Robin Hurt

Founder

Robin was born in London in 1945. He was the eldest son of the late Lt Col Roger Hurt D.S.O., Kenya Game Warden, Robin grew up on the Hurt family ranch on the shores of Lake Naivasha in Kenya and by the age of 18 Robin was a fully licensed Professional Hunter. Robin has hunted professionally in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, Central African Republic, Congo, Botswana, Zambia, Ethiopia and Southern Africa. His clients from these safaris have hunted many record world class Big Game trophies. Robin has now retired from hunting big game in Tanzania. Robin and his wife Pauline are now spending more and more time on their ranch in Namibia where Robin enjoys hunting Plains Game. When not in Namibia, Robin can be found bird shooting in either England or Spain

John Ngalesoni

John was born in Tanzania, in 1966. He obtained a diploma in Wildlife Management and worked in Tanzania’s Wildlife Division. John joined Robin Hurts Safaris in 1998 to assist with anti-poaching and community development before obtaining his PH license in 2005. When not out in the field hunting John is based in the Arusha office and is Director of Operations for the Tanzanian company.

Daniel Mousley

Daniel Mousley was born in Kenya in 1983 and today, Dan manages Robin and Pauline Hurt's ranch in Namibia and the neighbouring Mount Barry Wilderness and Red Hills. In 2011 Dan was licensed as a PH and now spends his time managing these ranches and hunting professionally. Dan has a tremendous sense of humour and is great company around the camp fire. In addition to managing Gamsberg Ranch, Dan is now the Managing Director of Robin Hurt Namibia.

Sean Kelly

Sean was born in South Africa in 1981. Sean is a third generation Professional Hunter and hunting is in his blood. At high school in South Africa, Sean excelled at cricket and was offered a place at the Northern Transvaal Cricket Academy. Selection for the National team beckoned. Sadly for Sean he sustained a back injury and was released from his contract and has been hunting professionally ever since. Sean was first licensed as a Professional Hunter in 2001 and has been hunting all over Africa ever since. Sean is married with a young daughter and they spend their free time fishing in South Africa and Norway.

Fico Vidale

Born in Lusaka, Zambia in 1967, Fico Vidale was brought up in the 'bush'. It is not surprising that he started hunting with a full licence in Zambia when he was just 19 years old, which at the time made him the youngest professional hunter in the country. He hunted all over Zambia and then in 1997 moved up to Tanzania to hunt there. Fico has since moved back to Zambia where the majority of his hunts take place, but joins us in Tanzania for a few hunts each season. Fico is fluent in Spanish, Italian, English, Swahili and the local Zambian Language.

Hayden Glenny

Hayden has nearly three decades of experience as a professional hunter across the African continent. He was born in KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa where he also attended Agricultural college. He grew up on a beef farm where he enjoyed a childhood of fly-fishing, hunting Reed Buck, and riding motorbikes. In 1994, Hayden worked his first season on safari in Zambia. During his apprenticeship, he built camps and oversaw operations, learning quickly that attention to detail is everything in the bush. He spent two years in Zambia before moving on to Tanzania. Hayden was first licensed in Tanzania in 1998 and has since hunted all across the country, from the Selous Game Reserve, Southern Tanzania, Tunduru, Mbarangandu, Western Tanzania and Masailand as well as other regions. He has also spent five years guiding in Cameroon and speaks English, Afrikaans, Zulu, French, and Swahili.