by
Africa Geographic Editorial
Friday, 22 March 2019
Our Photographer of the Year 2019 is now in full swing and there is only a month left to go before entries close!To see the other two galleries for this week’s selection, click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1 and Weekly Selection Gallery 3 .
A young cheetah eyes the guineafowl nearby in Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana © Lennart Hessel A playful elephant calf in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa © Kevin Dooley Two playful cheetah brothers on a high-speed chase in the Nossob riverbed of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Gideon Malherbe A large forest elephant bull stands on a palm island in the middle of the Congo Basin, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo © Daniella Kueck A black-backed jackal launches at a flock of Cape turtle doves in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Ernest Porter A juvenile Cape sugarbird lands on a pincushion flower bud on a farm near Stellenbosch, South Africa © Gerald Knight Fishermen at sunrise on the Chobe River, Chobe, Botswana © Johan Van Rensburg A crocodile tries in vain to take down a zebra in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Krishnan Gopala Krishnan Portrait of a helmeted guineafowl, Kruger National Park, South Africa © Schalk Lombard A young baboon climbs a fallen tree in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Patrice Quillard A lion takes his time at a waterhole while the rest watch on in Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana © Katrin Gerchel “I am watching you” – a leopard keeps an eye on the Photographer from a large tree in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe © Andre Erlich A baboon sits in deep thought as the sun rises on the banks of the Chobe River, Namibia © Simon Cox Salt caravans in the late afternoon in the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia © Hesté de Beer Four flamingos asleep at a lagoon in Walvis Bay, Namibia © Beata Bettaglio Spangenberg A spotted bush snake with a frog in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe © Myriame Lawley A leopardess looks towards the tree where she left her kill the night before in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Randall Ball “The revolt of the ostrich” – Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Patrice Quillard A meerkat catches a snake in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Margie Botha A superb starling with a small caterpillar in Naivasha, Kenya © Joe Knapman Elephants chase painted wolves (African wild dogs) in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa © Kevin Dooley Hyena pups and their customary inspection of the mouths of the adults who return to the den in the evening, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Krishnan Gopala Krishnan A serval keeps an eye out for potential prey in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Patrice Quillard “The stare” – a terrapin comes in for a closer look at Sunset Dam in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Tony de Oliveira ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
To see the other two galleries for this week’s selection, click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1 and Weekly Selection Gallery 3 .
To comment on this story: Download our app here - it's a troll-free safe place 🙂.
HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF AFRICA GEOGRAPHIC:
Travel with us . Travel in Africa is about knowing when and where to go, and with whom. A few weeks too early / late and a few kilometres off course and you could miss the greatest show on Earth. And wouldn’t that be a pity? Browse our famous packages for experience-based safaris, search for our current special offers and check out our camps & lodges for the best prices. Enquire now
Subscribe to our FREE newsletter / download our FREE app to enjoy the following benefits.
We're the Africa Geographic editorial team – a diverse set of writers, editors, designers and social media natives, all united by our passion for this addictive continent.
