No visa needed

Do citizens of Botswana need a visa for Tanzania?

Citizens of Botswana don’t need a visa for Tanzania 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 — Dodoma: ≈ 2,310 km, about 3.5 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 Tanzania without a visa on a Botswana passport?

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

Tanzania 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; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of Botswana and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 37 countries, for example: South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Benin.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, don’t need a visa for Botswana. Botswana visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Gaborone — Dodoma: about 2,310 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Gaborone 12:00 — Dodoma 13:00.
Local currency: Tanzanian Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TZS 2,645.
Tanzania is the 10th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Botswana.