Recent Photo Contest Winners
Snapping the perfect photo on safari has a lot to do with being in the right place at the right time. And while Micato can take credit for getting you there, many of our guests evidently have a knack for knowing precisely when to raise their cameras, and how to frame a fabulous photo. This is a sampling of what travellers submit.
This photo was taken as my wife Sarah and I and our group were leaving the local Maasai compound in the late afternoon. We stumbled into a pack of lionesses and a lion in the middle of the road, and parked, waiting for them to pass. I was luckily able to get my camera ready with the telephoto lens as the lion passed right next to us! I was nervous as he looked right at my camera, but I kept shooting until I got that one shot looking right at me! - Carlos Cabezas
We found a herd of elephants and saw this elephant covering herself with dirt using her trunk. I captured the elephant in the middle of spraying herself with the dirt using a 55-250mm lens. -- Emily Walker
We were at Thornybush, South Africa watching the lions and this cub walks right next to me starrng at us with his beautiful eyes. -- Ethan Hunter
We happened upon a group of seven lion cubs in the Maasai Mara. They were all alone, sitting on and behind a fallen tree. Within minutes, their mother came from some distance away. All the cubs ran out to greet their mothers. It was a love fest in cat-land!" -- Paul Bruce
This was taken at the elephant cafe in Zambia. Being able to be that close and to touch these giant creatures you get an understanding that these creatures are not only giant but they are also gentle. The people running the cafe told us that these elephants are orphans and their family died because of predators, droughts, and even poachers. When you lay your hands on the amazing creatures its like your souls connect. You can feel their pain. -- Ethan Hunter
We were driving in the Maasai Mara and found a mother cheetah with her two sons. Mom was scouting the territory on an old termite mound. Later, the two boys came and sat beside her. After waiting a while, they finally all turned our direction at once.
-- Paul Bruce
I was filming a lightning and thunder storm from the balcony of our room at the Oberoi Amarvilas. This frame is one of many where lightning struck on either side of the Taj as the storm moved from our left to the right. Pretty spectacular. Shot on an iPhone X." -- Bruce Fortune
The Tanzania/Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area was the best close up opportunity so far for Water Buffalo. Massive, serious creatures, and this one with the birds perching atop his head and horns, a vine hanging from his horn, and green leaf remnants on his lip. Fun shot. -- Marie Brown
In Serengeti National Park we came upon a lion with three females. Having picked his favorite, the male was then approached by a second female, who wanted all his attention. And boy did she get it! The scrap lasted about two minutes, after which he chased her off across a stream, before returning to his original "bride." -- Michael Dudley
It was late in the day and we were finishing our last drive in Ranthambore National Park. Subhash our guide heard a monkey alarm call and ask that we hold on so we could drive very fast. After a very fast and bumpy drive they stopped the jeep and we looked to the water where we saw the tiger . It was very late and we had only a few minutes before we had to leave to be out of the park by 6:00 PM. It was magical, I shot the tiger with a 400mm lens, the light was perfect. -- Jerry Herz
We were in the Serengeti near some kopjes. We had not seen much for a couple of hours. All of a sudden we came upon this tree, right beside the road. It was filled with 15 lazy, sleeping lions. I had to switch to a wide angle lens to get them all in. -- Paul Bruce
