About Us
Our Story
Lala Palm Safari Co. is an intimate specialist safari travel company that offers tailor-made, once-in-a-lifetime wellness-infused safaris. Having over 20 years of experience in health, psychology, and well-being we have brought this to the safari industry to provide you with the healing magic that reconnection to nature can offer. We aim to craft safari experiences that can make time stand still, whilst enriching the soul in ways that only nature can.
Lala Palm offer personalized and detailed experiences, turning guests' dreams into unforgettable adventures. Each safari is luxurious and unique, designed to reconnect guests with nature's wonders. The company's expertise in healing and private guiding ensures elegant and sensual encounters with the wilderness, allowing guests to rediscover their true selves in the natural world.
We are committed to building meaningful relationships with our guests, and we are dedicated to creating the rich wilderness experiences they desire. Our safaris are a collaborative effort, where we work closely with our guests to understand their personalities and needs, drawing on our background in psychology to tailor each experience.
Our name comes from our adventures to Botswana. The lala palm trees are the sentinels of the delta, watching over the islands and waterways in the heart of the wilderness.
You can’t go anywhere in the magnificent landscape of Okavango Delta, Botswana, without seeing a fringe of incredibly tall and spindly lala palm trees dotting the horizon. The lala palms are nature’s snack cabinet, drawing in all kinds of creatures to exploit their goodness. Elephants find the gingery tasting palm nuts of the lala palm irresistible. Explorers of the delta are treated with a rapid-fire swishing sounds, a sure signal that an elephant is vigorously shaking a tree to get the nuts to fall loose.
YOUR GUIDE: Dr Malvina Bartmanski
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Born in Poland, Malvina has travelled all over the world. She lived in Poland and Italy in her early years and arrived as a child to live in South Africa. She has travelled to or nomadically resided in over 30 countries across the world, including Botswana, Mozambique, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Kenya, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Dubai, Spain, Peru, India, Egypt, USA, UK, and many others. She continues to live nomadically enjoying exploring and living in different cultures and locations. 


The natural world has always been a part of Malvina’s life. She spent her early years enjoying swimming in rivers, scuba diving exploring the world’s oceans and hiking through jungles, and later falling in love with the savannahs of Africa.
Malvina is a FGASA nature guide and wildlife photographer. She is also an integrative clinical psychologist and author, specializing in health psychology and nervous system regulation (www.malvinapsychology.com). She follows a spirit of ecopsychology, increasingly deepening her understanding of the relationship between humans and nature. She is a breathwork, meditation and yoga facilitator. She brings all of this to the safari experience, sharing her passion for wellness and wilderness through immersive experiences.
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Malvina’s passion is connecting people with a love for travel, healing, health, nature and yoga through wellness-infused wildlife experiences. Malvina crafts wellness safaris where she integrates healing rituals into safaris to carve moments to pause, breathe and absorb the healing power of the natural world, allowing moments to reconnect with and cherish the often-overlooked beauty around us.
