Maun is the second-largest village in Botswana. As of 2022, it had a population of 85,293. Maun is the "tourism capital" of Botswana and the administrative centre of Ngamiland district. Francistown an
Maun from the air
Maun Airport (top) and Mack Air aircraft at Maun Airport (bottom).
The Okavango Delta or Okavango Grassland is a vast inland delta in Botswana formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough at an elevation of 930–1,000 m in the central part of the endorhei
Maun, Botswana
…Francistown and Maun are linked by the A3 highway. Maun is also the headquarters of numerous safari and air-charter operations who run trips into the Okavango Delta. Although officially still a village, Maun has developed rapidly from a rural frontier town and spread along the Thamalakane River. It now has shopping…
The Okavango basin from above
Typical region in the Okavango Delta, with free canals and lakes, swamps and islands
Shinde Lagoon, seen from the air
Aerial view of delta as floodwaters recede, August 2012