Blog | Robin Hurt Safaris

Sep 30
3 min

Musings of a Mouse, September 2020

Rocky Hollow, Laikipia. The grass is gloriously green, with so much leaf on the trees, bees in every hive, and 10 happy horses in the pad...

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Apr 6
3 min

Musings of a Mouse, April 2020

Rocky Hollow, Laikipia. Hot sun and dry wind, but quite a lot of grass after good rains. Milla and Richie chose to get married at home in...

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Sep 14, 2019
3 min

The Musings of a Mouse - September 2019

Takaungu creek, south of Mombasa Cool sunny days and small rain squalls every now and again. The Indian Ocean swell brings a glorious war...

From the archives - Cats Don't Like Water!

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May 22, 2019
1 min

From the archives - Cats Don't Like Water!

April, 2014 Masai Mara, in the beginning of the rains. A last minute game drive on the way to to catch a charter home led us to the banks...

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Apr 1, 2019
2 min

The Musings of a Mouse - January 2019

Summer is really here, hot and dry and a little windy. Thirsty elephants and giraffes are drinking huge amounts of water every day from t...

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Mar 19, 2019
2 min

The Musings of a Mouse - September 2018

Rocky Hollow-Spring is in the air – the cold weather finished and delighted to be in the sunshine again. How lucky are we to have lots of...

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Mar 19, 2019
2 min

The Musings of a Mouse - February 2018

Talek River, Masai Mara Rain storms building and since had the most spectacular floods. Camps too close to the rivers have been washed aw...

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Feb 18, 2019
2 min

The Musings of a Mouse - May 2017

Laikipia, Kenya – Mount Kenya covered in dark, heavy, rain filled clouds. We have lovely gentle rain this morning, which is wonderful for...

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Feb 18, 2019
3 min

The Musings of a Mouse - January 2017

Nairobi – Kenya – Not a cloud in the sky. Christmas eve – sitting under the Mogwooni rocks on Laikipia was such fun though we talked too ...

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Feb 18, 2019
2 min

The Musings of a Mouse - September 2016

Laikipia, Kenya – Slightly hazy view of Mt Kenya. Sitting in our mess tent this morning, I watched as Rambo, a six year old Masai boy wal...

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Feb 18, 2019
2 min

Musings of a Mouse - March 2016

Laikipia, Kenya – Fabulous view of Mt Kenya Last week started with a wonderful stay at Laragai House, with our great friends Valentine an...

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