No visa needed

Do citizens of Paraguay need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of Paraguay 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 Paraguay: the passport opens 86 countries visa-free; Asunción — Gaborone: ≈ 8,260 km, about 11 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 Paraguay passport?

Yes, citizens of Paraguay 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 Paraguay passport you can visit 86 countries visa-free, 34 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 32 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Paraguay passport ranks 70th of 199.
Paraguay passport: visa-free access to 86 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of Paraguay and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Brazil, Ecuador, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Panama, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Belize, Bahamas, South Africa, Kosovo, Mauritius, and Seychelles.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Paraguay. Paraguay visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

Asunción — Gaborone: about 8,260 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 11 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +5 hours.
Local time: Asunción 12:00 — Gaborone 17:00.
Local currency: Botswanan Pula.
Languages: English and Tswana.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BWP 14.
Botswana is the 60th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Paraguay.