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.
Map to the centre
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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 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
Rescue anchors
A — Museum courtyard (shade, field-verify)
toilet · shelter · food · valid: always
B — Craft shop with seating (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
C — Café on the main road (AC, field-verify)
ac · food · valid: always
D — Bench under trees (field-verify)
seated_rest · toilet · valid: always
E — Guesthouse garden café (field-verify)
ac · seated_rest · valid: always
always: 100% covered, max p90 6.4′, worst cell 6.4′ · heat: 100%
Nodes in this cluster
- Nhabe Museum — The local museum with exhibits on the people and wildlife of the Okavango: a short cultural stop that fits a hot midday.
Edges out (directed)
- Main Mall
- Walk to Main Mall · ~20 min
- Thamalakane riverfront
- Car to Thamalakane riverfront · ~11 min
- Airport road
- Car to Airport road · ~12 min
Sleep within reach
- Thamalakane riverside — 31–40 min
- Town centre — 19–25 min
Red lines here
Around this cluster
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.