Lonely Planet Travel Guide Karamoja Uganda - We are proud to announce that worlds most popular travel guide Lonely Planet recommends Kara-Tunga Tours in Karamoja as preferred tour operator for Uganda's northeastern region. In 2017 the respected Bradt Travel Guide for Uganda, listed Kara-Tunga as preferred tour operator in their newest Uganda Travel Guide. Today [...]
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Lonely Planet Travel Guide Karamoja Uganda
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Uganda’s Karamoja region was a completely Out of Africa feeling
Kara-Tunga hosted a renown Belgium journalist to reveal Uganda's untouched Karamoja region. He quoted Karamoja as "Off the Beaten Path" and his experience "Out of Africa". Read his travel report in Belgiums biggest newspaper 'Het Laatste Nieuws' featuring the Karamoja region, Kidepo Valley National Park and Authentic cultural tours of Kara-Tunga. The journalist titled his [...] More -
Team Tane Roadtrip through Karamoja #RealAfrica
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. Karamoja suffers from a negative image due to decades of isolation and insecurity and sees very little tourism or travel. [...] More -
Karamoja listed Uganda’s Off the Beaten Path Destination 2018
Uganda's best awarded travel writer Diary of a Muzungu has listed Karamoja among the 25 little-known (Off the Beaten Path) Ugandan tourist destinations to visit in 2018 with a special mention of Kara-Tunga. Karamoja is listed as No. 25: Discover Karamoja and Kidepo Valley. Karamoja (in northeast Uganda) is now firmly on Uganda’s tourist map thanks [...] More -
Travel video: Karamoja, Uganda’s Rugged Northeast
Early April 2018 we hosted we had the pleasure to host the renown Belgium outdoor travel journalist ‘Jonathan Vandevoorde’ in northeast Uganda aimed at producing several publications in Belgium-Dutch newspapers and magazines. Actively hosting journalists like Mr. Vandevoorde is part of our mission to positively impact the image of the Karamoja region through tourism. And make [...] More -
Karamoja at Uganda stand during Vakantiebeurs
Kara-Tunga will be representing the Karamoja region of northeast Uganda at the largest Dutch holiday fair 'Vakantiebeurs' taking place in the Jaarbeurs venue located in Utrecht. We invite you to come and experience what Uganda has to offer and Karamoja in specific at the Vakantiebeurs: rich and diverse Cultures, Africa's most scenic Safari Parks, 1000 [...] More -
Meet our founder: Positively Impacting Karamoja through Tourism
2016 was not the first time that Theo Vos had traveled to Karamoja. It was the first time that he felt brave enough to travel around and sleep with warriors in the bush, and explore the mountains freely by feet, motor bikes and cars without security. “Ever since I started exploring the region and getting [...] More -
British citizens given green light to travel to Karamoja Uganda
We're extremely excited to share the historical news that Karamoja has been declared as save to travel zone by the UK Government's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Under colonial rule the Karamoja region was a closed district and mobility restricted making it only accessible with a permit. During Amin’s reign the Karimojong people were suppressed [...] More -
Kara-Tunga ft Sustainable Uganda Tour Operator
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development recalling the potential of tourism. During 12 months the organisation features international sustainable tourism initiatives including ourselves. Read the full feature on the campaign website Tourism4Develoment.com Kara-Tunga Arts & Tours For long, tourism in Uganda has been focused on [...] More -
Travel Guide to Karamoja in Vagabond Magazine
We're excited that Karamoja is featured as Uganda travel and tour destination by the Norwegian travel magazine Vagabond by award winning photojournalist Sofi Lundin Photography that we hosted in the region. "Many decades of conflict made Karamoja unthinkable as a destination. Today, the doors open to a fascinating culture and a people refusing to give [...] More
