19 November 2025

RFI: Maned Wolf, Jaguar and Puma

We are agroup of four Danes, that  wish to see Maned Wolf, Jaguar and Puma.

Maned Wolf is the main target and we are tinking of trying Elmas and then Jaguar in Pantanal. We are unsure of te status of Puma “nearby”, and are thinking of flying to Torres del Paine when in South America anyway. We plan to go in January/February 2027 is this a good time? and does anyone in here have tips for the best way to get the species and good guides.

Giant Anteater is a want to see to and other cool stuff as well of course.

Cheers

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Lars Michael Nielsen
Conservationist and guide. Father of two. I’ve worked with education and guiding most of my life but at the moment im working in an engineering company with tasks conserning protected species and nature. I’m one of those birders turned more and more into the amazing world of mammals and got hooked. I don’t knwof if i have any favorite mammals but seing Iberian Lynx in Spain and Humpback Whales at an arms length in the Ice Fjord of Ilulissat was amazing experiences. I was born in a hut in the Swedish forests and grew up partly there and partly in Denmark where i live now with my two daughters.    
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3 Comments

  • 19 November 2025
    Jon Hall

    Hi Lars. I’m not sure whether Jan Feb is going to be any good for the Pantanal. Have you considered Bolivia for both Jaguar and pumas? It’s reliable for both. Again I’m not sure about that time of year but you could talk with Nick’s adventure. He advertises on the site. He might have ideas for wolves and anteaters too.

  • 19 November 2025
    Miles Foster

    For Torres del Paine consider Leona Amarga: https://www.leonamarga.com/experiences1/experiences. Excellent guides, lots of experience and a genuine commitment to sustainable and ethical wildlife tourism.

    good luck.

    Miles Foster

  • 19 November 2025
    Nathan Myhrvold

    I have been all of these places in the last two years. Jaguar can be seen many places in the Pantanal – we saw them at Piuval, Pousada Agape, Faienza San Francisco. BUT nothing can beat seeing them from the boats out of Porto Joffre – you can watch them for hours a day, see hunting and interaction. We saw Jaguarundi at Pousada Agape and Faienza San Francisco, and multiple Ocelot sights at San Francisco. Also Crab eating fox. Giant anteaters were very prevelant at San Francisco but the jackpot place for us was the road going into Pousada Agape where we saw 12 just on the drive into the lodge – crossing the road, or in fields on either side of the road. We did not see Puma in Brazil, and while it is possible, nothing beats Chile. You can see them in Torres Del Paine national park, but the best location for us was Estancia Laguna Amarga which is a private ranch just outside Torres Del Paine (you have to pay to be there, but it can be arranged). The puma sightings are just fantastic – we saw them hunting and playing and all sorts of other behavior. Maned wolf sightings were great for us at Emas National Park – we had 10 sightings in 5 days, along with tapir, crab eating fox. I think Jon is right that Bolivia is good but I have not been (yet).

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