Visa-free and visa-on-arrival countries for South African passport holders

60 destinations are visa-free and 33 offer a visa on arrival for South African passport holders. Rules change, so confirm with the official source before you travel.

Visa-free (60)

• Angola — up to 30 days
• Antigua & Barbuda — up to 180 days
• Argentina — up to 90 days
• Bahamas — up to 90 days
• Barbados — up to 180 days
• Belize
• Benin — up to 90 days
• Botswana — up to 90 days
• Brazil — up to 90 days
• Chile — up to 90 days
• Costa Rica — up to 180 days
• Dominica — up to 180 days
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador — up to 90 days
• El Salvador — up to 180 days
• Fiji — up to 120 days
• Gabon — up to 30 days
• Gambia — up to 90 days
• Georgia — up to 360 days
• Ghana — up to 90 days
• Grenada — up to 90 days
• Guatemala — up to 90 days
• Guyana — up to 30 days
• Haiti — up to 90 days
• Honduras — up to 90 days
• Hong Kong SAR — up to 30 days
• Israel — up to 90 days
• Jamaica
• Kiribati — up to 90 days
• Lesotho
• Macao — up to 30 days
• Malawi — up to 90 days
• Malaysia — up to 90 days
• Mauritius — up to 90 days
• Micronesia — up to 30 days
• Mozambique
• Namibia — up to 90 days
• Nicaragua — up to 90 days
• Palestine
• Panama — up to 90 days
• Paraguay — up to 90 days
• Peru — up to 180 days
• Philippines — up to 30 days
• Russia — up to 90 days
• Rwanda — up to 30 days
• Saint Kitts and Nevis — up to 90 days
• Saint Lucia — up to 42 days
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — up to 90 days
• Seychelles — up to 90 days
• Singapore — up to 30 days
• Swaziland — up to 30 days
• Tanzania — up to 90 days
• Thailand — up to 60 days
• Trinidad and Tobago — up to 90 days
• Tunisia — up to 90 days
• Uruguay — up to 90 days
• Vanuatu — up to 120 days
• Venezuela — up to 90 days
• Zambia — up to 90 days
• Zimbabwe — up to 90 days

Visa on arrival (33)

• Armenia — up to 120 days
• Bolivia — up to 90 days
• Burundi — up to 30 days
• Cambodia — up to 30 days
• Cape Verde — up to 30 days
• Comoros — up to 45 days
• Djibouti — up to 31 days
• Egypt — up to 30 days
• Ethiopia — up to 30 days
• Guinea-Bissau — up to 30 days
• Indonesia — up to 30 days
• Iran — up to 30 days
• Jordan — up to 30 days
• Kyrgyzstan — up to 30 days
• Laos — up to 30 days
• Madagascar — up to 30 days
• Maldives — up to 30 days
• Marshall Islands — up to 90 days
• Mauritania — up to 30 days
• Nepal — up to 90 days
• Nigeria — up to 30 days
• Oman — up to 10 days
• Palau — up to 30 days
• Qatar — up to 30 days
• Samoa — up to 60 days
• Saudi Arabia — up to 90 days
• Senegal — up to 90 days
• Sierra Leone — up to 30 days
• Somalia — up to 30 days
• Sri Lanka — up to 30 days
• Tajikistan — up to 45 days
• Timor-Leste — up to 30 days
• Tuvalu — up to 30 days

eVisa countries for South African passport holders