The
Pantanal is the world’s greater seasonal marshland, and Brazil’s wildlife
capital. Almost 700 classes of birds can be found here, along with 80 mammals –
and the lack of jungle means they can be easily identified. Take night treks, boat
rides and horseback hacks – and see capybaras, anacondas, monkeys and hyacinth
macaws. It is the best place in the world to see chronic jaguars. Brazil is
just the excellent location of Pantanal Jaguar Safari.
Jaguars are usually singular except during the breeding
season and when a female has cubs. They have very strong jaws allowing them to drill
the shell of reptiles and to crush the skull of their prey. The word ‘jaguar’ originally
stems from the Native American word ‘yaguar’, meaning ‘he who kills in one
leap’.
Similar to tigers, jaguars do not avert water; they swim
well in the rivers and burnish for food such as fish and turtles. Most jaguars
are golden in color with spotted markings that approximately leopards, except
jaguars have a black spot inside the rosettes. Some jaguars are so dark they
look like they are totally black and have no spots, even though the rosettes
can usually be spotted upon closer inspection!
The
good time to spot jaguars is in-between the month of July and October, though
June and November are also appropriate months too. They recently average 2
Jaguar sightings per day! Their sightings include hunting, kills, swimming,
mating as well as mothers and cubs. Definitely nothing is assured, but if you
give them about 3 days (they do not approved less than 3 days committed to
jaguar spotting), they may give you a very strong chance to spot jaguars.
