The Safari World of Robin Hurt | Professional Hunters




	Derek A. Hurt

Derek was born in 1966 in Kampala, Uganda. After a secondary school education in England, Derek returned to Kenya and spent a year working on various ranches, where he gained valuable experience hunting dangerous game for crop and livestock protection.

At the age of 18 Derek spent 6 months in Tanzania with Tanzania Game Tracker Safaris as a trainee hunter before attending Agricultural College in England where he attained an Agricultural/Mechanisation Diploma.

In 1989 Derek returned to East Africa to join his father’s business as a safari guide and in charge of Maintenance and Logistics of the Company Fleet. At the same time he continued his apprentice as a Professional Hunter.

Derek obtained his PH licence in 1992 and for the past 14 years has been hunting professionally in Tanzania for Robin Hurt Safaris (Tz) Ltd. He has built up a loyal and ever expanding list of clientele. Derek has a good understanding of hunting in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia having accompanied his clients to all 3 countries.

During the Tanzania closed hunting season, Derek enjoys guiding Luxury Tented Photographic Safaris in both Kenya and Tanzania and another of his passions is game bird shooting.

Derek speaks Swahili, is an excellent bush mechanic, a keen game photographer and fisherman. Derek and his wife Belinda live on a farm on the outskirts of Arusha. Derek is an ideal companion to be on safari with, has an outstanding knowledge of local flora and fauna and each year produces first class trophies for his clients.