Cresta Maun stands on the Thamalakane about 10 km north of the town centre, which puts it on the river without putting it out on the Shorobe road. It is the newer of the two Cresta properties in Maun — the other, Cresta Riley’s, is the old hotel in the middle of town — and the two are easy to confuse when booking.
Quick facts
- Area
- Maun
- Property type
- Hotel
- Setting
- Thamalakane riverfront, 10 km north of Maun
- Nearest park or reserve
- Moremi Game Reserve
Rooms
Standard and accessible rooms at around 19 m², a suite at around 45 m² and a presidential suite at around 65 m². Climate control, satellite television, Wi-Fi and a minibar throughout.
Facilities at Cresta Maun
Restaurant and bar, conference facilities, Wi-Fi throughout and parking on site. Like its sister property in town this is a serviced hotel rather than a safari lodge: there is no activity fleet, and Delta and Moremi trips are booked through operators in Maun.
Location and access
Tar the whole way, about fifteen minutes from Maun International Airport. No 4×4 required, with parking on site.
Two Crestas in one small town
Maun has two Cresta hotels and they are genuinely different propositions. Cresta Riley’s is the historic town hotel, walkable to the banks and the shops and three kilometres from the airport. Cresta Maun is on the river ten kilometres north, quieter, and a drive from everything.
Booking engines list them separately but the names are close enough that mistakes happen. If you have booked one and arrived at the other, that is why. Our Maun guide sets out the geography that makes the difference.
What a chain hotel is good for here
Maun’s independent riverside lodges are more characterful and most travellers will prefer them. What a chain property offers instead is predictability: a room that matches its photographs, a functioning booking engine, a reception that is staffed when your flight lands late, and a bill you can put through an expense system.
For a business trip, a late arrival or a night when the last thing you want is a surprise, that is worth something. For a safari mood, it is not.
Who it suits
- Business travellers, who are a large and often overlooked part of Maun’s year-round trade.
- Late arrivals wanting a staffed reception and a working reservation rather than character.
- Travellers who want the Thamalakane without the twenty-minute run out on the Shorobe road.
It suits you less if you want a small owner-run property, or if you need to walk to the shops.
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