No visa needed

Do citizens of San Marino need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of San Marino 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 San Marino: the passport opens 103 countries visa-free; San Marino — Gaborone: ≈ 7,750 km, about 10 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 San Marino passport?

Yes, citizens of San Marino 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 San Marino passport you can visit 103 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 24 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the San Marino passport ranks 49th of 199.
San Marino passport: visa-free access to 103 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of San Marino and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 30 countries, for example: Kosovo, Georgia, Gambia, Kenya, Zambia, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, South Africa, Dominican Republic, and Eswatini.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to San Marino. San Marino visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

San Marino — Gaborone: about 7,750 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10 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 133rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of San Marino.