No visa needed

Do citizens of Botswana need a visa for Panama?

Citizens of Botswana don’t need a visa for Panama 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 — Panama City: ≈ 11,980 km, about 15.5 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 Panama without a visa on a Botswana passport?

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

Panama 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; Panama passport: 88.
Citizens of Botswana and Panama can travel together visa-free to 26 countries, for example: South Africa, Zambia, Angola, Seychelles, Kosovo, Georgia, Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore, Russia, Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Saint Lucia.
Citizens of Panama, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Botswana. Botswana visa for citizens of Panama

Travelling to Panama: good to know

Gaborone — Panama City: about 11,980 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 15.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −7 hours.
Local time: Gaborone 12:00 — Panama City 05:00.
Local currency: Panamanian Balboa and US Dollar.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PAB 1.00.
Panama is the 169th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Botswana.