What a year it's been! And what better way is there to look back on it all than with a collection of 2023 photo highlights?
Coming to the end of another exciting year for SwimTrek, we've been delighted to see all of you around the world on your various aquatic adventures. In 2023, we decided to run three competitions for all the photographers (both guests and guides) out there on location.
Below you'll find all our favourite candidates, picked throughout the course of this year. We've packed in everything from shipwrecks in the Maldives to dolphins leaping in the Outer Hebrides.
To make final decisions we rallied together here at SwimTrek HQ and settled on 3 winners for the 2 photo competitions from a selection of 10 outstanding entries each. It was a very difficult task, so please don't be disheartened if you didn't make it in this year - an action-packed 2024 is coming up soon!
Our Candidates
The Prizes
Photo Of The Year - Free SwimTrek (🥇Gold), £100 Credit (🥈Silver), £50 Credit (🥉Bronze)
Moment Of The Year - We will contact our 3 winning guides individually about their prizes
Selfie Of The Year - A free bag of SwimTrek goodies!
So, let's plunge back into our memories of 2023 and find out what you discovered behind your lenses this year...
Photo Of The Year | Guest Competition
What were some of your favourite sightings and swims in the world's waters?
GOLD 🥇 | 'Fjords Of Montenegro' by Scott Milbert - Montenegro Fjords
SILVER 🥈 | 'Crete Divers' by Leanne Hastings - Crete Discovery
BRONZE 🥉 | '60K Shark Island Swimmers' by Joshua Ingram - SwimTrek 60K
ENTRY 1 | 'Mirrored In Milos' by Marie Corley - Milos, Greece
ENTRY 2 | 'The Trojan Horse' by Afşin Çelik - The Hellespont
ENTRY 3 | 'So Many Memories' by Kerryne Kraus - All SwimTrek Trips
ENTRY 4 | ‘Leaping Dolphins’ by Nick Lansberry - Outer Hebrides
ENTRY 5 | ‘Another Milos Sunset’ by Andrew Ragless - Milos, Greece
ENTRY 6 | 'On A Beach In Baja' by Daron Larson - Baja Peninsula
ENTRY 7 | 'Lakes And Tarns' by Ali Philips - Lake District, UK
Big congratulations to our three guest winners - Scott, Leanne and Daron! We will be in touch soon with details on how to claim your prizes.
Moment Of The Year | Guide Competition
What were the most memorable moments for our guides this year?
GOLD 🥇 | 'Slovenian Alps' by Thomas Oliver - Lake Bled & Slovenian Alps
SILVER 🥈 | 'Shipwreck And Swimmer' by Rosie Smith - The Maldives
BRONZE 🥉 | 'Happy To Be In Hawaii' by Marlys Cappaert - Big Island, Hawaii
ENTRY 1 | 'Swimming Sicily' by Edmondo Paciocco - Aeolian Islands, Sicily
ENTRY 2 | 'Galapagos Surprise' by Marlys Cappaert - Galapagos Islands
ENTRY 3 | 'The Divers' by Sian Williams - SwimTrek Classics
ENTRY 4 | ‘Reef Fish Spotting’ by Jason Brandt - Open Water Development, Hawaii
ENTRY 5 | ‘Three... Two... One...’ by Amy Taylor - The Maldives
ENTRY 6 | 'SwimTrekkers In Montenegro' by Rosie Smith - Montenegro Fjords
ENTRY 7 | 'Lost World' by John Lester - Komodo Islands
Congratulations to our fantastic guide winners - Marlys and Rosie! We will reach out directly with details on how to claim your prizes.
Selfie Of The Year | Guide & Guest Competition
Let's see some of your best guide and guest shots when the camera swings the other way!
WINNER 🥇 | 'Sally & Andrea' by Sally McGrath - Milos
ENTRY 1 | ‘On The Boat In Croatia’ by Jane Hansom - Croatia
ENTRY 2 | 'The Lakes' by Jason Brandt - Cascade Lakes
ENTRY 3 | 'In New York' by Marlys Cappaert & Benjamin McIvor - North America
ENTRY 4 | ‘Sicily In Style’ by Edmondo Paciocco - Aeolian Islands, Sicily
ENTRY 5 | ‘Sunset In Baja’ by Lea Smoot - Baja Peninsula
ENTRY 6 | 'SwimTrek Do The Dart 10K' by Lara McKinnon - Dart 10K
ENTRY 7 | 'Swimming The Lycian Way' by Clare Newbury - Lycian Way
ENTRY 8 | 'Escape To Malta' by SwimTrekkers - Malta
ENTRY 9 | 'Big Island Swimmers' by Sarah Johnson - Big Island, Hawaii
Huge thanks to all our photographers and swimmers around the world this year. We have truly loved seeing all of you having such incredible moments out there together in our lakes, rivers and seas. Swim caps off to our selected candidates and a special congratulations to all our winners as well! :)
Do you have a photo you'd like to put forward for Photo of the Year, 2024? Please send your entries to us in the New Year at SwimTrek Marketing...
