Kara-Tunga hosts EU Ambassadors for 2nd Time In November 2019, Kara-Tunga hosts EU Heads of Mission for the second time in Karamoja and gave them a cultural experience of the Tepeth-tribe living on the foothills of Mount Moroto. First visit in 2017 Kara-Tunga hosted the first mission of the EU Heads of State in 2017 [...]
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EU Ambassadors Tepeth-Tribe Cultural Tour in Karamoja
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My unforgettable six months in Northeast Uganda developing Karamoja Tourism Academy
Last November 2018, Theo (founder/director of Kara-Tunga) asked me to come to Moroto to coordinate the research for the Karamoja Tourism Academy. I never hesitated and resigned from my job in the Netherlands. A few weeks later I was there, fresh in Karamoja. Theo gave me time to settle in and asked his head guide Peter, to guide [...] More -
BikePacking Untouched Karamoja region of Uganda
BikePacking Karamoja Uganda - We have organized our tour through Kara-Tunga. This is in Moroto and our contact person is Theo Vos. He was born and raised in the Netherlands but left for Uganda when his mother, originally Karamajong, returned to Uganda. Now he is trying to generate income for the region through tourism. Their [...] More -
Memorable Tour in Karamoja with Kara-Tunga
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. Unforgettable night with nomad herders We arrived at [...] More -
Kara-Tunga was Worth a detour!
If you travel to or from Kidepo Valley NP, this place is worth a detour. Not specific about the lodge itself, but Theo and his colleagues really offer a special program to get to know the area and the Karamojo people. We only made 1 Mt Moroto Nature Walk (unfortunately we did not have [...] More -
Bikepacking from Karamoja via Turkana to Ethiopia
Bikepacking from Karamoja via Turkana to Ethiopia - Occasionally we meet people with courage and passion who took the opportunity to travel the world by bicycle like our friend Davide Travelli. Davide Travelli started his journey from Alaska to most Southern tip of South America (35,000 Km) and is now cycling through the African continent from [...] More -
An authentic tribe in Uganda: the Karamojong
An authentic tribe in Uganda: the Karamojong - Last week I had a unique opportunity to visit an authentic tribe in Uganda. I would like to invite you on the same journey and travel back to read what I have experienced. Somewhere deep in our heads we all have that image of Africa filled with [...] 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 -
Discovering Karamoja through Food (Eating with Africa)
Yesterday we had the pleasure to share our culture with photographer Maria who’s on a journey through Africa to document stories through food and finally make an unique African cookbook ‘Eating with Africa’. Eating with Africa: "Good morning Uganda! For my first story I spent 24 hours with the Karamoja pastoral tribe - Uganda’s best [...] More -
Adventurous and Authentic Karamoja tour
Authentic Karamoja tour - I spent 5 days in the Karamoja region of Uganda in March - I was looking for a culturally sensitive experience visiting the people of the area and that is was the staff at Kara-Tunga provided. Their guest house was comfortable and relaxing and the food was really delicious. The staff [...] More
