The Entries For the Nat Geo Nature Photo Contest Will Make You Want to Travel ASAP

If you need inspiration for your next vacation plans, take a look at this year's entries for National Geographic's Nature Photographer of the Year contest. Each photo will make you want to take a digital detox and immerse yourself in the places these were taken. The contest ends Nov. 4 and includes four different categories you can submit photos to: landscape, environmental issues, action, and animal portraits.

The lucky grand prize winner will get to take even more nature photographs, as they "will receive a 10-day trip for two to the Galápagos with National Geographic Expeditions and two 15-minute image portfolio reviews with National Geographic photo editors." Gaze at some of the entries ahead with the photographer's original caption. If you want more ideas of where to travel, take a look at the winners from this year's National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year contest.