No visa needed

Do citizens of Botswana need a visa for Brazil?

Citizens of Botswana don’t need a visa for Brazil 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 Botswana: the passport opens 46 countries visa-free; Gaborone — Brasília: ≈ 7,680 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 Brazil without a visa on a Botswana passport?

Yes, citizens of Botswana don’t need a visa for Brazil for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Brazil visa rules at a glance

With a Botswana passport you can visit 46 countries visa-free, 20 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 90 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Botswana passport ranks 108th of 199.
Botswana passport: visa-free access to 46 countries; Brazil passport: 110.
Citizens of Botswana and Brazil can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Angola, Mauritius, Seychelles, Kosovo, Georgia, Malaysia, Singapore, Russia, Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Citizens of Brazil, in turn, don’t need a visa for Botswana. Botswana visa for citizens of Brazil

Travelling to Brazil: good to know

Gaborone — Brasília: about 7,680 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −5 hours.
Local time: Gaborone 12:00 — Brasília 07:00.
Local currency: Brazilian Real.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ R$5.18.
Brazil is the 85th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Botswana.