No visa needed

Do citizens of Guyana need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of Guyana 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 Guyana: the passport opens 51 countries visa-free; Georgetown — Gaborone: ≈ 9,730 km, about 12.5 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 Guyana passport?

Yes, citizens of Guyana 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 Guyana passport you can visit 51 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 45 with an e-visa; 76 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Guyana passport ranks 104th of 199.
Guyana passport: visa-free access to 51 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of Guyana and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 38 countries, for example: Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Jamaica, Ecuador, Brazil, Bahamas, and Belize.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, don’t need a visa for Guyana. Guyana visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

Georgetown — Gaborone: about 9,730 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Georgetown 12:00 — Gaborone 18:00.
Local currency: Botswanan Pula.
Languages: English and Tswana.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BWP 14.
Botswana is the 112th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Guyana.