PRIZE DETAILS: Entrants who submit an image taken in Africa will qualify for the prizes below – both guests and non-guests of Wilderness Safaris.
Wilderness Safaris Photographer or the Year
One overall winner will be chosen from across the four categories.
Prize: Win an all-expenses paid eight-night safari for two people sharing at a choice of three Wilderness Safaris Classic camps (Botswana, Zambia or Zimbabwe). Prizes include a private photographic guide, international flights (economy) to the destination country, as well as charter flights.
Total prize value: USD22 000.
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Four Category Winners
We will select one winner for each of the four categories.
Prize: The category prize includes a four-night safari (Botswana, Zambia or Zimbabwe), with charter flights to and from the camp included.
Total prize value: USD10 000.
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Young Wilderness Safaris Photographer of the Year
Nurturing future environmental heroes is a key focus area for Children in the Wilderness, our non-profit partner and beneficiary of this year’s competition. Accordingly, we are delighted to introduce this new 18 and under award.
One overall winner will be chosen from across the four categories.
Prize: Olympus TG-6 Camera.
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People’s Choice Competition
The entrants of each category will be put to a public vote on the website.
Prizes: The photographer whose image receives the most votes (overall) will win a four-night safari for two people sharing, including charter flights, to two Botswana Classic camps, as well as an Olympus E-M1X with 300mm F4 lens. The total value of this prize is. The total value of this prize is USD13 000.
IN ADDITION one lucky voter will also win a safari prize: a three-night safari for two people sharing, including charter flights, to two Botswana Classic camps, to the value of USD7 500. Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.

COPYRIGHT: Copyright and permission
By submitting images to the Wilderness Safaris Photographic Competition website each entrant confirms and warrants that:
– they are the sole author of each entry and that it is their original work;
– they own the copyright and any other intellectual property rights of each image;
– they have the permission of anyone pictured in the image (or, where the image shows any persons under 18, the consent of their parent/guardian) for the usage rights required by Wilderness Safaris and will indemnify Wilderness Safaris against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such infringement;
– they have not licensed or disposed of any rights in the image that would conflict with uses to be made by Wilderness Safaris; and
– they have received any necessary permissions from the owner(s) of objects including buildings included in submitted images for the usage rights required by Wilderness Safaris and will indemnify Wilderness Safaris against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such infringement USAGE RIGHTS: Intellectual Property:
Entrants retain ownership and all other right to future use of the photographs they enter. By entering any photograph, Entrants specifically agree to the following:
– your entry to the contest constitutes your agreement to allow your entered photographs—and your name, country of residence and photo information—to be published as Winners or Honourable Mentions on the Wilderness Safaris websites and social media platforms.
– and you grant to Wilderness Safaris and its licensees an irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the entry (along with a name credit), in any media now or hereafter. Wilderness Safaris may, in its sole and absolute discretion, reproduce the images submitted by the Participant in publications, marketing material, social media and printed media as well as to utilise the images for commercial activities (including but not limited to auctioning or selling of image either online or as part of an exhibition, brochures, promotional material, various forms of merchandise i.e coffee table books)
– Wilderness Safaris will at all relevant time provide proper name credit for any photographs used in terms of this clause, and where an image is used on merchandise commissioned by the organizers, proper arrangements ill be made with the applicable photographer and a separate agreement will be made.