No visa needed

Do citizens of Norway need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of Norway 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 Norway: the passport opens 118 countries visa-free; null — Gaborone: ≈ 9,510 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 Norway passport?

Yes, citizens of Norway 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 Norway passport you can visit 118 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Norway passport ranks 27th of 199.
Norway passport: visa-free access to 118 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of Norway and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 36 countries, for example: Kosovo, Georgia, Gambia, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Angola, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Norway. Norway visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

null — Gaborone: about 9,510 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12.5 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 164th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Norway.