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Team Africa Geographic
Thursday, 1 April 2021
Our Photographer of the Year 2021 is open for submissions, with cash prizes of US$10,000 for the overall winner and the two runners-up. They and their partners will also join our CEO Simon Espley and his wife Lizz on the ultimate private safari in Botswana.
The competition runs from January to June 2021. Get your entries in now and join us in celebrating Africa! Proudly brought to you by Hemmersbach Rhino Force and Natural Selection .
Here are the best submissions for this week
A tawny eagle lowering its landing gear. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Willie van Schalkwyk Unsure if this is breakfast or not. Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa. © Andrew Aveley The catch – African darter with tilapia. Lake Panic, Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Antionette Morkel Yum. Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Artur Stankiewicz A southern ground hornbill plays with a dusty stogy (actually a stick). Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Mattheuns Pretorius One giant chewing on another. Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. © Bill Klipp Chilojo cliffs on a winter’s morning. Gonarezhou National Park. Zimbabwe. © Judy Woodgate A flower mantid pretending (successfully) to be an aloe. Komatipoort Area of South Africa. © Carol Bell Patience and luck for the perfect black rhino shot at sunset. Namibia. © Corlette Wessels Dust to dust. A pack of African wild dogs attacking a warthog. Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Golaotse Speedy Senase Looking up at his marula tree pantry. Thornybush Private Nature Reserve, South Africa. © Henrico Muller Basotho herders rounding up their donkeys for the summer night at an altitude of more than 3000 meters. Lesotho. © Hesté de Beer Infanticide – a new male makes his presence felt. Singita Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Janice Katz Caracal. Erindi Private Game Reserve, Namibia. © Jarosław Klej A bateleur coming in to land. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Willie van Schalkwyk Geladas with salon-quality hair. Simien Mountains, Ethiopia. © Judy Woodgate An African mourning dove in desperate trouble from a gang of hungry African helmeted terrapins. Selenkay Conservancy, Amboseli National Park, Kenya. © Karim Kara Giraffe silhouette dance. Etosha National Park, Namibia. © Marcio Lisa An endangered red colobus monkey with its impressive Einstein haircut. Jozani Forest, Zanzibar. © Yobel Muchang A ground woodpecker takes off. Maloti-Drakensberg Park, South Africa. © Mattheuns Pretorius Bateleur face off. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Murray Jacklin Jewel of the ocean. A basket star adheres to a palmate sea fan (both are marine animals). False Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. © Peet J van Eeden Unlike most cats, the lions of Duba seem to have no dislike of water. Duba Expedition Camp, Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Bill Klipp Aardwolf. Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana. © Richard Scripps Fossa. This endangered creature is the largest mammal predator on Madagascar. Menabe Antimena Protected Area, Madagascar. © Sergey Savvi Startled stares across the Kalahari plains. Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana. © Shaun Malan Jackson’s forest lizard. Mount Elgon National Park, Kenya. © Stephen Spawls A few of the more than 600, very relaxed, Addo elephants known for their placid behaviour and human tolerance. Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. © Hesté de Beer Nature’s greatest spectacle. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. © Artur Stankiewicz To comment on this story: Login (or sign up) to our app here - it's a troll-free safe place 🙂.
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