No visa needed

Do citizens of Chile need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of Chile 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 Chile: the passport opens 105 countries visa-free; Santiago — Gaborone: ≈ 9,090 km, about 12 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 Chile passport?

Yes, citizens of Chile 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 Chile passport you can visit 105 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 38 with an e-visa; 22 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Chile passport ranks 46th of 199.
Chile passport: visa-free access to 105 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of Chile and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Belize.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Chile. Chile visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

Santiago — Gaborone: about 9,090 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +5 hours.
Local time: Santiago 12:00 — Gaborone 17:00.
Local currency: Botswanan Pula.
Languages: English and Tswana.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BWP 14.
Botswana is the 53rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Chile.