What the Togo visa rules mean for South Africa travellers
South Africa citizens can enter Togo without a visa and stay for up to 30 days. You only need a valid South Africa passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 30-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Togo applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK government says your passport must be valid for at least 3 months after the date you plan to leave Togo. Togo Voyage asks visa applicants for a passport valid for three months longer than the visa requested.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: The UK government says you must have a yellow fever vaccination certificate to enter Togo.
- Travel insurance: Togo Voyage lists travel insurance as optional, though strongly recommended, among the documents for an eVisa application, and says travel or medical insurance is strongly recommended. No official source we could read m…
- Return or onward ticket: Togo Voyage says visa applicants arriving by air must provide a flight booking or a copy of their ticket with the eVisa application.
Togo entry rules compared
Togo lets 53 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 145. South Africa citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana and Burkina Faso. Overall the South Africa passport ranks #96 in the world with 61 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a South Africa passport you can also visit 16 countries in the region without a visa, including Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cape Verde, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho and Mauritius.
In the other direction, Togo citizens need a visa to visit South Africa.