No visa needed

Do citizens of the Vatican City need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of the Vatican City 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 the Vatican City: the passport opens 92 countries visa-free; Vatican City — Gaborone: ≈ 7,530 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 Vatican City passport?

Yes, citizens of the Vatican City 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 Vatican City passport you can visit 92 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 34 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Vatican City passport ranks 65th of 199.
Vatican City passport: visa-free access to 92 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of the Vatican City and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 26 countries, for example: Kosovo, Georgia, Gambia, Angola, Zambia, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Eswatini, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Haiti, and Mauritius.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Vatican City. Vatican City visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

Vatican City — Gaborone: about 7,530 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 128th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Vatican City.