Skilling Karamoja Hiking Guides on Mount Moroto - Kara-Tunga is building a sustainable community-lead regional tourism sector through skilling with the Karamoja Tourism Academy. Together with our partners, we develop demand-based curriculum, train local trainers and local assessors aimed at increasing the accessibility and inspiring the community. Today we are receiving hiking and trekking guides [...]
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Assessment Karamoja Hiking Guides on Mount Moroto
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Watch: Karamoja Hiking Guides Assessment
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 [...] More -
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 -
Things to do in Abim – Myth of the Mountain
Things to do in Abim - Abim is a unique geographical location with rugged mountains and lush green vegetation. The people of Abim do not identify themselves with their Karimojong or Lango neighbours, they find themselves unique and go by the name of Ethur. Abim is far off the main Northeastern tourism circuit starting from [...] More -
Riding epic trails of Mount Elgon and Mount Kadam
Riding epic trails of Mount Elgon and Mount Kadam - Watch an epic video edit of our partner Clark Expeditions that offers Enduro style Mountain Bike holidays, riding the incredible trails around Mt Elgon in Eastern Uganda. "We shot this footage with a German film making family, and with Theo from Kara-Tunga tours, I had [...] 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 -
Uganda’s most Mysterious tribe: The Ik
Uganda's most Mysterious tribe: The Ik. Travel Africa | April-June 2019. Writer: Mark Eveleigh. More -
Visiting Karamoja with School Children
The direction, teachers and parents of Acorns International School Kampala sent their children on an unforgettable cultural exchange and outdoor adventure to Karamoja. The trip was lead by our colleagues of Rustika Journeys. More
