Maun, Botswana
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Maun is the fifth-largest town in Botswana. As of 2011, it had a population of 55,784. Maun is the "tourism capital" of Botswana and the administrative centre of Ngamiland district. 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.
Maun from the air
Maun Airport (top) and Mack Air aircraft at Maun Airport (bottom).
Sedia Hotel in Maun
Image: Maun Airport
Okavango Delta
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The Okavango Delta in Botswana is a vast inland delta formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough at an altitude of 930–1,000 m in the central part of the endorheic basin of the Kalahari.
Satellite image (SeaWiFS) of Okavango Delta, with national borders added
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