No visa needed

Do citizens of Papua New Guinea need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea: the passport opens 37 countries visa-free; Port Moresby — Gaborone: ≈ 12,600 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 Papua New Guinea passport?

Yes, citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea passport you can visit 37 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 83 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Papua New Guinea passport ranks 129th of 199.
Papua New Guinea passport: visa-free access to 37 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Micronesia, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Seychelles, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Lesotho.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

Port Moresby — Gaborone: about 12,600 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −9 hours.
Local time: Port Moresby 12:00 — Gaborone 03:00.
Local currency: Botswanan Pula.
Languages: English and Tswana.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BWP 14.
Botswana is the 77th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.