Lars Martin Holta

A man holding binoculars stands on the riverbank, smiling at the camera, with water and a distant shoreline in the background during daytime.

Founder, wildlife photographer, tour leader & field guide

Lars is a Norwegian wildlife photographer, tour guide and trained safari guide registered with the Field Guide Association of Southern Africa. With a fascination and admiration for wildlife from an early age and a passion for wildlife photography, he is driven by a desire to introduce others to the wonders and magic of nature, as well as to create photographic opportunities for those he travels with. With a camera in hand and a thirst for discovering new wild destinations, he strives to create unique encounters and connect guests to nature in an authentic way.

His background is in guiding. He has lived a year in South Africa’s Lowveld region where he studied and was trained as a safari guide around the Kruger National Park under the direction of EcoTraining. Here he really discovered an interest in showing and teaching others about the same nature he has always wanted to get close to. He also has experience from working in a luxury lodge in South Africa's Eastern Cape province where he has guided guests and worked as a photographer.

Now he wants to combine everything to create powerful and diverse experiences to leaves a lasting and positive impression on those that joins him to the world’s wildernesses. Experiences that both inspire guests and benefits local people as well as the precious wildlife that we admire and want to see.

“My vision through Wild Selection Tours is to create high-quality trips for nature lovers to unique places of our planet, and show my guests the diversity of nature in an authentic manner. Everyone deserves to experience wild animals in an unforgettable way through expeditions that leaves a lasting impression.”

A man standing on a rocky ledge by a river, raising his arm in a fist, with cliffs and green trees in the background.
A person with a tattoo on their arm using a large camera with a white telephoto lens to photograph the ocean, rocks, and seagulls at a rocky shoreline under a partly cloudy sky.
A man with a shaved head taking a photo of an elephant in a green landscape with bushes and trees, under a clear blue sky.
A person kneeling on the forest floor, taking a photograph of a snake that is emerging from behind a tree trunk.