The Big Picture: Readers' top travel photos, 25 November, 2016

  • IIamas in the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve, Bolivia. Photo: Adam Pilmer
    of
  • Favela, Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Adam Pilmer
    of
  • I think we should all be travellers in our own cities, and what better place to start than our own Sydney Harbour Bridge at sunset. Photo: PETER MORTON
    of
  • The new Three Capes Walk in Tasmania is a walk of contrasts, from oceanside cliffs to wildflower plains to rainforest gullies. We walked it at the beginning of November. Just as we hiked up The Blade of Cape Pillar, the UK tall ship The Tenacious sailed by on its way to Hobart. Photo: Anick Graveline
    of
  • This photo was taken between Kaikoura and Hanmer Springs in New Zealand only days before the recent earthquake caused havoc on these roads and for the communities. Photo: Stephanie McDonald
    of
  • Ushuaia , Argentina is located on the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, the southernmost tip of South America, nicknamed the end of the world. it is the embarkation point for adventures to the Antarctic peninsula through the notorious Drake passage. Photo: ANTHONY LAWRENCE
    of
  • This photo was taken in August 2016 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The City fronts the Adriatic Sea. The City is known for its distinctive Old Town, encircled with massive stone walls completed in the 16th century. The well-preserved buildings in the Old Town, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, range from baroque St. Blaise Church to Renaissance Sponza Palace and Gothic Rector’s Palace. Photo: Eng-Joo Ong
    of
  • Perry Sandhills in New South Wales. Striking colours and symmetry make this picture mesmerising. Photo: Lauren Farmer
    of
  • The new Three Capes Walk in Tasmania is a walk of contrasts, from oceanside cliffs to wildflower plains to rainforest gullies like this one. We walked it at the beginning of November. Photo: Anick Graveline
    of
  • Thirty years after my first visit to Chamonix in France as a penny-pinching backpacker, I was able to afford the cable car ticket into the snowy wonderland at the top of the Aiguille du Midi. The sunny weather highlighted the contrast between the dark rocky faces and climbers, and the white snow and ice. Photo: Daren Fawkes
    of

  • You may also like these photo galleries

    Outdoor Glamping Suite at the W Hotel.

    Camping on water? Five hotel experiences in New York you'll never forget

    Porto, Portugal.

    The world's 10 prettiest river ports to arrive in

    The bedroom, on 'The Residence by Etihad', a new First Class service offered by Etihad Airways.

    The emerging airline trends all travellers should know about

    Ryad Salama in Fes.

    Morocco's most spectacular hotels

    THE BEST OF BUSINESS CLASS: Singapore Airlines business class cabin on an A350 aircraft.

    The best business class seats revealed: Not all seats are equal

    Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley.

    How Emirates created a perfect resort in Australia

Advertisement

You can now upload your pictures to the competition through our new image uploader, which can be found here.

Take a look at this week's best travel photos sent in by readers for our Big Picture competition above.

Enter your best travel photos to win a $17,000 India river cruise

Traveller is proud to announce the sixth edition of The Big Picture competition for amateur photographers, in association with Fairfax Media's photo club, Clique, run by the photographic departments of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

The overall winner and a partner or friend will travel on a luxury, eight-day APT Spirit of India river cruise for two in a twin Signature suite, courtesy of APT valued at up to $14,390. The prize includes economy return airfares to Kolkata from the winner's nearest Australian capital city, valued at up to $1500 a person. Trip highlights include a city tour of Kolkata, exploring its colonial heritage, including the bustling Dalhousie Square and St John's Church, before heading to the nearby Mullik Ghat Flower Market.

The cruise along the lower Ganges includes stops at Kalna, known as the City of Temples, and a guided cycle-rickshaw tour, an excursion to the brass-working village of Matiari and a visit to the former French colony of Chandannagar.

For the full itinerary, click here. The competition runs until February 10, 2017.

HOW TO ENTER

Upload an unpublished image of a special moment from your travels taken in the past two years (at least 1MB and 300dpi in JPEG form).

You also need to tell us, in about 100 words, where and when the image was taken and what made it so memorable. Use the Clique uploader here.

The weekly deadline is noon Monday (AEST) and you can upload a maximum of two entries per week.

The competition closes on February 10, 2017. Click here for full terms and conditions.

IMPROVE YOUR TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

Traveller's The Big Picture competition is part of Clique. So join Fairfax's Clique photography club and we'll help you become a better photographer — no matter what your skill level.

Clique members can win great prizes every month in the monthly challenge competitions. To join Clique, see smh.com.au/clique or theage.com.au/clique.

<p>

Traveller's Big Picture reader travel photo competition sponsors.

Traveller

Comments