No visa needed

Do citizens of Venezuela need a visa for Botswana?

Citizens of Venezuela 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 Venezuela: the passport opens 70 countries visa-free; Caracas — Gaborone: ≈ 10,770 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 Venezuela passport?

Yes, citizens of Venezuela 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 Venezuela passport you can visit 70 countries visa-free, 35 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 49 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Venezuela passport ranks 92nd of 199.
Venezuela passport: visa-free access to 70 countries; Botswana passport: 46.
Citizens of Venezuela and Botswana can travel together visa-free to 20 countries, for example: Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, Brazil, Kosovo, Russia, South Africa, Fiji, Kiribati, and Seychelles.
Citizens of Botswana, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Venezuela. Venezuela visa for citizens of Botswana

Travelling to Botswana: good to know

Caracas — Gaborone: about 10,770 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 14 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Caracas 12:00 — Gaborone 18:00.
Local currency: Botswanan Pula.
Languages: English and Tswana.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BWP 14.
Botswana is the 119th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Venezuela.