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2018 through your eyes: The spectacular winning images from the Telegraph Travel Calendar Competition

Alison Morris wins the Telegraph Travel Calendar Competition for her image of camel herdsmen in Pushkar, Rajasthan - Alison Morris
Alison Morris wins the Telegraph Travel Calendar Competition for her image of camel herdsmen in Pushkar, Rajasthan - Alison Morris

We recently asked you to send in your most breathtaking travel ​images to feature in our 2018 wall calendar – and you did not disappoint.

Faced with the unenviable task of selecting a final 12 images from over ​a thousand stellar submissions, our judges - Claire Irvin, Head of Travel Editorial, wildlife photographer Luke Massey, and Jeremy Jauncey, the social media influencer behind Beautiful Destinations – curated a round-the-world tour that starts in the icy Pacific waters of British Columbia and ends on more familiar (but no less frosty) turf at Scotland’s Loch Doon, with pit-stops at Namibia, Bhutan and Paris en route.

Dan Hunter's photograph taken in Sipora, Indonesia was chosen as the cover of the Telegraph Travel 2018 wall calendar - Credit: Dan Hunter
Dan Hunter's photograph taken in Sipora, Indonesia was chosen as the cover of the Telegraph Travel 2018 wall calendar Credit: Dan Hunter

Alison Morris’s cinematic image of camel herders enveloped in a cloud of sand ​in Pushkar​, ​Rajasthan​, ​was our judges’ favourite. Aside from winning a Nikon D7500 – the perfect companion for the travelling shutterbug - Alison wins a ​seven​-night Skysafari trip to either Tanzania or Kenya provided courtesy of Elewana​ (+255 784 250 630; skysafari.com).

Pioneers in luxury safari tours, SkySafari by Elewana offers a taste of the best safari experiences and most iconic National Parks in both Kenya and Tanzania coupled with luxury accommodation, gourmet dining, incredible game viewing and private aircraft transfers. SkySafari passengers enjoy business class seating, a fast-track airport experience, butler service at all of the properties, as well as only one check-in and check-out during the seven-night journey.

The remaining 11 pages will be illustrated with photographs taken by Adrian Hutchinson, Dan Hunter, Ian Yates, Mark Rutley, Michael Shanta, Peter Griffiths, Peter Malone, Priit Einbaum, Robert Scriven, Tim Bur and Walner Espinoza Bares, all of whom win a Nikon Key Mission 170 - a shock-proof, freeze-proof, water-proof camera engineered for the adventure photographer.

Buy a copy of the calendar

If you love our winner's photos as much as we do you can purchase The Telegraph Travel calendar for £5 (including post and packaging) through the Telegraph Bookshop (telephone: 0844 8711514). Note that this calendar will only be available to purchase until midnight on Thursday, January 25th.

Scroll through the images below to see which photographs made it past our expert, judging panel. 

Robert Scriven's image of humpback whale breaching in British Columbia kicks off the year as January's feature shot - Credit: Robert Scriven
January: Robert Scriven's image of a humpback whale breaching in British Columbia kicks off the year as January's feature shot Credit: Robert Scriven
Alison Morris’s cinematic image of camel herders enveloped in a cloud of sand ​in Pushkar​, ​Rajasthan​, ​was our judges’ favourite - Credit: Alison Morris
February: Alison Morris’s cinematic image of camel herders enveloped in a cloud of sand ​in Pushkar​, ​Rajasthan​, ​was our judges’ favourite Credit: Alison Morris
March: A copper haze hangs over Paris at dusk - Credit: Walner Espinoza Bares
March: Paris, seen at dusk through a copper haze Credit: Walner Espinoza Bares
April: Peter Griffiths captures the vibrant atmotsphere during a traditional Cham dance in Bhutan - Credit: Peter Griffiths
April: Peter Griffiths captures the vibrant atmosphere during a Cham dance in Bhutan Credit: Peter Griffiths
May: Priit Einbaum evokes scenes from the old Wild West with his hair-raising image of a mounted horseman in Monument Valley - Credit: Priit Einbaum
May: Priit Einbaum evokes scenes from the old Wild West with his hair-raising image of a mounted horseman in Monument Valley Credit: Priit Einbaum
June: idyllic coastal scenes from Dan Hunter taken in Sipora, Indonesia - Credit: Dan Hunter
June: an idyllic coastal scene captured by Dan Hunter with a drone-mounted camera while in Sipora, Indonesia Credit: Dan Hunter
July: Mark Rutley spies a pride of lions through the grass of Tsavo National Park in Kenya - Credit: Mark Rutley
July: Mark Rutley spies a pride of lions through the grass of Tsavo National Park in Kenya Credit: Mark Rutley
August: A hippo lurks in the Chobe river, Botswana - Credit: Tim Burr
August: A hippo lurks in the Chobe river, Botswana Credit: Tim Burr
September: the electric buzz of a night-time food market viewed through the lens of Michael Shanta - Credit: Michael Shanta
September: the electric buzz of a night-time food market viewed through the lens of Michael Shanta Credit: Michael Shanta
October: Nature at its best - Peter Malone captures the sublime surroundings of the Franz Josey Glacier in New Zealand - Credit: Peter Malone
October: Nature at its best - Peter Malone captures the sublime surroundings of the Franz Josey Glacier in New Zealand Credit: Peter Malone
November: Ian Yates's photograph of travellers scaling a golden dune in Namibia - Credit: Ian Yates
November: Ian Yates's photograph of travellers scaling a golden dune in Namibia Credit: Ian Yates
December: Adrian Hutchinson's image of Loch Doon in Scotland wraps up a year of awe-inspiring travel images - Credit: Adrian Hutchinson
December: Adrian Hutchinson's photograph of Loch Doon in Scotland wraps up a year of awe-inspiring travel images Credit: Adrian Hutchinson

The Big Picture

Those who missed having their photographs featured in this year's calendar needn't wait until next November to see their images in print. Every week we celebrate the best of your travel photography in The Big Picture competition which is published every Saturday in the pages of Telegraph Travel. Simply email your images to the bigpicture@telegraph.co.uk along with your name, postal address, when and where the image was taken and telephone number, to be in with a chance of winning a Nikon camera.