South Africa has the most powerful passport on the African continent, with its citizens able to enter a full 90 countries across the world without a visa, and able to gain a visa on arrival at a further 31 countries.
This is according to the international Passport Index, which ranks passports of the world according to their total visa-free score. On the index, South Africa ranks at 48 – in the top-50 most powerful passports in the world.
If you’re planning an international holiday, here is a handy guide to the countries South Africans can travel to without a visa, where a visa is issued on arrival, and where a visa is required.
Countries visa free to South Africans:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nicaragua
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Singapore
- South Korea
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Visa on arrival for South Africans:
- Armenia
- Bolivia
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cape Verde
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Ethiopia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Iran
- Jordan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Nepal
- Oman
- Palau
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Seychelles
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Turkey
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
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