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| Maun | ||
| Country | Northwest | |
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| Residents | under 60,000 | |
other value for residents on Wikidata: 57067   | ||
| height | 927 m | |
| Tourist information Tel | 267 6860376 (DWNP) | |
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Maun, pronounced "Ma'ūn," is a locality founded in 1915 Botswana and as a gateway to Okavango Delta as a transit station of tourist interest.
background
The widely spread urban area is traversed by the Thamalakane River. The airfield is right on the edge of the city center (Mathiba I. Rd.). The district on the eastern bank is called Boseja. The main roads are Tsheke Tsheko Rd. From the central roundabout to the southwest, Sekgoma Rd. To the southeast and Sir Seretse Khama Rd. To the north, and Moeti Rd. To the northwest to the airfield.
getting there
By plane
The
is 2015 by Air Botswana (Maun booking office, Tel .: 6860391) once a day Gaborone served. The company also flies directly to it Cape Town (2x a week) and daily from / to Johannesburg. The latter route also flies Airlink. With Air Namibia one arrives twice a week Windhoek, one of them is Maun a stopover from / to Victoria Falls.
Tour operators, in or near the airport, offer sightseeing flights as “air charter”, also by helicopter, over the delta and possibly other nearby national parks. The pricing of such offers is highly individual. A one-hour sightseeing flight in a propeller plane for 3-5 passengers costs at least P 2000, plus an airport tax per passenger. MackAir also flies longer distances with small planes.
By bus
The 2 Bus station is located at the shopping centers of the Mall on Tsheke Tsheko Rd.
The buses in Gaborone leave early in the morning. The travel time is 9-10 hours. Buses off Kasane with change in Nata (from direction Chobe National Park) as well as from Francistown take about five hours.
You can get from / to Namibia by changing trains in Ghanzi (4 hours), then 3½ to the border at Charles Hill / Mamuno.
Local minibuses (“combis”) serve fixed routes, but usually only leave when full. Route 1 goes to the airfield and accommodations in Matlapaneng.
In the street
The A3 trunk road bends at the roundabout, i.e. it leads from the Tsheke Tsheko in the Sekgoma Round further.
mobility
Dynamic cardsThe center of the place is small enough to walk.
activities
- Maun Game Reserve (Maun Educational Park), on the right bank of the Thamalakane River still in the urban area.
- Crocodile Farm. Possibility to row in the dugout canoe for bird watching.Price: Entry US 2.
- Also serves as a community center for events. The attached Arts Center sells handicrafts aimed at tourists.
shop
In the city center in the Mall.
kitchen
accommodation
- Maun Lodge. Tel.: 267 (0)21 855 0821.Luxury hotel, all rooms with air conditioning.
- Directly at Mall and bus station.
- 2 Motsebe Backpackers, Plot 11159 Koro Rd., Wenela, Maun. Tel.: 267 (0)686 0803, Email: [email protected]. Open: 7.00-21.30; check-out: 11.00 a.m.Price: Camping: P 100; Furnished tents: in 3-person p.p .: 180; Doubles: 460-560 per tent.Shared showers, cooking facilities. About 3 km from the town center, between the north end of the airport and the river. (Operates Mokolobi in the capital.)
Numerous Lodges are scattered around the village of Matlapaneng, about ten kilometers northeast of the city center. This can be reached by minibuses (departure when full).
- Old Bridge Backpackers. Tel.: 267 (0)6862406, Email: [email protected]. Open: Restaurant 7.00 a.m.-8.30 p.m.Price: Camping P 70, dormitory 155, double 175-260 (until 1.12.16).. Ten “furnished tents.” Run that too Maun Rest Camp.
- . In front of that is the Afro-i-Trek-Cafe.
- 4 Crocodile Camp, Plot 244, Airport Road. Tel.: 267 (0)680 0222, Fax: 267 (0)680 1256, Email: [email protected].About 12 km direction on Shorobe Rd., Direction Moremi and Chobe. Upscale “chalets” but also guarded campsites.
security
A corresponding number of petty criminals lie in wait for the numerous tourists passing through. A scene with male prostitutes has developed in recent years.[1]
health
Practical advice
The local banks, Standard & Chartered is next to the post office, seem to offer better rates than the private exchange offices.
The German honorary consulate is held in the business premises of
with operated. The areas of responsibility are the districts of Ngamiland, Chobe and Ghanzi. Emergency number for the rescue helicopters (membership P 175) operating throughout Northern Botswana: 995.
The post office on Tsheke Tsheko Rd., Near the Mall, is also open on Saturday mornings.
trips
Please refer: Okavango Delta. The Department of Wildlife and National Parks has a branch right next to the police station. Accommodation in the park can also be booked in the annex there (Tel .: 6860376; Fax: 6863049).
The Moremi Wildlife Park is 80 km away.
Web links
- Accommodation agency with accommodation overview: Dumela Botswana (Tour operator)
