Do South African citizens need a visa to visit Peru?

Q: Do South African citizens need a visa to visit Peru?

No visa needed — tourist stay. South Africa passport holders are exonerated from the tourist-visa requirement for Peru and can enter visa-free up to 90 days (extendable once for the same period, within 365 days of first entry), per the official MFA visa-exoneration table for ordinary passports.

Visiting Peru: South African citizen → Peru

🇿🇦 nationality: South Africa🇿🇦 lives in: South Africa🇵🇪 going to: Peruupdated 2026-07-16

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No visa needed — tourist stay

South Africa passport holders are exonerated from the tourist-visa requirement for Peru and can enter visa-free up to 90 days (extendable once for the same period, within 365 days of first entry), per the official MFA visa-exoneration table for ordinary passports.

The bottom line

Your passport must be valid for at least six months; if it does not meet this requirement you will not be allowed to enter Peru.
Separately, Decreto Supremo N° 061-2016-RE lets visa-nationals who hold permanent residence in Mexico, Chile or the United States enter Peru as tourists without a visa — confirm the conditions before you travel.

No step-by-step guide for this exact situation yet. The summary above is our rule-based guidance — deliberately conservative, and grounded in the official policy, but not a full source-checked document-and-timeline plan like our verified guides.

For the exact documents, fees and processing time, confirm on the official source →

Confirm the conditions for your passport on the official visa-information page →

Verified Peru guides

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🇨🇳 China (in United States) → PeruVisit (visa-free with US residence)

🇪🇬 Egypt → PeruTourist visa (Visa de turismo) — consular

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