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Do’s and Don’t While in Karamoja

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DO’S

  • Wear decent cultural karimojong out fit when visiting the village or kraal.
  • Learn the basic Karimojong language in order to communicate with locals.
  • Please learn the local customs before visiting any local community/village.
  • Respect our local village chiefs.
  • Help protect our wildlife by by refusing to purchase and wildlife product.
  • Help as keep Karamoja clean by refusing to use plastics.
  • Greeting every one in Karamoja is very Normal and polite and also lightens up every one’s day.
  • Always greet people with your right hand.
  • Ask for permission before taking pictures of any cultural ceremony.
  • Respect your guide and ask them any question where you need help.

DON’TS

  • Don’t expose much money while on a tour
  • Do not enter to any local community without a guide
  • Don’t give money, sweets and kind of non native food to children, and the general local community
  • Don’t seat on cooking stones
  • Don’t kiss while with locals in their settlements/ villages.
  • Don’t allow any reptile to enter or cross your camp fire point
  • Don’t walk on streets in the middle of the night
  • Don’t use lighting candles while in the tent
  • Don’t drink much while hiking
  • Don’t seat on the elder’s stool
  • Don’t drive your car inside or close to the villages

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