Our Team - Whistling duck uganda

JASON OWOMUGHISHA SANDY

Jason is 60 years ‘old and has been leading the team since 2004. He is our wisest and longest standing Guide. He has incredible all-around knowledge and he is our expert birder! He knows most of the 1,000 birds of Uganda. There is no question about Uganda Jason cannot answer and even spicing it up with a little anecdote.

There is not a guide who hasn’t been at least on one tour with Jason. One cannot imagine a better teacher. To be trained with his calm, patient and humorous way has been a big advantage for the other guides.

Jason is married to Constance and has 2 children of his own as well as 2 adopted ones.

Jason’s favorite animal is the elephant and he could watch them for hours. He says they are intelligent and know how to survive and they also like to travel and stay in motion, just like him.

Jason knows everyone has different interests and readily adapts to the challenge.
The most important thing to him is that the guests are happy and go home with great memories about Uganda.

DANIELA BAYER

Dani is 50 years ‘old and was born and raised in Cologne, Germany. She is married to Patrick a Ugandan artist and the leave in Jinja not far from the Source of the Nile. She loves travelling and exploring new places, mosaic art and sports like: hiking, swimming and squash. Like Jason, she has been with the team since 2004. She enjoys guiding our guests through her adopted home country, its beautiful sceneries, amazing wildlife and friendly people.
It means a lot to her to be a direct link between visitors and Uganda, to interact with people from different horizons, age and background, which makes each tour an interesting and unique one. Her favourite animal is the African Elephant, a symbol of wisdom, experience, power, loyality, companionship and good luck! Even after so many years its still breathtaking and exciting when a herd of elephants crosses the road in front of the vehicle – softly, quietly and so graciously! Her top 3 favorites places are the majestic Virunga Volcanoes, the remote Kidepo Valley National Park and Lake Mburo National Park.

FRED BARTS MAGEMBE

Fred is 55 years ‘old, married with 3 children. He was a professional German teacher before becoming a tour guide. The diversity of tour guiding was more attractive than education offering the possibility of travel and cultural exchanges. He has been with Whistling Duck since 2009. He loves nature above all else but Murchison National Park is “the diamond of his heart”

PAUL MUWUMUZA

Paul is 52 years’ old, married and has 9 children ranging from 2.5 to 20 years’ old. He loves guiding and is the best “bush mechanic” of the team. He has been guiding for Whistling Duck since 2008 and loves his job as he wants to share his passion for his country with other people and has real interest in cultural diversity and exchange. His favorite animal is the Aardvark, a strange looking nocturnal creature found in Murchison National Park, his all-time favorite place in Uganda.

PETER MODO LOCHUGE

Peter is 38 years ‘old and is very proud to belong to the Karamojong tribe. He was born in Moroto, Northern Uganda. Peter is married and the father of 3 as well as a foster dad to 2 of his sister’s Betty 8 children. He has many talents and use to be our free lance Captain on our Camping Safaris crossing Lake Victoria from Entebbe to Jinja. The he became the best cook on our Camping expeditions and eventually learned to drive and now is a Tour Leader, a cook and a captain when needed. He is very versatile and has the sweet character of all Northerners. He loves animal and nature and the Zebra is his favorite animal. He has been with the Whistling Duck team since 2014.

ROBERT KASOZI

Robert is 47 years ‘old and is from Mbarara near Lake Mburo National Park in South West Uganda. On his parents’ farm, Robert’s “job” after school was to protect the crops from monkeys and birds and it was his first introduction to wildlife. From the age of 12 he knew a lot of birds’ and mammals’ names in his local language and it was later an easy task for him to translate them into English. Robert studied mechanics and learned to drive. But he wanted to broaden his horizon and the tourism industry was a strong call! He has been working as a Free Lancer since 2007 and officially joined the team in 2019.

Robert is married to Adrine (herself a Tour Guide) and they have 5 children.

His favorite animal is the giraffe because of its height and their graceful walk and their passive behavior. His favorite country is Uganda because as he puts it: we have snow close to the Equator, Tropical rain forests, Savannah grassland, savannah woodlands, wetlands. Lakes and rivers, mountains and a lot of sunshine!!!

PASCAL WERNER

Pascal is 41 years’ old. He was born in Germany but grew up in Uganda where his parents worked as teachers. After completing his M.A. degree in African Studies and Zoology at the University of Cologne he returned to Uganda to work in tourism and his interests in the Wildlife has always been a priority. He met his wife Maria in Kampala where they settled down. He has been part of the Whistling Duck family on and off since 2012 and Pascal can’t think of anything more exciting than being out in the bush, sitting next to a campfire and listening to the sounds of the wild. Pascal in our Camping Safari Guide expert! When he hears the cry of the highly intelligent spotted Hyena, he knows he will sleep well!