22 Animal Photos Of NatGeo Traveler Photo Contest

The best of the best handpicked pictures straight from the animal kingdom. If you have taken a surprising and amazing photo, why not to participate in the contest? The 2015 Traveler Contest will run in the spring of 2015. Check back on the Traveler site for exact dates.

For our 25th annual photo contest, National Geographic Traveler magazine received more than 15,500 entries from skilled photographers from around the globe. Taken in locations ranging from Brazil to Kenya, the winning pictures show everything from quiet landscapes to surprising moments.

Photo and caption by José Mingorance

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