No visa needed

Do citizens of Austria need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of Austria don’t need a visa for Botswana and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Austria: the passport opens 119 countries visa-free; Vienna — Gaborone: ≈ 8,160 km, about 10.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Botswana without a visa on a Austria passport?

Yes, citizens of Austria don’t need a visa for Botswana for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Botswana visa rules at a glance

With a Austria passport you can visit 119 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Austria passport ranks 21st of 199.
Austria passport: visa-free access to 119 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of Austria and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 34 countries, for example: Kosovo, Georgia, Gambia, Angola, Seychelles, Zambia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Austria. Austria visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

Vienna — Gaborone: about 8,160 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Botswanan Pula.
Languages: English and Tswana.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BWP 14.
Botswana is the 138th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Austria.