Micato Photo Contest Winners 2025 | Best Safari Wildlife Photography

By Micato Staff May 11, 2026

Micato guest Elliott Simmons photographed this leaping lioness during a Micato Custom Safari in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

Isak Dinesen woke up one morning on her farm in Kenya’s Ngong Hills and thought, “Here I am, where I ought to be.”

Dinesen, writing as Karen Blixen, made these words famous in “Out of Africa.” And it’s fair to say that this feeling of being in the right place at the right time is shared by multitudes of Micato travellers, especially when they capture breathtaking moments like the one above.

That perfectly-timed photo by Micato guest Elliott Simmons has earned the Grand Prize in the Micato Photo Contest. Sharing the winners’ podium with Elliot are Micato guests Ken Fox and Randy Knopf, whose images follow below.

This pensive baboon was spied by Micato Guest Ken Fox during The Hemingway Wing Safari.

Micato Guest Randy Kopf encountered these smartly aligned giraffes in the Loisaba Conservancy.

We are grateful to our winners and all who enter the Micato Photo Contest—see our full gallery of winners past and present.

The Micato Photo Contest is open to all travellers who have ventured either to Micato’s Africa or Micato’s India. And if you haven’t yet, we would be honoured if you entered the contest. It’s never too late! Here’s a reminder of what we’re looking for and how to enter.

And if you’ve yet to join us, we hope these stunning photos inspire you or your travel advisor to contact us. Our Micato Safari Directors would be delighted to get you exactly where you ought to be to have bountiful wildlife encounters and take photos like these.