No visa needed

Do citizens of Croatia need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of Croatia 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 Croatia: the passport opens 119 countries visa-free; Zagreb — Gaborone: ≈ 7,900 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 Croatia passport?

Yes, citizens of Croatia 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 Croatia 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 Croatia passport ranks 21st of 199.
Croatia passport: visa-free access to 119 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of Croatia and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Kosovo, Georgia, Gambia, Angola, Seychelles, Zambia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Africa, Grenada, Eswatini, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Croatia. Croatia visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

Zagreb — Gaborone: about 7,900 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 135th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Croatia.