Where South African passport holders can travel visa-free
With a South African passport you can entervisa-free or with light paperwork in 47 of the81 countries VisaRadar tracks. The full list by paperwork type is below.
Visa-free (passport only) (25)
- Argentinaup to 90 days
- Brazilup to 90 days
- Chileup to 90 days
- Costa Ricaup to 180 days
- Ecuadorup to 90 days
- El Salvadorup to 180 days
- Philippinesup to 30 days
- Gambiaup to 90 days
- Georgiaup to 360 days
- Ghanaup to 90 days
- Guatemalaup to 90 days
- Hondurasup to 90 days
- Israelup to 90 days
- Malaysiaup to 90 days
- Nicaraguaup to 90 days
- Panamaup to 90 days
- Paraguayup to 90 days
- Peruup to 180 days
- Dominican Republic
- Russiaup to 90 days
- Singaporeup to 30 days
- Thailandup to 60 days
- Tunisiaup to 90 days
- Uruguayup to 90 days
- Venezuelaup to 90 days
Light paperwork (ETA, e-Visa or visa on arrival) (22)
Visa required in advance (34)
This count is over the countries VisaRadar tracks, not the world’s ~199 passports. For each pair’s detail, open its page.
Informational only. Always verify requirements with the official embassy or consulate before you travel.