From India and Peru to Bhutan and Morocco, you submitted some fantastic photos of your Backroads journeys for our annual Backroads Photo Contest! You covered walking tours, biking tours, multisport tours, family adventure tours and more, and we must say, your photography skills aren’t too shabby!

Every year, Backroads invites our travelers to submit their best photos from their Backroads trip for a chance at a credit toward their next adventure tour with us! First place receives a $3000 trip credit; second place receives a $2000 trip credit; and third place receives a $1000 trip credit.

We’ve picked the best of the best from all of your submissions and have now opened voting. Anyone is welcome to vote for their favorite picture, and by voting, you’ll be entered to win a $200 Patagonia gift card. Not a bad prize for viewing some jaw-dropping photos!

Here’s just a sampling of the 2012 best Backroads adventure tour photo submissions:

Taken by C. Jennings on our Dalmatian Coast Family Multisport Tour:

Taken by C. Michel on our Bhutan Walking Tour:

Taken by K. Mills on our Loire Valley Biking Tour:

Taken by M. Sloane on our Canadian Rockies Multisport Tour:

Taken by D. Patton on our Death Valley Walking Tour:

This is just a handful of the beautiful and creative photos you submitted to Backroads for 2012! Take a look at all the adventure travel photos from our tours here and vote for your favorite.

Are you inspired yet? We are! We’re ready to strap on our hiking boots, oil up our bike and head to the nearest airport to experience a Backroads adventure.

If we can help you schedule your next Backroads tour please give us a call 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Pacific daily at 800-462-2848. And don’t forget your camera to enter the 2013 photo contest!

Photo Credit: Warren Zelman

Thousands of adventurers take Backroads trips every year and we want to see what you are seeing out there. Send us pictures of those countless breathtaking sights you encountered on one of our active travel trips and you could earn up to $3,000 in credit on your next Backroads adventure!

Backroads guarantees you excitement and challenges while you explore our world’s history and landscapes and we’re looking for pictures of your trip’s most memorable moments. Send us those shots of you and your family taking in the timeless beauty found at one of our national parks, of sweeping landscapes as you bike through Europe or pictures of you and your group rafting down a river.

Past and present guests are invited to participate and may submit photos from more than one trip. Simply submit up to 25 high-quality, digital shots per trip.

There will be three grand prize winners awarded annually: 1st place wins $3,000 in trip credit, 2nd place wins $2,000 in trip credit and 3rd place wins $1,000 in trip credit.

In addition to the three grand prize winners, additional photo contest entries may be chosen to appear in Backroads Award Winning publications or on our website at any time during the year. Photographers will be reimbursed $250 in trip credit by Backroads for unlimited usage of that image. Please see the Backroads photo contest terms and conditions for more details on the contest.

We look forward to seeing pictures of your Backroads trip. And, that photo might help get you closer to your next adventure!