The world's best travel photos of 2016

If you are a travel lover, a photography enthusiast or both, we recommend that you pay close attention to what comes next. And is that today we are going to show you the winning images of Travel Photographer of the Year Contest 2016. Yes, we are referring to the contest that National Geographic organizes every year to find the best travel photographs on the planet. On this occasion, the magazine has decided to divide them into three categories: People, Nature and Cities.

This year's winning photo (you can see it at the beginning) is called “Winter horseman”(Winter Rider) and has been captured by Anthony Lau in Inner Mongolia, where winters are unforgiving. In fact, temperatures are -20 degrees and there is a constant wind from all directions. Therefore, the author explains that it was very difficult for him to get out of the car to take the photo. Do you want to discover the rest of the winning photos? Well, you just have to join us!

Rooftop Dreams, Varanasi

The second place in the "People" category went to "Rooftop Dreams", a photo taken by Yasmind Mund, who says that when he arrived at his guest house in Varanasi, India, at 5:30 in the morning, he wanted go up to the terrace to see the sunrise and discovered that mothers, fathers, children, cats, dogs and monkeys were sleeping on the rooftops.

Remote life at -21 degree

The photo that has been in third place in the "People" category is "Remote life at -21 degree". Immortalized by Mattia Passarini, shows an elderly woman in a village remote in Himachal Pradesh, India, carrying a large log back home.

Muscle Beach Gym

National Goographic has also wanted to make an “Honorable Mention” to the photo “Muscle Beach Gym”, taken by Dotan Saguy. In it appears a weight lifter with a bodybuilder in the background at the Muscle Beach gym in Venice Beach, California.

Wherever you go, I will follow you !!

The winner of the "Nature" category was Iroke Inoue, who sent the magazine the photo "Wherever you go, I will follow you !!". Two beautiful foxes appear in it red running through the snow.

Double trapping

The second place in the “Nature” category is for “Double trapping”, a photo taken by Massimiliano Bencivenni in the Brazilian Pantanal, considered the largest wetland in the world.

Baltinache Lagoons (Atacama Desert)

The photo that has managed to sneak into a creditable third place in the "Nature" category is "Lagunas Baltinache (Atacama Desert)", by Victor Lima. The photo was taken in April 2016, during a expedition photographic in the Atacama desert, Chile.

Bears on a Berg

The “Honorable Mention” in this category has gone to “Bears on a Berg”, a photo taken by John Rollins off the coast of Baffin Island, in the Canadian Arctic. In it you can see a mother bear polar and her calf on top of an iceberg.

Ben Youssef

The winner of the “Cities” category was Takashi Nakagawa, who sent the photo “Ben Youssef”, taken in the magazine, to the magazine. Marrakesh, a city that defines as exciting for any traveler.

Silenced

The second place in the “Cities” category is for the “Silenced” photograph, taken by Wing Ka H. in Guangzhou, China. It is a building hive belonging to the University.

Celestial Reverie

In third position we find "Celestial Reverie", a spectacular photo of a lightning it apparently hits the Komtar tower, the most iconic in George Town, the capital of the Penang state in Malaysia. The image was taken by Jeremy Tan.

Divide

Finally, we have to talk about Divided, a photo taken by Kathleen Dolmatch from a helicopter doorless looking south on Central Park West.

The world's best travel photos of 2016 | By : CNN (April 2024)