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Kara-Tunga, Karamoja Safari Camp

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Address

Lomilo Road, Plot 8 Behind United Nations Offices, Moroto, Uganda

Website

www.kara-tunga.com

Contact

+256 39 3225630

Price rating

$42/night

Rating on Google Maps

4.10 (202 reviews)

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  • 5/5 Ethan W. 8 months ago on Google
    Excellent accommodations in Moroto. Safe, clean and environmentally conscious. Place your food orders early if you need to keep time.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Robert M. 1 year ago on Google
    It's one of the best places to stay for accommodation when u visit sipi falls in kapechorwa very nice with a lot of activities at the site
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Evelyn O. 1 year ago on Google
    The best accommodation in Moroto, great service, mouth watering food 😋, good people. I would stay here over and over again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Ido Ben g. 1 year ago on Google
    We went here for lunch-dinner. Waited 2 and half hours(!) for food, only reason we stayed for the dinner is due to them saying they have rooms for the night. The check came with many items we didn't order (15% more money to pay in the bottom line). After the long awaited time, the food arrived cold. And then for our unpleasant surprise we were told we have no place to sleep and were forced to go around town in the middle of the night searching for a place to sleep. Highly unrecommended place.

  • 5/5 justus n. 8 months ago on Google
    So excellent services from the Reception to food and accommodation is great.The people/employees so friendly and cheerful

  • 5/5 wout c. 7 months ago on Google
    We had a wonderful stay here in the kara-tunga lodge. It’s a region I would recommend to everyone travelling to Uganda. The mountain area is different then the other mountains we saw in Uganda (more beautiful in my opinion). They offer a lot of tours at reasonable prices. For example wedid a hike up the mountains with a local guide, which was nice. And the same day we went with another guide (Daniel) to the Karamojong people. It was a wonderful experience because it was still a genuine insight in how they live, and it wasn’t as touristic as the maasai tours in Kenya where it’s full of tourists. Our guide Daniel made this experience even more lovely with his humor, enthousiasm and knowledge about the tribes. He is also a karamojong so you know what he is telling, is genuine. We visited their villages and experienced their ritual dance, and danced with them. The day after this we did a tour with the boda boda (motorcycle) up to the tepeth people and drove through the karamajong roads with our guide Daniel again. It was such a fun experience, driving the boda boda ourselves. We drove until sunset with the local people laughing because they see a mzungu (tourist) on a boda boda. Daniel was again the perfect guide for this tour. It ended with drinking a local beer in of the villages watching the sunset! Totally recommend this and totally recommend Daniel!

  • 5/5 Marjolein H. 5 months ago on Google
    Best place to stay in Moroto. Would highly recommend travelling to the Karamoja area and learn more about the local communities. Kara-Tunga is the best starting place, with local guides and great projects to support and contribute to the Karamajong. We stayed in the ensuite luxury tents. Very nice and clean. Great food and very friendly staff (all being trained / went to the schools set up by Kara-Tunga). Highly recommended to stay here

  • 5/5 Laura 4 months ago on Google
    We booked with kara-tunga one night in a hotel and three different experiences: boda-boda motor tour, village homestay experience and castlee keepers experience. The arrival at the hotel was not all that good, as we arrived after a long day traveling and driving, we're just arriving in Moroto we had a problem with the car. After waiting for the mechanic, we decided to eat something quick at the hotel and go to sleep and relax. As usual, what a plate of chicken cost at the hotel was 7 times more expensive than on the street, even though we were tired and we decided to eat there. Well, it was one of the worst decisions we made... The staff was very friendly, even the girl who helped us, but it was impossible to understand between us. We ordered to eat two plates of grilled chicken, which was accompanied with fries. We asked in various ways and with different words if they could change the potatoes for vegetables, but the girl did not understand in any way what we were asking, even in the end some customers who were sitting close, laughed about the situation. Anyway, we ordered the chicken with potatoes and we sat down to wait, and so we waited for an hour. And when it arrived, it was very raw! We went to sleep angry and with bad feelings. The next day when we woke up we went to have breakfast, it must be said that in order not to make our experience late, the day before we asked for breakfast for 7:30 a.m. Well, at this time we were in the dining room, but not breakfast, which arrived at 8:10 a.m. So we had to start later with our planning... Luckily, at this moment our guide Lochorro Michael appeared, a very nice and competent boy, from this moment on things started to go well with kara-tunga. We started with a half-day motorcycle tour of the Karamoja area, both he and his partner were very nice and told us a lot of things about the life and culture of the Karamoj people. The price was a little expensive for what the route was, but they made it really nice and fun. At noon we arrived at the hotel to rest and later in the afternoon we went with Lochorro to do the Village homestay experience and the Kastlee experience. It was really a very, very nice experience, the people were very open, friendly and radiated happiness. We slept in the Kraal, which was not very comfortable, but Lochorro took some pillows for us and left us a whole kraal for ourselves. It was an experience to repeat! The next day we arrived at the hotel, had our breakfast and went to pay. There goes our last surprise with the hotel... We asked to pay by card, and the girl told us that there was a fee of 10 dollars, apart from what the bank charges you of course. In my life I had never encountered a commission like this, so we decided to pay in euros (cash). Well, luckily we had several tickets because as if they were trading cards the girl was saying: this one is not from 2015, this one is not that it has a black dot... anyway... IN SUMMARY, OUR EXPERIENCE IN HOTEL STAFF WAS NOT GOOD BUT OUR EXPERIENCE IN KARATUNGA TOURS WAS VERY GOOD THIS IS FANTASTIC, THANK YOU LOCHORRO FOR MAKING US FEEL SO GOOD!

