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On a South African Passport? Here’s Where You Can Travel Without a Visa

South Africans have one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Passports in the World! And the most powerful passport on the African continent. That’s right! South African citizens are 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 […]

South Africans have one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Passports in the World! And the most powerful passport on the African continent. That’s right! South African citizens are 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.

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Over 120 countries allow South Africans entry without a formal visa application. Ninety are visa-free, and 31 grant a visa on arrival. (Image: Pixabay)

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 just makes it into the Top 50 Most Powerful Passports in the world… ranked at 48.

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.

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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

 

Electronic Travel Authority visa required for South Africans

India Sri Lanka

 

Visa required for South Africans

Afghanistan Albania Algeria
Andorra Angola Australia
Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain
Bangladesh Belarus Belgium
Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina Brunei
Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon
Canada Central African Republic Chad
China Congo Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Cote Divoire (Ivory Coast) Croatia Cuba
Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark
Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea
Estonia Finland France
Gambia Germany Ghana
Greece Guinea Hungary
Iceland Iraq Italy
Japan Kazakhstan Kiribati
Kuwait Latvia Lebanon
Liberia Libya Liechtenstein
Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia (FYROM)
Mali Malta Mexico
Moldova Monaco Mongolia
Montenegro Morocco Myanmar [Burma]
Nauru Netherlands New Zealand (from 21 November 2016)
Niger Nigeria North Korea
Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea
Poland Portugal Qatar
Romania Russian Federation San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal
Serbia Sierra Leone Slovakia
Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia
South Sudan Spain Sudan
Suriname Sweden Switzerland
Syria Taiwan Tonga
Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom United States of America Uzbekistan
Vatican City Viet Nam Yemen

 

Source: SouthAfrica.Info