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. We are super proud of our team of guides [...]
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Karamoja Guides for Uganda Tour Guide Training Assessors
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Noorderpoort College Visits Karamoja for Warrior Nomad Trail
The Dutch Noorderpoort College visits Karamoja to kickstart the Warrior Nomad Trail development partnership aimed at sustainable regional tourism development through skilling. Noorderpoort College: "After a long car ride and with the dust on our faces, we drive through the gate at Karamoja Safari Camp, founded by Kara-Tunga, a sustainable tour operator that provides authentic [...] 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 -
Voluntary work in Karamoja Uganda – Remote and authentic experience
Voluntary work in Karamoja Uganda - I checked a long existing bucket list item…. a trip to Uganda. What an experience this was! This truly is ‘the pearl of Africa’... I did voluntary work in Karamoja, a remote region in Northeast Uganda with amazing authentic cultural experiences. The local tribes have a basic way of [...] More -
Dutch tourism college launches partnership in Uganda’s Karamojaland
Dutch tourism college launches partnership in Uganda's Karamojaland - This week we kickstarted a long-term partnership in developing market-driven training programs in tourism and hospitality for the Karamoja region and bordering subregions like Turkana in Northern Kenya. Learn more about the Karamoja Tourism Academy and follow our journey to develop sustainable tourism aimed at [...] More -
Tourism Hospitality Training in Feedback and Compliments Training
Tourism Hospitality Training in Feedback and Compliments Training - At Kara-Tunga we highly value development of interpersonal skills and have had the opportunity to collaborate with experienced facilitators like the Akiiki initiative and the last weeks with Marielle. We are looking back at an unforgettable time with Marielle who shared her knowledge in team-effectiveness and [...] More -
Warrior Nomad trail promoting cultural tourism Uganda
Warrior Nomad trail promoting cultural tourism Uganda - The Kingdom of The Netherlands in collaboration with Dutch/Ugandan tourism stakeholders have launched a three-year project aimed at increasing the tourist arrivals to Uganda by diversifying the tourism products with the focus on soft-adventure and cultural tourism. Warrior Nomad trail promoting cultural tourism Uganda The Warrior Nomad [...] More -
Endiro Coffee training staff Karamoja Safari Camp
Endiro Coffee training staff Karamoja Safari Camp - Kara-Tunga has partnered with Endiro Coffee based on a shared vision: sustainable development of rural communities in Uganda. This training took place at the Karamoja Safari Camp, tented accommodation located in Moroto town. The training was aimed at ensuring the better production of quality products and also [...] More -
My Internship Karamoja Sustainable Tourism Management
Internship Karamoja Sustainable Tourism Management - In 2019, I got the chance to be part of Kara-Tunga team as a volunteer for 6 months, from February to July 2019. What a pleasure! I was in charge of the sustainable development of the tour company and especially of helping them being certified Travelife (a sustainable tourism [...] More -
Linking Karimojong crafts producers to tourism markets in Uganda
A partnership in linking Karimojong crafts producers to tourism markets in Uganda with the ambition to create job opportunities and preservation of culture of indigenous communities. The amount of travellers to Karamoja is increasing and simultaneously the demand for souvenirs. Though, the current supply of resembling bead jewellery, wood carvings and paintings are made in Kenya [...] More
