Cluster · Maun
Main Mall
The errands cluster: ATMs, groceries, SIM cards and phone shops; do it on arrival day before you fly to a camp, not on the way out.
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Rules in force · 6Camp flights use soft bags under a weight limit
- Botswana ↗Check visa and entry rules for your passport on official Botswana government sources before booking.
- 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.
Walking weather, next 5 days
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Bound and physics
The Main Mall and the shopping streets around it — Maun's central business strip.
- Slope
- flat
- Stairs
- None
- Shade
- low
- Surface
- tar and sand verges
- Sleep here or visit
- both
Rescue anchors
A — Main Mall courtyard (shade, field-verify)
toilet · shelter · food · valid: always
B — Bank branch with ATM (AC, field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
C — Supermarket entrance (AC, field-verify)
ac · food · valid: always
D — Coffee shop, mall side (AC, field-verify)
seated_rest · toilet · valid: always
E — Petrol station shop (field-verify)
ac · seated_rest · valid: always
always: 100% covered, max p90 6.4′, worst cell 6.4′ · heat: 100%
Nodes in this cluster
- Main Mall and grocery stops — The place to get cash, water, snacks and a local SIM before a camp flight: allow 45 minutes and do it on your first afternoon.
Edges out (directed)
- Thamalakane riverfront
- Walk to Thamalakane riverfront · ~26 min
- Airport road
- Walk to Airport road · ~23 min
- Old Maun and the museum
- Walk to Old Maun and the museum · ~20 min
Sleep within reach
- Thamalakane riverside — 27–35 min
- Town centre — 2–4 min
Red lines here
Around this cluster
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.