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Palau visa for citizens of Botswana

Citizens of Botswana get a Palau visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Botswana: the passport opens 46 countries visa-free; Gaborone — Ngerulmud: ≈ 12,240 km, about 16 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Palau without a visa on a Botswana passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Botswana get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Palau 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; Palau passport: 68.
Citizens of Botswana and Palau can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Zambia, Angola, Seychelles, Kosovo, Malaysia, Singapore, Russia, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica, Philippines, Ecuador, Haiti, and Panama.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Palau, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Botswana. Botswana visa for citizens of Palau

Travelling to Palau: good to know

Gaborone — Ngerulmud: about 12,240 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Gaborone 12:00 — Ngerulmud 19:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: English and Palauan.
Palau is the 172nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Botswana.