No visa needed

Do citizens of Costa Rica need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica: the passport opens 90 countries visa-free; San José — Gaborone: ≈ 12,480 km, about 16 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 Costa Rica passport?

Yes, citizens of Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica passport you can visit 90 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 29 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Costa Rica passport ranks 67th of 199.
Costa Rica passport: visa-free access to 90 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of Costa Rica and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 27 countries, for example: Panama, Belize, Jamaica, Ecuador, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Guyana, and Brazil.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Costa Rica. Costa Rica visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

San José — Gaborone: about 12,480 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +8 hours.
Local time: San José 12:00 — Gaborone 20:00.
Local currency: Botswanan Pula.
Languages: English and Tswana.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BWP 14.
Botswana is the 129th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Costa Rica.