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During the trip in Uganda we also did a hike to an Ik tribe. The Ik people are an ethnic group living in the mountains of northeastern Uganda near the border of Kenya. It was an exhausting 5 hour hike on high altitude, however was definitely worth it. We were escorted by armed soldiers for security reasons, who also put up an extremely fast pace. Around 10,000 people are still living this way, nevertheless the globalising world is a threat to the continuos existence of this culture.