Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2024 winners' prizes to benefit free-roaming lions

Photographer of the Year 2024 winners get to help free-roaming lions. In addition to winning a conservation safari to Hwange, each winner will have lion research collars, valued at US$7,500, sponsored in their name.

Africa Geographic’s Photographer of the Year 2024 is now open for entries, and this year’s winners will be granted the opportunity to make a tangible impact on lion conservation in Africa.

The 2024 competition will run with one significant change to the previous editions: Each of the three winners (the overall winner plus two runners-up) will become a personal sponsor of a wild Hwange lion research collar. Africa Geographic has paid for these sponsorships – to the value of US$2,500 each. The sponsors will receive feedback and updates on the lion collared in their name.

In addition, the three winners and their partners will join CEO Simon Espley on a conservation safari in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, staying at Bomani Tented Lodge and Camelthorn Lodge. The winners’ safari will be accompanied by Southern African Conservation Trust chairperson Brian Courtenay and a WILDCRU researcher, who will provide winners with in-depth insight into the conservation of free-roaming lions in the region. In addition to many game-drive G&T moments, the group will get to understand the issues facing lions and what is being done by NGOs and local people to protect them.

The annual photographic competition is a celebration of Africa, with entrants contributing breathtaking images of the continent, from wildlife action and safari experiences to African culture and landscapes.

Africa Geographic is about TRAVEL and CONSERVATION – for those who want their safaris and donations to make a real difference – in Africa.

Learn more about Photographer of the Year 2024 here.

Photographer of the Year 2024 is proudly sponsored by Imvelo Safari Lodges. In association with Southern African Conservation Trust (SACT) and WILDCRU.