2009 season
At the moment the Maun tourism business is in a crisis like most other businesses around the world-I was working as a bush pilot in the Delta myself until I was laid off due to redundancies. All the companies around here are struggling and when you find that probably 75% of the guests were Americans who would spend £2000 per night in a Safari lodge for 4 or 5 nights it's easy to see why the business dried up-I think that Maun may be in for some hard times until at least half way through next year.
There is nothing to stop any pilot getting on a flight to Botswana if you are really persistent to see the place but just remember you have more chance of winning the National Lottery than getting a job in Maun at present-to any pilots talking about buying a tent and heading down there I would say to save your money and have a good Christmas instead.
Sorry to be so negative but I would rather some pilots knew what is going on now than head out to Botswana and be disappointed.