The United Nations General Assembly declared 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development recalling the potential of tourism. During 12 months the organisation features international sustainable tourism initiatives including ourselves. Read the full feature on the campaign website Tourism4Develoment.com
Kara-Tunga Arts & Tours
For long, tourism in Uganda has been focused on wildlife safaris and other tourist destinations but community tourism is an opportunity for the local community to participate and benefit from their natural and cultural resources.
Tourism development is therefore at the core of our operations. We focus on rural areas affected most by decline in the capacity of agriculture. Degeneration of the countryside is prevented and cultural heritage preserved by raising supplementary family income through tourism.
We focus on identifying potential tourism sites and activities, building community capacity through education and creating demand through marketing and packaging.
Karamoja (northeast Uganda) suffers from a negative image due to decades of isolation and insecurity. But after peace has returned (2011), the perception of the region by fellow Ugandans and the international community hasn’t changed.
Discover Karamoja project is aimed at positively changing the image of Karamoja through photography.
Karamoja Tourism is promoting Karamoja in the domestic and international market and is working toward repositioning the image of the region.
The Karamoja Tourism website features information that is relevant to travellers who are thinking about and actively planning a visit the north east of Uganda. Through this site, potential visitors will be able to learn about the diversity of what Karamoja has to offer and how to make their visit a fantastic experience.
Yesterday we had the pleasure to share our culture with photographer Maria who’s on a journey through Africa to document stories through food and finally make an unique African cookbook ‘Eating with Africa’.
Art and Film changing Karamoja: Native Travel Festival and Kara-Tunga Arts & Tours are positively changing the image of Karamoja (northeast Uganda) through Art and Film.
Cattle Auction Markets in Karamoja – This short video explains the importance of livestock marketing in Karamoja, recent trends in market activity, and how Karamoja is acting as a regional hub for livestock trade to other parts of Uganda, as well as Kenya and South Sudan.
We are celebrating a milestone in the development of the Warrior Nomad Trail with a workshop attended by 35 key-tourism stakeholders from Uganda’s Karamoja region. The meeting was aimed at fostering sustainable coordination of the regional tourism sector with the Warrior Nomad Trail at the centre. The participants shared their input and ideas on the …
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Kara-Tunga ft Sustainable Uganda Tour Operator
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development recalling the potential of tourism. During 12 months the organisation features international sustainable tourism initiatives including ourselves. Read the full feature on the campaign website Tourism4Develoment.com
Kara-Tunga Arts & Tours
For long, tourism in Uganda has been focused on wildlife safaris and other tourist destinations but community tourism is an opportunity for the local community to participate and benefit from their natural and cultural resources.
Tourism development is therefore at the core of our operations. We focus on rural areas affected most by decline in the capacity of agriculture. Degeneration of the countryside is prevented and cultural heritage preserved by raising supplementary family income through tourism.
We focus on identifying potential tourism sites and activities, building community capacity through education and creating demand through marketing and packaging.
www.kara-tunga.com
Discover Karamoja
Karamoja (northeast Uganda) suffers from a negative image due to decades of isolation and insecurity. But after peace has returned (2011), the perception of the region by fellow Ugandans and the international community hasn’t changed.
Discover Karamoja project is aimed at positively changing the image of Karamoja through photography.
www.discoverkaramoja.com
Karamoja Tourism
Karamoja Tourism is promoting Karamoja in the domestic and international market and is working toward repositioning the image of the region.
The Karamoja Tourism website features information that is relevant to travellers who are thinking about and actively planning a visit the north east of Uganda. Through this site, potential visitors will be able to learn about the diversity of what Karamoja has to offer and how to make their visit a fantastic experience.
www.karamojatourism.com
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Yesterday we had the pleasure to share our culture with photographer Maria who’s on a journey through Africa to document stories through food and finally make an unique African cookbook ‘Eating with Africa’.
Art and Film changing Karamoja
Art and Film changing Karamoja: Native Travel Festival and Kara-Tunga Arts & Tours are positively changing the image of Karamoja (northeast Uganda) through Art and Film.
Cattle auction markets in Karamoja
Cattle Auction Markets in Karamoja – This short video explains the importance of livestock marketing in Karamoja, recent trends in market activity, and how Karamoja is acting as a regional hub for livestock trade to other parts of Uganda, as well as Kenya and South Sudan.
3rd Karamoja Tourism Coordination Platform
We are celebrating a milestone in the development of the Warrior Nomad Trail with a workshop attended by 35 key-tourism stakeholders from Uganda’s Karamoja region. The meeting was aimed at fostering sustainable coordination of the regional tourism sector with the Warrior Nomad Trail at the centre. The participants shared their input and ideas on the …