(25 rooms and campsite) PO Box 29, Maun; tel/fax: 6860177; email: sedia@info.bw; web: www.sedia-hotel.com
Originally called the ' Sedi Motel', the Sedia is just off the main road, on the right as you head north, a few kilometres north of Maun. It has been around since the early 1990s and has gradually moved upmarket and expanded since then. Now it's not quite as costly as Riley's or Maun Lodge, and has a livelier, more colourful atmosphere.

Guests entering the Sedia are greeted by a Grecian-style foyer, complete with indoor fountain. Most of the rooms are laid out along two wings facing into the hotel's gardens, and there are a few larger chalets built in the hotel's grounds
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The rooms are furnished with bright ethnic colours and have twin beds, telephone, a TV (with satellite and local channels), a ceiling fan above the bed and also air conditioning. Each has an en-suite bathroom, which when last visited looked a little tired, containing a bath with a shower (with erratic pressure) above it, a washbasin and a flush toilet.

In the middle of the hotel at the back are the gardens with large lawns. Within these are a large swimming pool, an open-air sitting area for the restaurant and bar, and a fine array of poinsettia bushes. The bar is a lively one with two pool tables and the restaurant sometimes organises braais; the pool is one of the area's best, and it's solar-heated.

There are one- and two-bedroom self-contained chalets, each with a fridge, air conditioning, lounge with TV (satellite and local channels) and a shady veranda. The one-bedroom chalets have a shower, whilst the two-bedroom chalets have a bath and a shower.
Behind the gardens, the Sedia has a large and sprawling campsite that leads down to the banks of the Thamalakane River. Dotted around this are plenty of trees and a few handy shade-cloths, under which tents can be pitched. There are three or four well-kept showers and toilets for the campers, who are allowed to use the hotel's pool without charge. In the campsite there are a few simple, pre-erected tents which each contain two beds, a table, a chair, a power point and a small, shaded veranda.

It's easy to drive your vehicle into this, and park next to your tent, which is convenient, as the campsite isn't fenced terribly securely, and it is relatively close to town. The Sedia has a night watchman, but security didn't seem that tight when I last stayed there – although with good locks on the room's doors, this wasn't a problem at all.

In the Sedia complex you'll also find an internet café which is the base for Afro Trek, who operate a good variety of budget safaris and mokoro trips.