Maria Schiffer, 11th December 2022 – I’m back in Uganda because of Theo, whom I met while working on my book Eating With Africa In 2018. I’ve been traveling along the Warrior Nomad Trail the last week, researching and experiencing Community Tourism.
Kara-Tunga Tours gives visitors an authentic experience into communities that have been overlooked until Kara-Tunga Tours was founded, now winning one prize after the next.
Go the extra mile
As tourists, we have the power to go the extra mile, step out of our comfort zone, and learn how to interact without disturbing cultures.
Yes, the trail is long, dusty, and sometimes tiring, but it is also breathtaking and unique and gave me the chills in so many moments; I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Local ownership
Almost everyone working in the camps and lodges I stayed at are from the region. A special thank you to my driver Henry, my guide Peter, and Jacky, the housekeeper who invited me into her home. While we drove on bumpy roads, they told me their stories and guided me in a personal way that I had rarely experienced. More than anything, they were my partners for this story.
Thank you also to WildPlaces Africa; I’ve never experienced a wild elephant passing my cabin at night or a buffalo chilling in the shade of my balcony – insanely magical!
Sustainability
These inclusive tourism models are sustainable and form a synergy as the villagers do not live just from tourism; instead, both enrich each other’s lives. Community Tourism is a business model, not a charity.
Now I have to sit down and put this story into words. You can read the article and see the photos next year in the German Magazine GEO Saison. Don’t worry; I won’t let you miss it;)
Thank you, Uganda, Kara-Tunga Tours, and WildPlaces Africa , for this amazing experience!
Day 75, 8480km, Roadtrip through Karamoja; Moroto, Karamoja. In the last few days, we have found ourselves in the little known, relatively undiscovered and exceptionally beautiful North East of Uganda in a province called Karamoja.
We’re glad to have met the globetrotters Rinus and Helga that are driving around the world since 2014! Yes it’s incredible, and they are incredible as well.
Last November 2018, Theo (founder/director of Kara-Tunga) asked me to come to Moroto to coordinate the research for the Karamoja Tourism Academy. I never hesitated and resigned from my job in the Netherlands. A few weeks later I was there, fresh in Karamoja.
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Community Tourism is a Business Model, not a Charity
Maria Schiffer, 11th December 2022 – I’m back in Uganda because of Theo, whom I met while working on my book Eating With Africa In 2018. I’ve been traveling along the Warrior Nomad Trail the last week, researching and experiencing Community Tourism.
Kara-Tunga Tours gives visitors an authentic experience into communities that have been overlooked until Kara-Tunga Tours was founded, now winning one prize after the next.
Go the extra mile
As tourists, we have the power to go the extra mile, step out of our comfort zone, and learn how to interact without disturbing cultures.
Yes, the trail is long, dusty, and sometimes tiring, but it is also breathtaking and unique and gave me the chills in so many moments; I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Local ownership
Almost everyone working in the camps and lodges I stayed at are from the region. A special thank you to my driver Henry, my guide Peter, and Jacky, the housekeeper who invited me into her home. While we drove on bumpy roads, they told me their stories and guided me in a personal way that I had rarely experienced. More than anything, they were my partners for this story.
Thank you also to WildPlaces Africa; I’ve never experienced a wild elephant passing my cabin at night or a buffalo chilling in the shade of my balcony – insanely magical!
Sustainability
These inclusive tourism models are sustainable and form a synergy as the villagers do not live just from tourism; instead, both enrich each other’s lives. Community Tourism is a business model, not a charity.
Now I have to sit down and put this story into words. You can read the article and see the photos next year in the German Magazine GEO Saison. Don’t worry; I won’t let you miss it;)
Thank you, Uganda, Kara-Tunga Tours, and WildPlaces Africa , for this amazing experience!
Travel differently, and please #exploreuganda!
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