It’s exactly three years ago that we founded Kara-Tunga as regional tourism development and promotion organisation. Over the years we have learned a lot about community tourism and have decided to standardise all our community contributions starting with the Moroto communities.
Social enterprise
Kara-Tunga is founded to challenge social problems in the Karamoja region to be unemployment of school dropouts, migration of young females in rural communities and degradation of cultural heritage. The organisation found tourism to be a sustainable tool to create (job) opportunities, an incentive for rural communities to unite and improve their livelihoods with their cultural heritage.
Local community
The majority of the client fees directly benefit the local community: cultural groups, local guides, local staff and local suppliers.
Investment
Kara-Tunga invests in marketing, sales and education to reach to positively impact the image of the region, improve livelihoods of the community and preserve cultural heritage.
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.
Amudat chapter of Uganda’s Warrior Nomad Trail – The Karamoja region of Uganda is culturally more diverse than communicated in the media. Kara-Tunga aims at showcasing this diversity along the Warrior Nomad Trail with the addition of Amudat district what’s home of the Pokot-tribe bordering Kenya and in between Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve and Mount …
Karamoja tours rates for Local tourists – We believe that domestic tourism builds intercultural relations within a country and is a powerful tool for breaking the spell of negative publicity of the Karamoja region.
We are excited to announce a new educational partnership with Dutch Noorderpoort College to strengthen our capacity in Karamoja regional tourism development through skilling.
Karamoja community contribution standards
It’s exactly three years ago that we founded Kara-Tunga as regional tourism development and promotion organisation. Over the years we have learned a lot about community tourism and have decided to standardise all our community contributions starting with the Moroto communities.
Social enterprise
Kara-Tunga is founded to challenge social problems in the Karamoja region to be unemployment of school dropouts, migration of young females in rural communities and degradation of cultural heritage. The organisation found tourism to be a sustainable tool to create (job) opportunities, an incentive for rural communities to unite and improve their livelihoods with their cultural heritage.
Local community
The majority of the client fees directly benefit the local community: cultural groups, local guides, local staff and local suppliers.
Investment
Kara-Tunga invests in marketing, sales and education to reach to positively impact the image of the region, improve livelihoods of the community and preserve cultural heritage.
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Amudat and Pokot-tribe on Uganda’s Warrior Nomad Trail
Amudat chapter of Uganda’s Warrior Nomad Trail – The Karamoja region of Uganda is culturally more diverse than communicated in the media. Kara-Tunga aims at showcasing this diversity along the Warrior Nomad Trail with the addition of Amudat district what’s home of the Pokot-tribe bordering Kenya and in between Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve and Mount …
Karamoja tours rates for Local tourists
Karamoja tours rates for Local tourists – We believe that domestic tourism builds intercultural relations within a country and is a powerful tool for breaking the spell of negative publicity of the Karamoja region.
Educational partnership with Dutch Noorderpoort College
We are excited to announce a new educational partnership with Dutch Noorderpoort College to strengthen our capacity in Karamoja regional tourism development through skilling.