Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Author Tip
Allocate as much time as you can to the delta, allowing you to experience a mix of iconic experiences, from ex-
clusive fly-in lodges to
mokoro
trips and self-driving excursions.
Maun
POP 65,700
As the main gateway to the Okavango Delta, Maun (pronounced 'mau-UUnn') is Bot-
swana's primary tourism hub. With good accommodation and a reliably mad mix of bush
pilots, tourists, campers, volunteers and luxury safari-philes, it's a decent enough base for
a day or two, though it's earned something of a reputation for petty crime. The town itself
has little going for it - it's strung out over kilometres with not much of a discernible
centre - but some of the hotels and camps have lovely riverside vantage points.
Sights
MUSEUM
Nhabe Museum
( 686 1346; Sir Seretse Khama Rd; 9am-4.30pm Mon-Sat)
This small and simple
museum is housed in a historic building built by the British military in 1939 and used dur-
ing WWII as a surveillance post keeping tabs on the German presence in Namibia. The
museum offers a few displays about the history of the Ngamiland district (the subdistrict
of northwestern Botswana where the Okavango Delta is located) and some temporary ex-
hibitions of photography, basket weaving and art. Donations are welcome. The museum
also houses the Bailey Arts Centre, which allows local artists to produce and sell baskets,
screen prints, paintings and pottery, among other things.
