There are three routes from Kenya to Ethiopia, two routes along the Eastern shores of Lake Turkana through Marsabit county and one on the Western shores of the Jade Sea through Turkana county. The adventure bike riders Michnus & Elsebie Olivier took the most adventurous Eastern route that was more a track and can take [...]
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Motorbike Trip East Lake Turkana to Ethiopia on Warrior Nomad Trail
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Tour of Karamoja, Paul Sherwen Classic Bike Race
Tour of Karamoja and Paul Sherwen Classic Bike Race are two Ugandan bike events in memory of the late Paul Sherwen. The Tour of Karamoja is an annual mountain-gravel bike event, co-founded by Paul Sherwen and taking place in his beloved Karamojaland located in Northeastern of Uganda. The Paul Sherwen Classic Bike Race is founded [...] More -
Via Via Tourism Academy partners with Warrior Nomad Trail
We are honoured to announce that ViaVia Tourism Academy (VVTA) joins the Warrior Nomad Trail as development partner. VVTA therefore brings its global experience in vocational trainings in sustainable tourism development for Karamojaland in Northeastern Uganda. VVTA is a centre of Training & Expertise offering vocational trainings in sustainable tourism for sustainable development around the [...] More -
Karamoja Tour Guides attend Gender Based Violence workshop
We are glad to have concluded a 2 days training under Uganda Safari Guides Association (USAGA) on mechanisms to prevent, detect and respond to violence against women (VAW) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the workplace. The organisers invited two of Kara-Tunga team members to attend the training aimed at training other stakeholders in the [...] More -
Primates of Karamoja, northeast Uganda
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 [...] More -
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 -
Karamoja Female Guides Training in Northeastern Uganda
Karamoja Female Guides Training in Northeastern Uganda - While the global tourism sector is struggling to have the tourism business back to its normal operations, we decided not to stop offering our services. Kara-Tunga's Karamoja Tourism Academy in collaboration with Nature Uganda held a training for women in Karamoja on how to get involved in [...] More -
Somali-Masai birds in Uganda’s Mount Moroto
Today we celebrate Birding 'Global Big Day' with fantastic sighting of Crammy Wanyama around Mountain Moroto during his current stay at Kara-Tunga, Karamoja Safari Camp. These photos are of the White-crested Turaco and Shinning Sunbird. Credits Photo credits: Crammy Wanyama Tour operator: Avian Safaris Sighted birds Orange River (Archer's) Francolin Wahlberg's Honeyguide Grey Wren-warbler Uncommon [...] 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
