No visa needed

Do citizens of Peru need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of Peru 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 Peru: the passport opens 91 countries visa-free; Lima — Gaborone: ≈ 10,720 km, about 14 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 Peru passport?

Yes, citizens of Peru 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 Peru passport you can visit 91 countries visa-free, 34 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 30 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Peru passport ranks 66th of 199.
Peru passport: visa-free access to 91 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of Peru and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 27 countries, for example: Ecuador, Panama, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Brazil, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Barbados, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Bahamas.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Peru. Peru visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

Lima — Gaborone: about 10,720 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 14 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Lima 12:00 — Gaborone 19:00.
Local currency: Botswanan Pula.
Languages: English and Tswana.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BWP 14.
Botswana is the 80th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Peru.