No visa needed

Do citizens of Botswana need a visa for Namibia?

Citizens of Botswana don’t need a visa for Namibia 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 — Windhoek: ≈ 930 km, about 1.5 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 Namibia without a visa on a Botswana passport?

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

Namibia 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; Namibia passport: 43.
Citizens of Botswana and Namibia can travel together visa-free to 38 countries, for example: South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, Benin, Gambia, and Kosovo.
A language both countries share: English.
Botswana and Namibia share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Namibia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Botswana. Botswana visa for citizens of Namibia

Travelling to Namibia: good to know

Gaborone — Windhoek: about 930 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Namibian Dollar and South African Rand.
Languages: Afrikaans, German, English, and Herero.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ NAD 16.
Namibia is the 6th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Botswana.