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Visa-Free destinations for South Africans
IGO TRAVEL | 12 June 2018
Visa-Free destinations for South Africans
Feel like taking a holiday last minute but don’t have the time to wait for a visa? Why not try a visa-free destination. South Africa has ranked 47th on the list with a visa-free score of 94; an improvement on the 90 countries open to South Africans in 2017.
In 2018 a few countries have been added; or have changes to their visa classifications (from visa on arrival to visa free).
Specifically, Angola, Mauritius, Micronesia, Russia, Qatar as well as Senegal are now visa-free; while Gabon has been added as a visa on arrival destination, along with Ghana and Turkey. Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) is now an Electronic Travel Authority destination.
These are the countries South African passport holders can access without a visa:
Visa-free entry
| Angola | Georgia | Malaysia | Singapore |
| Antigua & Barbuda | Grenada | Mauritius | South Korea |
| Argentina | Guatemala | Micronesia | St Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Bahamas | Guyana | Mozambique | Swaziland |
| Barbados | Haiti | Namibia | Tanzania |
| Belize | Honduras | Nicaragua | Thailand |
| Benin | Hong Kong | Palestinian territories | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Botswana | Indonesia | Panama | Tunisia |
| Brazil | Ireland | Paraguay | Uruguay |
| Chile | Israel | Peru | Vanuatu |
| Costa Rica | Jamaica | Philippines | Venezuela |
| Dominica | Kenya | Qatar (Visa waiver on arrival) | |
| Dominican Republic | Kosovo | Russian Federation | Zimbabwe |
| Ecuador | Lesotho | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Zambia |
| El Salvador | Macao | Saint Lucia | |
| Fiji | Malawi | Senegal |
Visa on arrival
| Armenia | Ghana | Marshall Islands | Tajikistan |
| Bolivia | Guinea-Bissau | Mauritania | Timor-Leste |
| Cambodia | Iran | Nepal | Togo |
| Cape Verde | Jordan | Oman | Turkey |
| Comoros | Kyrgyzstan | Palau | Tuvalu |
| Djibouti | Laos | Rwanda | Uganda |
| Ethiopia | Madagascar | Samoa | |
| Gabon | Maldives | Seychelles (visitor’s permit) |
Electronic Travel Authority (eTA) entry
| Ivory Coast | India | Sri Lanka |
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