Traveling Karamoja, a secret gem of Uganda – This incredible organization was founded when a passionate half-Dutch/half-Karamojong came back to Uganda to explore his roots, traveling for months talking to elders, climbing mountains, and exploring the culture. Since its start, Kara-Tunga continues lifting up the culture and the people of Karamoja.
Personally, I did an overnight stay in a Tepeth village on Mount Moroto, a disappearing tribe from where the Karamoja tribe has origins. On the hike up the mountain, my Karamoja tour guide explained many of the local plants and their medicinal properties. I learned about ceremonies, religious ideologies, and the rich stories of a pastoralist culture.
As we arrived to the village, we sang, danced, made yogurt together, watched the stars, and shared stories about the times of raids and migration. I fell asleep in the tent to the sound of laugher from the neighbouring village hut.
Furthermore, their tour guides also play a part in preserving the culture, collecting knowledge about certain plants or traditions each time they take visitors so that the knowledge can be written and shared with the next generation. I appreciate how Kara-Tunga is a company that thinks ethically about its social mission and how it can preserve a culture that is slowly disappearing with changing times.
The Karamoja region is such a secret gem of Uganda that has only recently opened up to visitors, and Kara-Tunga makes it possible to live and learn from the life in Karamoja. Ten out of ten would recommend!
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Bicycle Tour through Karamoja – I was in Moroto for work and decided to stay with Kara Tunga Guest House for the weekend. The rooms are clean with comfortable beds and hot showers.
The proud Karimojong people in Uganda’s northeastern corner live for their cattle and women. Many decades of conflict made Karamoja unthinkable as a tour and travel destination. Today, the doors open to a fascinating culture and a folk refusing to give up their traditions.
We were very lucky that Kara-Tunga was brought to our attention right before we took off for a visit to Kidepo Valley NP, otherwise we would probably have missed out on such an awe-inspiring experience in the North-Eastern and Eastern parts of Uganda.
Meeting Remarkable Females during Karamoja Village Tour – What better day to highlight the contribution of women than today – Mother’s Day! We took a tour of the Karamojong village to see how the tribe lives and encountered several remarkable females – building homes, carrying water jugs, gardening and doing other chores. They reminded me …
Traveling Karamoja, a secret gem of Uganda
Traveling Karamoja, a secret gem of Uganda – This incredible organization was founded when a passionate half-Dutch/half-Karamojong came back to Uganda to explore his roots, traveling for months talking to elders, climbing mountains, and exploring the culture. Since its start, Kara-Tunga continues lifting up the culture and the people of Karamoja.
Personally, I did an overnight stay in a Tepeth village on Mount Moroto, a disappearing tribe from where the Karamoja tribe has origins. On the hike up the mountain, my Karamoja tour guide explained many of the local plants and their medicinal properties. I learned about ceremonies, religious ideologies, and the rich stories of a pastoralist culture.
As we arrived to the village, we sang, danced, made yogurt together, watched the stars, and shared stories about the times of raids and migration. I fell asleep in the tent to the sound of laugher from the neighbouring village hut.
Furthermore, their tour guides also play a part in preserving the culture, collecting knowledge about certain plants or traditions each time they take visitors so that the knowledge can be written and shared with the next generation. I appreciate how Kara-Tunga is a company that thinks ethically about its social mission and how it can preserve a culture that is slowly disappearing with changing times.
The Karamoja region is such a secret gem of Uganda that has only recently opened up to visitors, and Kara-Tunga makes it possible to live and learn from the life in Karamoja. Ten out of ten would recommend!
Read the original review of Vivian Ho on Facebook.
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