Mr. Bakker and dutch hiking tours organisation Bergwandelen.com are part of the Adventure Tourism Uganda project like Kara-Tunga. They are managing the hiking agenda of the project with a great focus on Karamoja as well. Developing hiking tourism in Uganda Mr. Bakker - based in Uganda - is conducting a feasibility study for hiking tourism in [...]
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Expedition leader Jan Bakker Trains Hiking Guides in Karamoja
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Trekking Uganda’s Mt Kadam: Unraveling secrets of Karamojaland
Trekking Uganda's Mount Kadam with Kenya-based Dutch primatologist Yvonne A. de Jong and American conservationist and ecologist Thomas M. Butynski have had an interest for what lies within the forgotten corners of Uganda's Karamoja sub-region and bordering Kenya's Turkana and West-Pokot counties. Yvonne A. de Jong and Thomas M. Butynski combined have worked in Africa [...] More -
Riding epic trails of Mount Elgon and Mount Kadam
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 [...] More -
Rock Climbing and Bouldering in Karamoja
Rock Climbing and Bouldering in Karamoja - Our mandate is to market and develop tourism in the Karamoja region aimed at sustainable enhancement of community livelihoods, preserving cultural heritage and positively impacting the image of the region. Therefore we work together with partners that support our vision and are willing to help us to build [...] More -
Campaign for Responsible Tourism in Karamoja
To raise awareness on conserving our natural habitat and cultural heritage we designed a set of principles for Responsible Tourism in Karamoja. To launch the Responsible Tourism Karamoja principles, we took a day to collectively clean the trails on Mountain Moroto and our municipality in town and discuss the with our team. As a result [...] More -
Mount Moroto Hiking and Rock Climbing
Mount Moroto Hiking and Rock Climbing - The Karamoja region in northeast of Uganda is an area still to be explored for rock climbing and bouldering routes. The numerous volcanic mountain ranges and iconic rock formations have drawn the attention of just a few adventurous climbers. We invite you to explore the Karamoja region and be [...] More -
Mount Kadam, Gigantic Views and Billions of Stars
Well, when I headed for my very first Kara-Tunga adventure I had a rough idea about what was there to come. I knew I was about to Climb Mount Kadam and to spend one night up there. But I’d have never expected it to be that breathtaking – I’ll never ever forget the gigantic views over [...] More -
Mount Kadam, People and Culture
Mount Kadam is the second highest mountain of the Karamoja region in northeaster Uganda with the highest peak called Libo. The mountain also comprises of five tribes that is to say: Pokot, Karamojong, Gishu, Sebei and the Kadama. Some of the Abore tribes like the Pokot and Sebei are also found in Kenya and they [...] More -
Mount Kadam: Impressive Climb and Breath Taking View
When my family came to visit me in Uganda, I wanted them to experience the pearl of Africa in its purest form - no typical touristic stuff, where you feel like sitting in a cinema, watching the life happening from a secure distance. A friend of mine recommended to Climb Mount Kadam with Kara-Tunga to me and I was [...] More