  • 5/5 borjolo el m. 1 year ago on Google
    such an amazing hotel, we decided to extend our stay. We did two tours with amazing guides Michael and Kristine! Greetings from Lokolon. Free filtered water refill to avoid plastic consumption, very good food and the service is super friendly. They have an interest in local development and it is reflected in the tours they do.

  • 5/5 robert k. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing place with the best food i have tasted in Uganda. Excellent customer service from the staff and the owner. I really enjoyed my 1 day stay at the place and would come back over and over again. I wish there was a way you could even deliver that tasty food to Kampala

  • 5/5 Omer I. 1 year ago on Google
    Excellent hotel. The best in Morto. The rooms are comfortable, spacious and pleasant tents that are well closed against insects. There is a shower and attached toilet in the room. The staff are wonderful and provide great service. The hotel's restaurant is good with delicious dishes. And the breakfast is also excellent. Really recommended place.

  • 5/5 Yvonne H. 1 year ago on Google
    It was the second time that we have visited Kara Tunga Safari Camp. As usual we had a very comfortable night in the safari tents. We did the village walk with visit of a traditional Manyatta. Usually we also add the Kral visit but arrived a little bit late. That is why we recommend to book 2 nights here. Definitely the best community experience in Uganda.

  • 4/5 BRIAN B. 1 year ago on Google
    Best African setting accommodation in Moroto. It’s set up based on the treat of the tourists with international meals served. They do carry out community tourism within karamoja.

  • 4/5 Sylvain P. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice accommodations (tents were spacious, bed gigantic), the food is really average (both in terms of selection and availability). Location is great to walk back to the village and enjoy meeting locals.

  • 4/5 Melissa S. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice and calm place in Moroto. Overall good experience but customer service is a bit slow. We also did a tour to Mt. Moroto, which was a wonderful experience. Very unique and authentic. One major improvement I would like to see - the owners/managers should equip their guides/porters with better gear. Our guards did not even have a rain poncho (which costs very little). So they kept getting completely soaked in the rain (including the equipment they carried). Same goes for proper shoes.

  • 5/5 Sam G. 1 year ago on Google
    A quiet place to stay, very nice rooms and very helpful staff.

  • 5/5 Angela B. 1 year ago on Google
    Me and my friend stayed here for 2 nights. We really enjoyed our stay here. We did a hike in mt Moroto and we visited the krall, both with a guide. The guide had a lot to tell about the places. We stayed in the twin room, it has a warm shower (ask the staff how to turn it on before you take a shower) and the beds are good. The provide a bottle of purified water to reduce the waste of water bottles (yeah!). Fill in a form for breakfast the evening before so your breakfast will be on time in the morning. I highly recommend the pancakes. Order dinner on time, it can take a little while. The pumpkin soup was really good, the samosa not so much (it wasn't crunchy). So the last night we had dinner in town. I definitely recommend to stay at this place. The staff is very friendly and doing their best. And they offer a variety of tours.

  • 5/5 Keren O. 1 year ago on Google
    The rooms were nice and clean. The tents are awesome...

  • 5/5 Chris M. 2 years ago on Google
    A guy named Michael Beans came and translated the whole thing, showed us around the camp, showed us how things worked, made all the introductions, and brought dinner. Wish we could have spent more time there

  • 1/5 de k. 2 years ago on Google
    It's terrible because I ordered a chicken and it was cold and it wasn't cooked like at all. The doors couldn't close. When I was there you couldn't go outside because the karamangjon were killing people outside when the sun is down. So a bad rating.

  • 4/5 Sharon Wetjens-van D. 2 years ago on Google
    Only stayed at this camp one night, but it was nice. The tent was spacious with a comfortable bed and a well equipped bathroom. Unfortunately there was no mosquito net, but we brought our own. They have great opportunities to explore the area and learn about the local people and customs

  • 4/5 Monalisa A. 1 year ago on Google
    The location is easily accessible from the town centre. Service of the staff was excellent, and the rooms were spacious with very large, longer than normal beds - a pleasant surprise for most tall travellers, I'm sure!


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