Tour of Karamoja 2025

Tour of Karamoja 2025
Uganda Bicycle Challenge – Event packages

The Tour of Karamoja is Uganda’s ultimate wilderness bike tradition aimed at positively impacting the image of northeast Uganda and promoting tourism for sustainable development.

The journey starts on the lower savannah plains in Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve and curls through the woodlands in West Pokot onto the rolling hills of the East African Rift down into the award-winning Kidepo Valley National Park

The 705 Km route with 4,600m elevation is divided into 8 unique stages of mixed length and difficulty. The trail is a mix of rocky cattle paths, loose and hard-packed gravel and single tracks. The final 9th day of the event is an award-winning cycling safari through the national park.

Dates

Fri 25 Oct: Arrival/registration
Sat-Sat 23 Oct – 2 Nov: 8-Stage Bike Tour
Sun 3 Nov: Bicycle safari in Kidepo Valley NP
Mon 4 Nov: Departure

Ride 4 Girl Child

The tour aims at raising funds to offer life-changing education for at least one class of 20 girls at Matany Girl’s Vocational School Change the life of one girl by sponsoring €550 for a full vocational training course including an internship and career coaching. Raise €1 per Kilometre and empower one girl and so one village. Learn more

Warrior Nomad Trail

The tour will follow ‘The Warrior Nomad Trail‘ starting in Southern Karamoja land and ending in Africa’s most applauded awarded national park ‘Kidepo Valley National Park’.

Registration and deadlines

Early Bird deal:
– Full registration: 1st March 2025
– Full payment: 15th March 2025

Regular package:
– Full registration: 1st September 2025
– Full payment: 15th September 2025

Packages

Learn more at the event packages page.

• Camping: $1,450 (9 Nights, Camp with your own equipment)
• Glamping: $1,675  (9 Nights, Canvas tent, mattress, pillow and linen)
• Budget Hotel: Single $1,825 / Sharing $1,775  (3 Nights Hotel room, 6 Nights x Glamping)
• Comfort Hotel Single: $2,025 / Sharing $1,925 (5 Nights Hotel room,  4 Nights x Glamping)

Extra’s

Cycling jersey: $90
Bike + Helmet rental: $350 pp
To-from vehicle transfer: $300 pp
Post-event flight: $550 pp

Inclusions camping package

• Meals from Friday dinner to Sunday breakfast
• Luggage service for a single 15 kg soft bag
• Bicycles transport from Kampala to the start and from the finish back
• Entrance fees to the national parks
• Guides and bike mechanics
• Charging station at each camp
• Drinking water at camps
• GPX map
• Finishers T-shirt
• First aid and medical team
• AMREF Air Evacuation or by road to the nearest hospital
• Daily bike wash

Exclusions

• Travel and Medical insurance for any hospitalisation
• Transfers to the starting point in Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve and from the finish in Kidepo Valley National Park (air/road options available)
• Cash bar in Ugandan Shillings
• Massage service
• Hotel upgrades or Camping gear hire
• Bicycle and Helmet rental
• Bicycle maintenance services
• Multiple-entry East-Africa VISA, East Africa Residence Permit or East African Citizenship ID/Passport.
• International flights

Accommodation

Each night is spent at a different location during the Tour of Karamoja, supporting and promoting local businesses along the trail. Find out more about the accommodation upgrades.

Cancellation policy

Find below our refund policy based on cancellation time to arrival day. The below amounts are less transaction/currency charges.

• Until 31 July 2023 = 75% refund
• 1 Aug – 28 Aug 2023 = 50% refund
• 29 Aug – 25 Sept 2023 = 25% refund
• 26 Sept – 24 Oct 2023 = 0% refund