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Here's where South Africans can travel without a visa

14 October 2016

South Africa has the most powerful passport on the African continent, with its citizens 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 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 ranks at 48 - in the top-50 most powerful passports in the world.

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

SouthAfrica.info reporter
Updated 14 October 2016

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