Practical Assessment Karamoja Hiking Guides on Mount Moroto - We have concluded a fantastic week of assessing Karamoja's Hiking Guides along the Warrior Nomad Trail for a future made-to-measure training programme that will be piloted with this group next year. The facilitator Jan Bakker and Bergwandelen.com will develop a training program tailored to the conditions [...]
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Hiking Untamed Mountains of Karamoja in Northeastern Uganda
Hiking Untamed Mountains of Karamoja in Northeastern Uganda - Kara-Tunga is developing a trail for untamed outdoor adventure (hiking, cycling, walking) with authentic cultural experiences through Uganda's lesser travelled Karamojaland. The Warrior Nomad Trail aims at making Karamojaland a bucket-list destination for travellers and thereby creating job opportunities for the local communities, protecting the cultural [...] More -
Announcement Karamoja Hiking Guides Assessment
Karamoja Hiking Guides Assessment on Mount Moroto - Kara-Tunga is building a sustainable community-lead regional adventure tourism sector in Karamoja (Northeastern Uganda) by skilling Hiking Guides on Mount Moroto with partner Bergwandelen.com. Together with our partners, we develop demand-based curriculum, train local trainers and local assessors aimed at increasing the accessibility and inspiring the [...] More -
Expedition leader Jan Bakker Trains Hiking Guides in Karamoja
Mr. Bakker and dutch hiking tours organisation Bergwandelen.com are part of the Adventure Tourism Uganda project like Kara-Tunga. They are managing the hiking agenda of the project with a great focus on Karamoja as well. Developing hiking tourism in Uganda Mr. Bakker - based in Uganda - is conducting a feasibility study for hiking tourism in [...] More -
Three weeks tailor-made Trip through Uganda’s Karamojaland
Three weeks tailor-made Trip through Uganda's Karamojaland - We (Dutch couple) made a trip lasting almost three weeks through Karamojaland. And we are so glad that we did this!! Before setting off we got in touch with friendly and sensitive Theo Vos, the owner of Kara-Tunga, a very relaxed yet professional agency, specialised in Karamojaland. [...] More -
Mount Moroto Tourism Association brings 76 Children to School
Mount Moroto Tourism Association brings 76 Children to School -We are super proud of the Mount Moroto Community Association that have enrolled 76 children in Lia Primary School. The 'Mount Moroto Lia Parish Community Association' is created with the help of Kara-Tunga and aimed at bridging the gap between the host community and the tourist. [...] More -
School campaign by Mount Moroto Tourism Association
School campaign by Mount Moroto Tourism Association - Schools are about to start and the Mount Moroto community association supported with $5 per tourist is in full preparation. The Mount Moroto Lia Parish Community Association association has called all members together to sensitise them about the importance of education. In addition they also shared that [...] More -
Trail mapping on Mount Moroto
Trail mapping on Mount Moroto - One of our goals is preservation of cultural heritage through tourism and therefore we are working hand in hand with the elders as gatekeepers and the youth to document, manage and share. Kara-Tunga also donated 3 dustbins to support the community in collecting rubbish and raising awareness about the [...] More -
Trail maintenance Mount Moroto community tourism association
The recently formed Mount Moroto Tourism Association has completed its first action point being the maintenance of the three main trails. These trails are the main access routes for the community and also for tourists. We are proud to see the first action point to be completed successfully with the necessary accountability of the association. More -
Launch of Mount Moroto community tourism association
We are proud to share the launch of the first community tourism association of Mount Moroto Forest Reserve located in Lia Parish sub county with our first donation of 3,890,000 Ush. The Kara-Tunga team has worked with the indigenous community for the last 4 months to formalise them into a national recognised organisation for community [...] More
