Riding epic trails of Mount Elgon and Mount Kadam - Watch an epic video edit of our partner Clark Expeditions that offers Enduro style Mountain Bike holidays, riding the incredible trails around Mt Elgon in Eastern Uganda. "We shot this footage with a German film making family, and with Theo from Kara-Tunga tours, I had [...]
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Riding epic trails of Mount Elgon and Mount Kadam
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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 -
Launch of Tourism trails in The Pearl of Africa
Launch of Tourism trails in The Pearl of Africa - The 3-year project is aimed at improving and diversifying products in adventure and cultural tourism in Uganda's East and Northeast (Sebei and Karamoja subregions). Adventure tourism is the fastest growing tourism niche worldwide. With its diverse landscapes and welcoming people, Uganda has tremendous opportunities to further [...] 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 -
Trail mapping on Mount Moroto
Trail mapping on Mount Moroto - One of our goals is preservation of cultural heritage through tourism and therefore we are working hand in hand with the elders as gatekeepers and the youth to document, manage and share. Kara-Tunga also donated 3 dustbins to support the community in collecting rubbish and raising awareness about the [...] More -
Trail maintenance Mount Moroto community tourism association
The recently formed Mount Moroto Tourism Association has completed its first action point being the maintenance of the three main trails. These trails are the main access routes for the community and also for tourists. We are proud to see the first action point to be completed successfully with the necessary accountability of the association. More -
Meeting with Dutch Ambassador and tourism stakeholders
The potential of tourism in Uganda is enormous. The ‘Pearl of Africa’ is famous for its gorilla’s and chimpanzees, but has much more to offer. The active tourist can go hiking, mountaineering and mountain biking. The cultural tourist will be amazed by the numerous local traditions, customs, arts & crafts. The Netherlands Embassy in [...] More -
Kara-Tunga opens Endiro Coffee Trailhead in Moroto
I'm very excited to announce our partnership with Endiro Coffee, Uganda's leading coffee brand with an incredible track record in community development, by opening the first 'Endiro Trailhead' branch with us in Karamoja! We thank the Endiro Coffee founders for their believe and trust in Kara-Tunga and our efforts in sustainable community development through tourism. [...] More -
Karamoja Safari featured in Columbus Magazine
Karamoja Safari featured in the Dutch and Belgium magazine called Columbus Travel Magazine. The magazine highlights a 20 pages travel report from climbing worlds Mt Elgon (4321m), an authentic cultural experience in Karamojaland and ending with an off the beaten path Wildlife Safari in Kidepo Valley National Park! #DiscoverKaramoja, Uganda's Best Kept Secret. Read more publications on [...] 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
