Cluster · Maun
Old Maun and the museum
A quiet, shaded cluster with the local museum and craft shops: a good mid-day stop when the heat peaks.
Key facts
- 28″ bags
- ok
- Time budget
- 90m
- Rescue coverage
- 100% ≤7′
- max p90 6.4′
- Places
- 1
- 2 sleep areas in reach
Rules in force · 10Nine African countries on this site have no trip line bec…Across the subregion, plan every road leg to arrive befor…Camp flights use soft bags under a weight limit
- Africa ↗When a route touches a yellow-fever country — even a transit of 12 hours or more — keep the original yellow card (ICVP) in your hand luggage; health desks and airlines can refuse boarding or entry without it.
- Africa ↗Nine African countries on this site have no trip line because governments advise against travel; several others have no-go regions. Read your government's advice for every country on the route before paying deposits.
- Southern Africa ↗A rental car may leave its home country only with the rental company's cross-border letter, the registration papers and paid road taxes at each post; driving into Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique or Angola without them ends at the border.
- Southern Africa ↗Across the subregion, plan every road leg to arrive before sunset: livestock, wildlife, pedestrians and unlit trucks make night driving the main cause of serious visitor accidents.
- Botswana ↗Check visa and entry rules for your passport on official Botswana government sources before booking; most Western passports are visa-exempt, others use the Botswana e-visa.
- Botswana ↗Light-aircraft transfers limit luggage by weight and require soft bags; confirm the limit with your camp or operator before packing.
- Botswana ↗Self-driving in Moremi, Chobe and the Central Kalahari needs a properly equipped 4x4, booked campsites and experience in sand driving.
- Okavango Delta ↗Light-aircraft transfers limit luggage by weight and require soft bags; confirm the limit with your camp or operator before packing.
- Maun ↗Camp flights use soft bags under a weight limit: repack before you fly, and leave the extra bag at your Maun lodge.
- Maun ↗After dark, stay away from the riverbank and the lodge grounds' edges: hippos, crocodiles and elephants move through Maun.
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Map to the centre
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Plan
How the ground walks, and what is here
Bound and physics
The older residential streets around the Nhabe Museum — a small, low-traffic area.
- Slope
- flat
- Stairs
- None
- Shade
- medium
- Surface
- sand and patched tar
- Sleep here or visit
- both
Eat and drink here
Botswana's celebration meat, pounded beef with pap and greens, at a local canteen in Old Maun or the town centre; a lunch of 45 minutes, best before 13:30 when the pot is full.Botswana's celebration meat, pounded beef with pap and greens, at a local canteen in Old Maun or the town centre; a lunch of 45 minutes, best before 1:30 PM when the pot is full.
On the ground
Where to rest, how to leave, where to sleep nearby
Rescue anchors
A rescue anchor is a spot where you can stop and recover if the walk goes wrong: a bench, a café, a toilet. Every letter on the map is one anchor, and each has a card below. We check that any point in the cluster is within about 7 minutes’ walk of one, so you are never far from somewhere to sit down.
Lettered circles: rescue anchors (green works in any conditions, amber only on hot days). Dashed outline: the cluster. Red dots: spots more than 7 min from any anchor. Drag to move; click the map, then scroll to zoom.
Museum courtyard (shade, field-verify)
Toilet · Shelter from rain · Food & drink · works in any conditions
Craft shop with seating
Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions
Café on the main road (AC, field-verify)
ac · Food & drink · works in any conditions
Bench under trees
Place to sit · Toilet · works in any conditions
Guesthouse garden café
ac · Place to sit · works in any conditions
100% of the cluster is within 7 min of an anchor in any conditions (slowest walker, worst cell 6.4 min) · 100% on hot days
Nodes in this cluster
- The local museum with exhibits on the people and wildlife of the Okavango: a short cultural stop that fits a hot midday.
Edges out
| To | How | p50 | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Mall | Walk to Main Mall | ~20 min | flat |
| Thamalakane riverfront | Car to Thamalakane riverfront | ~11 min | flat |
| Airport road | Car to Airport road | ~12 min | flat |
Sleep within reach
- Thamalakane riverside — 31–40 min
- Town centre — 19–25 min
Deep dive
Around this cluster
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.