Trekking Uganda’s Mount Kadam with Kenya-based Dutch primatologist Yvonne A. de Jong and American conservationist and ecologist Thomas M. Butynski have had an interest for what lies within the forgotten corners of Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region and bordering Kenya’s Turkana and West-Pokot counties.
Yvonne A. de Jong and Thomas M. Butynski combined have worked in Africa for almost 60 years with both impressive CV’s and both co-leaders of the Eastern Africa Primate Diversity and Conservation Program (Read more about them on www.wildsolutions.nl).
Mount Kadam
The team contacted Kara-Tunga for a multi-day hike in March 2019 to non-formally explore Mount Kadam and to find out if the mountains biodiversity is interesting enough to conduct an official research.
The team documented various bird species, butterflies, plants and a striking series of the Black and White Colubus monkey (Mau Forest Guereza Colobus Guereza Uganda) during their 8-Days expedition. View a full list of their findings on the INaturalist website and we’ve added a selection of their footage below as well.
Book a hike to Mt Kadam
Visit our mountains of Karamoja section to learn more about all the hiking possibilities in Uganda’s untouched Northeast.
Tuesday, 13th December 2022 – Regional tourism and hospitality stakeholders congregated in Moroto for the 4th edition of the Karamoja Tourism Coordination Platform.
I decided to go full on Karamojong and immerse myself in the culture by wearing the native dress and experiencing the simple life not as a tourist, but as a local. I find through my travels that this truly is the best way to learn about people and their way of life. This humility in …
Don’t miss out on yet another edition of the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE Tourism Expo Uganda) that will be taking place at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort in the capital city of Kampala from 26th – 29th April, 2023.
Memorable Tour in Karamoja with Kara-Tunga, Karamoja Tours – We enjoyed five memorable days in the Karamoja region in early October and highly recommend the services of Kara-Tunga Arts and Tours in Moroto. Theo, of Kara-Tunga, helped us organize our diverse itinerary before we travelled to Uganda.
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Trekking Uganda’s Mt Kadam: Unraveling secrets of Karamojaland
Trekking Uganda’s Mount Kadam with Kenya-based Dutch primatologist Yvonne A. de Jong and American conservationist and ecologist Thomas M. Butynski have had an interest for what lies within the forgotten corners of Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region and bordering Kenya’s Turkana and West-Pokot counties.
Yvonne A. de Jong and Thomas M. Butynski combined have worked in Africa for almost 60 years with both impressive CV’s and both co-leaders of the Eastern Africa Primate Diversity and Conservation Program (Read more about them on www.wildsolutions.nl).
Mount Kadam
The team contacted Kara-Tunga for a multi-day hike in March 2019 to non-formally explore Mount Kadam and to find out if the mountains biodiversity is interesting enough to conduct an official research.
The team documented various bird species, butterflies, plants and a striking series of the Black and White Colubus monkey (Mau Forest Guereza Colobus Guereza Uganda) during their 8-Days expedition. View a full list of their findings on the INaturalist website and we’ve added a selection of their footage below as well.
Book a hike to Mt Kadam
Visit our mountains of Karamoja section to learn more about all the hiking possibilities in Uganda’s untouched Northeast.
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