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District · Maun

Old Maun

Older buildings and the Nhabe Museum; a short car ride from the Main Mall.

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Key facts

Suits
The museum and a slower look at the old town
Sights here
1
Eats here
1

What it's like

Feels:
Older, quieter streets and the museum
Suits:
The museum and a slower look at the old town
Best time:
Weekday mornings
Watch out for:
Going without a car.
In short:
Older buildings and the Nhabe Museum; a short car ride from the Main Mall.

About these names

Streets are hard to walk and signs are few: give your driver a lodge name or a landmark, and expect to take a car between areas.

Maun is a long, flat town along the Thamalakane River. The Main Mall and the shops are in the middle; Old Maun and its museum are to the west; the riverside lodges are along the river; the airport road runs east. Most lodges are 5–15 minutes by car from each other.

Where exactly

This district is highlighted. Shapes follow this guide's walking areas and places, not official boundaries.

Old Maun on the Maun mapTap an area for what it is like and who it suits. Shapes follow this guide’s walking areas and places, not official boundaries.
Thamalakane riverside · $$Town centre · $$

Old Maun

see

Older buildings and the Nhabe Museum; a short car ride from the Main Mall.

Suits: The museum and a slower look at the old town

On the map: Nhabe Museum

District guideWalk: Old Maun and the museumIn the districts table

Off the map: Maun Airport (MUB) (15–35 min by the usual route).

Not drawn yet (no coordinates in this guide): Matlapaneng and the bridge area (north-east), Villages along the Delta edge. See the table above.

Where’s what, as a list:

  • Main Mall and town centre: Banks, supermarkets, a pharmacy and the taxi rank; the practical heart of town. Suits: Cash, supplies, first and last nights. Price band $$.
  • Old Maun: Older buildings and the Nhabe Museum; a short car ride from the Main Mall. Suits: The museum and a slower look at the old town.
  • Thamalakane riverfront: Riverside lodges, the old bridge and the braai restaurants; go before dark. Suits: Sunset, birds and a quiet bed. Price band $$.
  • Airport road: Coffee shops, charter desks and the airport; a good last stop before a flight. Suits: The last morning and scenic flights.
  • Matlapaneng and the bridge area (north-east): Backpackers, campsites and lodges on the Shorobe road; you need a car or a lodge transfer. Suits: Lodges and campsites on the river, about 10 km out (check).
  • Villages along the Delta edge: Reached on sand roads; go with an operator, not on your own. Suits: Local life, mokoro stations.
  • Sleep area Thamalakane riverside: suits Sunset, birds and a quiet bed, price band $$.
  • Sleep area Town centre: suits Cash, supplies, first and last nights, price band $$.
  • Maun Airport (MUB), 15–35 min by the usual route.

Stay here?

Not a base in this guide

No sleep area here has scores. The best-placed bases are Main Mall and town centre, Thamalakane riverfront.

See

Opening hours and prices from each place page; (check) means typical hours, not yet verified.

  • Nhabe MuseumGo

    The local museum with exhibits on the people and wildlife of the Okavango: a short cultural stop that fits a hot midday.

    Hours:
    Desk estimate: weekday day hours; confirm.(check)
    Entry:
    BWP 30–80 (2026 estimate)

Eat

What to order and what locals pay, from each eat page. Prices are estimates; check the menu.

  • Seswaa and pap lunch, local canteen

    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.

    Order: Seswaa: With pap and greens.

    Price: A plate is BWP 45–70 for locals.

Getting there and around

Where to get off

  • Museum gate, by taxi · for Nhabe Museum
  • Old Maun or the town centre, by taxi · 5 min walk to Seswaa and pap lunch, local canteen

Walks inside the district

  • Nhabe Museum → Seswaa and pap lunch: 10–13 min on foot (Walk)

On to the next area

From other sleep areas

  • From Thamalakane riverside: 31–40 min walk to Old Maun and the museum
  • From Town centre: 19–25 min walk to Old Maun and the museum

Minutes are this guide’s typical walking and ride times (p50–p90); traffic and heat stretch them.

Safety at night and noise

  • Old Maunday: oknight: caution

    Quiet streets; go by car.

Nearby districts

Built from this guide’s Maun districts table, place, eat and sleep pages, route graph and city notes. Hours, prices and rules change: anything marked (check) is typical, not verified. checked: 2026-09.