No visa needed

Do citizens of Cuba need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of Cuba 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 Cuba: the passport opens 27 countries visa-free; Havana — Gaborone: ≈ 12,810 km, about 16.5 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 Cuba passport?

Yes, citizens of Cuba 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 Cuba passport you can visit 27 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 50 with an e-visa; 95 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Cuba passport ranks 153rd of 199.
Cuba passport: visa-free access to 27 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of Cuba and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 17 countries, for example: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guyana, Russia, Kiribati, Fiji, Namibia, Micronesia, Vanuatu, and Seychelles.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Cuba. Cuba visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

Havana — Gaborone: about 12,810 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Havana 12:00 — Gaborone 18:00.
Local currency: Botswanan Pula.
Languages: English and Tswana.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BWP 14.
Botswana is the 155th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Cuba.