Since our beginnings, we have been blessed to collaborate with photographer, story teller and guide Marcus Westberg. His passion for the remote and unknown made us engage in a long-term commitment to cover Uganda’s best kept secret: Karamoja.
Read our travel report of our walk to the sacred hills of the Karimojong tribe within Uganda’s Matheniko Wildlife Reserve. The Reserve is located on the Eastern border of the Karamoja subregion and the hills are the first place of settlement and of major dispatch of present day clans.
Warrior Nomad Trail
The Warrior Nomad Trail is a new initiative of Kara-Tunga and part of Tourism Trails in the Pearl of Africa project. This project has the ambition to improve the competitiveness of Uganda as destination and create jobs by developing adventure and cultural tourism products.
This publication highlights several points of interest along the Warrior Nomad Trail. Learn more about the project here.
Video’s
Below video features many scenes from this trip to Karamoja as also showcased in the publication.
The below video is taken during the last trip to the sacred lands of the Karimojong in Matheniko Wildlife Reserve. Learn more.
The journalist
Marcus calls himself a photographer, storyteller and guide, primarily in Africa but also in Europe and Asia. He has an impressive portfolio with publications in worlds renown media. Read more about Marcus on his website: www.marcuswestberg.photo
Marcus Westberg Virtual Tour on New York Times Live:
Dutch tourism college launches partnership in Uganda’s Karamojaland – This week we kickstarted a long-term partnership in developing market-driven training programs in tourism and hospitality for the Karamoja region and bordering subregions like Turkana in Northern Kenya.
UWA recently embarked on the refurbishment and construction of accommodation facilities in Karamoja game reserves such as Matheniko and Pian Upe to enhance tourism in the region.
Last Year we had the pleasure to host Dutch fashion designer Jan Boelo for 4 days in Karamoja for an inspirational trip. This month his story was featured in Marie Claire magazine and the designer wrote a beautiful story about his #DiscoverKaramoja experience and the creation of a garment based on the iconic Karamojong sheet.
There are three routes from Kenya to Ethiopia, two routes along the Eastern shores of Lake Turkana through Marsabit county and one on the Western shores of the Jade Sea through Turkana county. The adventure bike riders Michnus & Elsebie Olivier took the most adventurous Eastern route that was more a track and can take …
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Karamoja Travel Guide in Swedish Vagabond Magazine
Read our travel report of our walk to the sacred hills of the Karimojong tribe within Uganda’s Matheniko Wildlife Reserve. The Reserve is located on the Eastern border of the Karamoja subregion and the hills are the first place of settlement and of major dispatch of present day clans.
Warrior Nomad Trail
The Warrior Nomad Trail is a new initiative of Kara-Tunga and part of Tourism Trails in the Pearl of Africa project. This project has the ambition to improve the competitiveness of Uganda as destination and create jobs by developing adventure and cultural tourism products.
This publication highlights several points of interest along the Warrior Nomad Trail. Learn more about the project here.
Video’s
Below video features many scenes from this trip to Karamoja as also showcased in the publication.
The below video is taken during the last trip to the sacred lands of the Karimojong in Matheniko Wildlife Reserve. Learn more.
The journalist
Marcus calls himself a photographer, storyteller and guide, primarily in Africa but also in Europe and Asia. He has an impressive portfolio with publications in worlds renown media. Read more about Marcus on his website: www.marcuswestberg.photo
Marcus Westberg Virtual Tour on New York Times Live:
The publication
View shots of the publication in the Swedish Vagabond Travel Magazine.
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Dutch tourism college launches partnership in Uganda’s Karamojaland
Dutch tourism college launches partnership in Uganda’s Karamojaland – This week we kickstarted a long-term partnership in developing market-driven training programs in tourism and hospitality for the Karamoja region and bordering subregions like Turkana in Northern Kenya.
Ancestral Rock Paintings found in Karamoja
UWA recently embarked on the refurbishment and construction of accommodation facilities in Karamoja game reserves such as Matheniko and Pian Upe to enhance tourism in the region.
Dutch Fashion Designer travels Karamoja for Inspiration
Last Year we had the pleasure to host Dutch fashion designer Jan Boelo for 4 days in Karamoja for an inspirational trip. This month his story was featured in Marie Claire magazine and the designer wrote a beautiful story about his #DiscoverKaramoja experience and the creation of a garment based on the iconic Karamojong sheet.
Motorbike Trip East Lake Turkana to Ethiopia on Warrior Nomad Trail
There are three routes from Kenya to Ethiopia, two routes along the Eastern shores of Lake Turkana through Marsabit county and one on the Western shores of the Jade Sea through Turkana county. The adventure bike riders Michnus & Elsebie Olivier took the most adventurous Eastern route that was more a track and can take …