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Penda Travel Photography Competition 2025

Show us your best work. And have a chance to win an African photo safari!

Calling all travel photographers! We invite you to submit your best work and compete for the title of Penda’s Travel Photographer of the Year. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or an enthusiastic amateur, this is your chance to showcase your most captivating travel images. You’ll have a chance to win the trip of a lifetime – a photo safari to Botswana. Entering is quick and easy – and your first entry is free!

Penda’s collaboration with Wild Shots Outreach underscores the belief that photography can do more than just create striking images – it can build connection, agency, and opportunity. Based in the Greater Kruger area in South Africa, Wild Shots Outreach gives young people from disadvantaged communities access to cameras, mentoring, workshops, and bursaries to help them engage with their natural heritage and pursue pathways in conservation, storytelling, and creative careers.
By entering the competition beyond the free first submission, contributors will be directly supporting the work of Wild Shots Outreach – helping fund equipment, education, and program expansion.

Fees:

Free

Prizes:

● Main Prize: Botswana Photography Safari
The overall winner will receive a space on an exclusive guided photo safari in Botswana, running 17–23 July 2026. The prize is worth USD 4,995 and includes accommodation in a private camp, guidance by professional wildlife photographer Alan Hewitt, and exclusive wildlife photography opportunities (lions, leopards, elephants, and more).

● Category Prizes & Runners-up
Category winners will receive a camera bag by VINCOV, a boutique brand of quality camera accessories, and runners-up will receive VINCOV camera straps.

● Competition Categories
The competition has three categories: Wildlife, Landscape, and People. Photographers can enter in all categories, and there is no limit to the number of entries.

Eligibility:

The competition is open to both professional and amateur photographers from around the world. Whether you’re just starting or have years of experience, we welcome all levels of talent.

Copyrights & Usage Rights:

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Theme:

Wildlife Landscape People