If your New Year’s resolution for 2023 is to travel more, you are one step closer to ticking this box. According to the recently released updated VisaGuide Passport Index, South African passport holders can travel to 61 countries without worrying about the cost or schlep of applying for a visa.
For 2023, 11 new countries have been added to this list, including countries like Gabon, Hong Kong, Israel, Jamacia, Macao, Malaysia, Micronesia, Philippines, Senegal, Singapore and Vanuatu opening your horizons for adventurous travel even more.
There are 11 countries on the list that require an eVisa. While eVisa’s are not free, it does spare you the hassle of spending half your day queuing to apply for a visa.
There are now also 31 countries that issue a visa on arrival to South African passport holders.
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Visa-free countries South Africans can travel to
Although you don’t need a visa to travel to these countries and territories, you are still required to have a valid passport.
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Macau
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Montserrat
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Réunion
- Russia
- Senegal
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Gambia
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Eswatini
Countries that issue an eVisa to South African passport holders:
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Djibouti
- India
- Kuwait
- Myanmar
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Suriname
- Türkiye
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
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Countries that issues visas on arrival to South African passport holders:
- Armenia
- Bolivia
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cabo Verde
- Comoros
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Guinea-Bissau
- Iran
- Jordan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Palau
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Saint Helena
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
*Compiled by Xanet Scheepers
