Kara-Tunga opens Karamoja's first Tourist Information Centre along the main street in Moroto town on 1st April 2018. For 18 months Kara-Tunga has been working hard to draw tourists to the Karamoja region in northeast Uganda. One of the most important lessons we learned is that the lack of information has kept many travellers from [...]
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Kara-Tunga opens Karamoja Tourist Information Centre
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Art and Film changing Karamoja
Art and Film changing Karamoja: Native Travel Festival and Kara-Tunga Arts & Tours are positively changing the image of Karamoja (northeast Uganda) through Art and Film. A few weeks ago we partnered with Native Travel Festival Karamoja to host the invited journalists and media creatives on a cultural tour. Today we're happy to read an [...] More -
Dutch Fashion Designer Jan Boelo inspired by Karamoja
We’re thrilled to host Dutch Fashion designer Jan Boelo in Karamoja (northeast Uganda) for a journey of inspiration aimed at learning more about Karimojong culture and fashion. About one year a go, Kara-Tunga founder Theo Vos and Jan Boelo met each other 'Groningen' (the northern province of The Netherlands) where they both grew up. They shared thoughts about creating an iconic [...] More -
Karamoja takes Crown Miss Tourism Uganda 2017-2018
Karamoja takes the Crown for Miss Tourism Uganda 2017-2018 with Queen Challa Elma Kapel from Kotido district. Words can't describe how proud we are to have the opportunity to show the rich cultural heritage and untouched natural beauty of Karamoja on an international platform through our very own tourism ambassador. This has been a historical [...] More -
Karamoja Cultural Heritage Education Programme
We're happy to announce that we're proud partners of Cross Cultural Foundation Uganda (CCFU) Cultural Heritage Education Programme in the Karamoja region. Heritage conservation and cultural rights are threatened by the forces of globalisation and and many survival needs. This programme reflects a need to raise public consciousness of Karamoja's culture, not only as a [...] More -
Challa Elma wins Miss Tourism Karamoja Uganda 2017-2018
The 20 year-old Challa Elma Lapel from Kotido district defeated other beauties and was crowned Miss Tourism Karamoja replacing Aleper Pamela. The search for Miss Tourism Karamoja finally came to an end on Friday night at a stunning event that was held at Mount Moroto Hotel. The 20 year-old Challa Elma Lapel from Kotido district [...] More -
Official partner of Miss Tourism Karamoja
Update: Karamoja takes the crown for Miss Tourism Uganda! (Read the article) One of our objectives is to preserve Karimojong Cultural Heritage through tourism and in collaboration with likeminded organisations. Therefore we partnered up with Miss Tourism Karamoja to contribute in enhancing the knowledge on culture of our future tourism ambassadors. For a real tourism experience, [...] More -
Food distribution vulnerable community Mount Moroto
Food distribution vulnerable community Mount Moroto - Recently we had the opportunity to give back to the remote and sometimes unreachable communities that we involve in our activities. In collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister in Moroto and Africa Renewal Ministries, we mobilised and distributed food to the elderly sick and disabled from the hard [...] More
