Knowing which animals live where is critical to planning effective conservation following to the two researchers. With the support of a grant from the National Geographic Society they are now focusing their research on the primates of Uganda. They conducted primate surveys in northeastern Uganda from 2014 to 2017 The researchers Kenya-based Dutch primatologist Yvonne [...]
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Primates of Karamoja, northeast Uganda
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Karamoja Hospitality Refresher Training with UTA at Hotel Africana Moroto
We are excited to announce a new collaboration with Uganda's tourism private sector apex body 'Uganda Tourism Association' (UTA) and their post COVID-19 hospitality recovery strategy through skilling. Our Karamoja Tourism Academy will handle the recruitment of participants for refresher trainings for in-service hospitality staff from the Karamoja sub-region. The refresher trainings will be given [...] More -
Initiation Meeting Community Tourism Development Mount Kadam
Initiation Meeting Community Tourism Development Mount Kadam - Nakapiripirit local government (Southern Karamoja subregion, Northeastern Uganda) invited Kara-Tunga Tours to the foothills of Mount Kadam to explore possibilities of collaboration in terms of community tourism development. Nakapiripirit district is located in the South of the Karamoja sub-region, North of Mount Elgon and Eastern Uganda most [...] More -
Launch Ukarimu Academy COVID-19 resilience training program
Tuesday 23 April marked the day that Ukarimu Academy finally launched the roll-out of its COVID-19 resilience training program with Karamoja Tourism Academy as implementing partner for Northeastern Uganda! Karamoja Tourism Academy This program will be the third training cycle for the Karamoja Tourism Academy focused on improving the quality of service and creating meaningful [...] More -
Karamoja Tourism Academy implements UKARIMU COVID-19 resilience training
Our partners of UKARIMU Academy invited the Karamoja Tourism Academy and other hospitality and tourism training stakeholders from around the country for an introduction workshop for the upcoming UKARIMU COVID-19 resilience training program. Background of program Due to the prevalence of the COVID-19 earlier last year, now more than ever, an effective crisis response strategy [...] More -
Second Karamoja Tourism Skills Coordination Platform Meeting
The second edition of the Karamoja Tourism Skills Development Coordination Platform (KTSDP) meeting, took place on 18 of February 2021 in Moroto. The purpose of the platform is to strengthen coordination, promotion, and preservation of tourism ecosystem services relevant for job skills creation while ensuring continuous benefits to locals and economies. The initiative is spearheaded [...] More -
Launch Assessment Training Package Uganda Tourist Guides
Launch Assessment Training Package Uganda Tourist Guides by Uganda government Directorate of Industrial Training where a team of Kara-Tunga tour guides have been proudly part of developing. More -
Assessment Karamoja Hiking Guides on Mount Moroto
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 [...] More -
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 -
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
