Maun eSIM
In Maun you connect to Mascom or Orange, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 31 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Mascom and Orange
- Typical speed in Botswana
- 31 Mbps typical, 7 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Maun
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $18.89 | $18.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $13.96 | $41.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $12.78 | $63.89 |
How Botswana compares across Africa
- Regional typical speed
- 29.5 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Mascom, Orange
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Sudan, 32.1 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Ghana, 31 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Gaborone, Maun
Landing at Maun International Airport (MUB)
- Airport
- MUB / FBMN
Getting into Maun
- Shuttle bus from the airport on the north side of Maun into town (MUB)
- Taxi from the airport into Maun (MUB)
Worth knowing about Maun
- Maun International Airport sits inside the town boundaries of Maun itself, so there is no long transfer between the terminal and town.
- Maun is a hub for small single- and twin-engine aircraft: onward travel to Okavango Delta camps is by light aircraft to bush airstrips, not by road.
- By aircraft movements Maun is ranked the top airport in Africa outside OR Tambo, despite handling almost no large jets.
- Maun is about one and a half hours' flying time from Gaborone and two hours from Johannesburg; scheduled service is regional only, to Cape Town, Gaborone, Johannesburg, Kasane, Victoria Falls, Windhoek and seasonally Addis Ababa.
- Botswana's tourism board calls Maun the country's tourism capital. It sits on the southern edge of the Okavango Delta, is the administrative centre of Ngamiland, and has been the seat of the Batawana people since 1915.
- Maun is officially still a village, but it had 85,293 residents in 2022 and has spread along the banks of the Thamalakane River. The A3 highway links it to Francistown.
- Most traffic at Maun's airport is light aircraft flying to and from the Delta. On average, every scheduled airliner that lands generates six light aircraft movements as passengers transfer to the camps.
- The terminal was renovated from 2019, adding a larger departure hall, bigger international and domestic baggage areas, new check in counters, new flight information displays and more paved parking.
- Access to Maun's airport is not allowed at night or outside operating hours, and security screens every departing passenger. Liquids in hand luggage are limited to 100 ml in a sealed security bag.
- Moremi Game Reserve, proclaimed by the Batawana in 1963, is the only officially protected area of the Okavango Delta. It covers about 3,900 sq km and is a favourite with self drive campers, especially at Third Bridge.
- The Delta swells from about 15,000 sq km in dry periods to 22,000 sq km in wet ones, and trips from Maun into it are often by mokoro, the traditional dug out canoe.
- Charter operators flying out of Maun include Moremi Air, Mack Air, Delta Air, Kavango Air, Wilderness Air and Helicopter Horizons.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Botswana we cover
- Gaborone
- 579 km from Maun, nearest airport GBE