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About MAUN
City Maun in Botswana - The Tourist Capital
Third largest town in Botswana, City Maun in Botswana accommodates around 50,000 people. An eclectic mix of modern buildings and native huts, Maun is known as tourism capital of the country Botswana. Officially a village, it has grown quite rapidly into a frontier town alongside the Thamalakane River and is about 30 Kilometres from Toteng.
Accommodation
Maun river cottage, Newark bed and breakfast, guest houses, budget hotels and cheap youth hostels are some of the main accommodations in the town. One can stay in the resorts, apartments on rent and bush camps are also available for travellers and visitors.
Brief History
Maun was founded in 1915 as the tribal capital of Batawana people and earned a reputation as the hard living Wild West town with cattle ranches and hunting operations. Growth of tourism industry in the early 1990s opened the path of rapid growth of the city. Name Maun refers to “the place of short reeds”.
Getting Around
A regional Trans-shipment hub for trade and commerce and safari centre with burgeoning mineral exploration camps in northwest Botswana. Tourists often fly in the Maun International Airport and hire 4X4 for camping and game viewing in the parks or fly to Okavango Delta or the Makgadikgadi. Barclays, First National, Standard Chartered are the main banks in the town. Guide books are available at tourism centres or online.
Popular Places and Monuments
Located at the entrance of the town, Maun industrial park is home for Aliboats, Mullbridge transporters and United Development among other business houses. Okavango Delta and the Makgadikgadi are two most popular places for visiting by air.
Places of Entertainment
Headquarters of numerous safaris and air charter operations running trips into Okavango Delta, Maun has a wide variety of natural sites for the visitors. Shopping centres, hotels, lodges, car hire facilities are all available despite its rural flavour.
Major Chain supermarkets are Shoprite, Score, and Spar. A few retail auto parts stores are also available. Many service stores and welding venues are located in the town. Shops like Cosmos offering house hold goods and electronics are other attractions. Major Chain supermarkets are Shoprite, Score, and Spar. A few retail auto parts stores are also available. Many service stores and welding venues are located in the town.
Shops like Cosmos offering house hold goods and electronics are other attractions. Excellent mobile phone services at about 20-25 kilometres radius is available but is dependent on weather.
Currency
Currency in circulation in Maun in Botswana is the Botswana Pula with the code name of BWP. Currently one Botswana Pula comes to around 0.14388 US dollars. Since the rates continue to fluctuate it would be good to have a look at the financial news or journals to learn about the current exchange rates with all major currencies.
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Third largest town in Botswana, City Maun in Botswana accommodates around 50,000 people. An eclectic mix of modern buildings and native huts, Maun is known as tourism capital of the country Botswana. Officially a village, it has grown quite rapidly into a frontier town alongside the Thamalakane River and is about 30 Kilometres from Toteng.
Accommodation
Maun river cottage, Newark bed and breakfast, guest houses, budget hotels and cheap youth hostels are some of the main accommodations in the town. One can stay in the resorts, apartments on rent and bush camps are also available for travellers and visitors.
Brief History
Maun was founded in 1915 as the tribal capital of Batawana people and earned a reputation as the hard living Wild West town with cattle ranches and hunting operations. Growth of tourism industry in the early 1990s opened the path of rapid growth of the city. Name Maun refers to “the place of short reeds”.
Getting Around
A regional Trans-shipment hub for trade and commerce and safari centre with burgeoning mineral exploration camps in northwest Botswana. Tourists often fly in the Maun International Airport and hire 4X4 for camping and game viewing in the parks or fly to Okavango Delta or the Makgadikgadi. Barclays, First National, Standard Chartered are the main banks in the town. Guide books are available at tourism centres or online.
Popular Places and Monuments
Located at the entrance of the town, Maun industrial park is home for Aliboats, Mullbridge transporters and United Development among other business houses. Okavango Delta and the Makgadikgadi are two most popular places for visiting by air.
Places of Entertainment
Headquarters of numerous safaris and air charter operations running trips into Okavango Delta, Maun has a wide variety of natural sites for the visitors. Shopping centres, hotels, lodges, car hire facilities are all available despite its rural flavour.
Major Chain supermarkets are Shoprite, Score, and Spar. A few retail auto parts stores are also available. Many service stores and welding venues are located in the town. Shops like Cosmos offering house hold goods and electronics are other attractions. Major Chain supermarkets are Shoprite, Score, and Spar. A few retail auto parts stores are also available. Many service stores and welding venues are located in the town.
Shops like Cosmos offering house hold goods and electronics are other attractions. Excellent mobile phone services at about 20-25 kilometres radius is available but is dependent on weather.
Currency
Currency in circulation in Maun in Botswana is the Botswana Pula with the code name of BWP. Currently one Botswana Pula comes to around 0.14388 US dollars. Since the rates continue to fluctuate it would be good to have a look at the financial news or journals to learn about the current exchange rates with all major currencies.
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