River Hallahin is a very attractive river, which divides the
Southern part of KARTUNG and Cassamance (Senegal).
Most of the tourists use canoes or small boats for touring
the river for site seeing and watching some of the sea birds
and having day trips at their own leisure.
There are some ecologies in KARTUNG village and these include:
Lemon Fish ecolage
The people of KARTUNG village, within their ethnic groups
are Mandinkas, Jolas, Fulas, Serers, Karonikas and few Balantas
from Guinea Bassau.
During some festivals in the village KARTUNG, The Mandinkas
ethnic group have their own musical instrument which is a
called the Bukarabu dance, Kumpo and Samayo dance. The Karonikas
ethnic group have their own musical instrument which is called
‘Situmba’ dance or ‘Ahatt’ dance.
KARTUNG villiage has a bird-watching guide
called Lamin Morgan Jabang, who guides some of the visitors
or tourists by watching some of the below mentioned birds
that can be found in KARTUNG village bushes and at the riverside.
These birds are:
Crows, Piapic Magpie, Black Kites, Starlings, Hornbills, Parrots,
Senegal Firefinch, Vultures, Pigeons, Woodpeckers, Cattle
Egrets, Sunbirds, Village Kleavers, Bul Bul, Red Bishop, Senegal