Residential Property with Boutique Hotel potential (ref no 1630) Plot 1305, Maun, Botswana Asking price: 30 million BWP

KEY FEATURES

The plot consists of 2 x two bedroom houses full of furniture throughout each entire house.

4 x single room flats with shower and full furniture throughout the entire room.

1 x cottage consisting of 1 bedroom, bathroom, small kitchen, small living area, with a wooden verandah.

The main house - 4 bedrooms (2 bedrooms have ensuite bathrooms), 3 bathrooms (including the ensuite bathrooms), 3 bathrooms, scullery, kitchen, dining room, living room, game room/pool room/bar, and on the second floor, gym room, office and verandah.?

Outside braai area with outside lapa that looks onto the river.

Swimming pool and jacuzzi on the outside.

Double garage with storage and loft.

Room for garden tools and a 6m container.

Maun

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 that run trips into the?Okavango Delta.

Although officially still a village, Maun has developed rapidly from a rural frontier town and has spread along the?Thamalakane River. It now has shopping centres, hotels and lodges as well as car hire services, although it retains a rural atmosphere and local tribesmen continue to bring their cattle to Maun to sell. The community is distributed along the wide banks of the Thamalakane where?red lechwe?can still be seen grazing next to local donkeys, goats and cattle.

History

Maun Airport?(top) and Mack Air aircraft at Maun Airport (bottom).

The settlement was founded in 1915 as the tribal capital of the?Batawana?people, and has had a reputation as a hard-living 'Wild West' town which was the economic centre of local cattle ranching and hunting operations. However, with the growth of the tourism industry and the completion of the tar road from?Nata?in the early 1990s, Maun has developed swiftly, losing much of its old town character. It is now home to over 55,000 people.

Maun is today a thriving tourist town, infamous for its infestation of donkeys and to a lesser extent goats. These animals can be seen standing around town as the local farmers arrive in the innumerable taxis to sell their wares on the curbside.

With the influx of tourism dollars, the typical traditional?rondavels?have been replaced by square, cinderblock homes roofed with tin and occasionally tiles. Mobile phone service in Maun is excellent out to about 20 to 25 kilometres (12 to 16?mi), depending on weather.

Maun is also becoming a regional?transhipment?hub for materials and tradespeople who service both the local camps and?safari?centres and the burgeoning?mineral exploration?camps in northwestern Botswana. There are a wide variety of services in stores as well as many local?entrepreneurs?with welding ventures operated from the back of a cart.

Tourists often fly into the?Maun International Airport. Often, these tourists hire fully equipped 4x4 cars for camping and game viewing in the parks, or otherwise fly to several tourist camps in the?Okavango Delta?or the?Makgadikgadi.

Climate

Maun has a?hot semi-arid climate?(K?ppen climate classification?BSh). On 7 January 2016, Maun recorded a temperature of 44.0?°C (111.2?°F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Botswana.

Etymology

The name Maun is derived from the?Seyei?word 'maung', which translates as 'the place of river reeds'. Before the arrival of Batawana, Maun was a small Yei village. The village in 1915 became the capital for the?Batawana?people. The capital was transferred from?Toteng?after victory over?Ndebele?King?Lobengula.

Commercial development

Maun is a gateway for exploring much of northern?Botswana; for example, it is the natural hub for visitors from outside the region to explore the?Tsodilo Hills?and the?Makgadikgadi Pans. The Thamalakane River discharges to the?Boteti River, whose seasonal high flow reaches the?Makgadikgadi.

In 2011, Maun had branches of?Barclays Bank, First National Bank?Botswana,?Stanbic Bank?and?Standard Chartered Bank?with ATM facility. Maun has three main hotels; Sedia Riverside Hotel, Riley's Hotel and Maun Lodge. There are many other accommodations and campsites, oriented towards the safari business like Okavango River Lodge, Thamalakane Lodge, the old Bridge Backpackers and others.

Education

Maun Senior Secondary School?is located in Maun.

Healthcare

The?Letsholathe II Memorial Hospital?is the main referral hospital in Maun. There is also?Maun Private Hospital, located on Sedia road, which opened its door to the public from July 2021.

Sports

Maun hosts the?Sankoyo Bush Bucks, a?football (soccer)?team promoted to the?Botswana Premier League?in 2013-14.

In popular culture

The?Top Gear: Botswana Special?(episode 4 of?series 10), which aired in 2007, includes segments in Maun.

The sixth and seventh legs of the?22nd installment?of the American television program?The Amazing Race?took place in and around Maun.

The music video for "Am I Wrong" by?Nico & Vinz, was filmed in Maun, as well as in?Victoria Falls,?Zimbabwe.

The 2012 TV series?Bush Pilots?was filmed in Maun.