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 Uganda’s Karamoja and Sebei subregions. An assessment for professionalizing hiking tourism in Rwenzori subregion. Guides training in hiking and mountaineering (safety, first aid, planning, customer care) in Karamoja, Sebei and Rwenzori region.
Jan was born in a village ten metres below sea level in the Netherlands. He had never seen a mountain until he was 16. Since then he has spent a life exploring remote mountain ranges over six continents.
He has published several articles and photographs of his expeditions in Iraqi Kurdistan, Tajikistan and the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan and is the author of Trekking in Tajikistan, the first guide book to trekking in that region.
Jan gets to put all his passion and mountain experience in designing and coordinating our expeditions. Helping travellers to visit some of the most stunning and rarely visited places on our planet.
Guide book by Jan Bakker
Mountains in Karamoja
The mountains of Karamoja are an exciting alternative to the more strenuous climbs in East Africa with many of the same attractions, a milder climate, lower elevation and requires no special equipment or technical experience.
Karamoja Guides for Uganda Tour Guide Training Assessors – Two years ago we founded the Karamoja Tourism Academy and relied heavily on people from other regions to assess our students. Today we’re celebrating the graduation of our very own Karamoja Guides for Tour Guide Training Assessors.
Karamoja Tourism Academy and partners kickstarted the ‘Boost the Employability of Tourism employees in Elgon and Karamoja’ project. 20 ambitious business leaders participated in the first workshop to develop the framework for the 2 years project.
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.
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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 Uganda’s Karamoja and Sebei subregions. An assessment for professionalizing hiking tourism in Rwenzori subregion. Guides training in hiking and mountaineering (safety, first aid, planning, customer care) in Karamoja, Sebei and Rwenzori region.
Hiking Mount Elgon – Read more
About Mr. Jan Bakker
Jan was born in a village ten metres below sea level in the Netherlands. He had never seen a mountain until he was 16. Since then he has spent a life exploring remote mountain ranges over six continents.
He has published several articles and photographs of his expeditions in Iraqi Kurdistan, Tajikistan and the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan and is the author of Trekking in Tajikistan, the first guide book to trekking in that region.
Jan gets to put all his passion and mountain experience in designing and coordinating our expeditions. Helping travellers to visit some of the most stunning and rarely visited places on our planet.
Guide book by Jan Bakker
Mountains in Karamoja
The mountains of Karamoja are an exciting alternative to the more strenuous climbs in East Africa with many of the same attractions, a milder climate, lower elevation and requires no special equipment or technical experience.
The so-called Karamoja plateau is defined by a string of volcanic mountains starting from Mount Kadam (3,063m), Mount Napak (2,538m), Mount Moroto (3,083m) and Mount Morungole (2,749m).
Valley of Mount Moroto – Learn more
Hiking Mount Kadam – Learn more
Hiking Mt Napak – Learn more
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