In October 2018 I travelled to the Pantanal in Brazil on a small group tour with professional photographer Paul Goldstein, booked through Exodus. Whilst I was looking forward to seeing lots of amazing wildlife, seeing jaguars was the main reason for the trip. They are considered a Near Threatened species on the IUCN Red List, as their numbers are decreasing.
Photos 1-6 (and the cover photo) are the same female and the first jaguar I saw.
Photos 7, 8 and 9 are of 3 different jaguars.
Photos 10-13 are from one encounter with two young brothers.
Photos 14-16 are of the same female. She crossed paths with another female that turned out to be her sister (photo 17) and eventually was seen relaxing high up in a tree not far from her sibling.
Photos 17-20 are of Ginger, taken on our last morning. She tolerated us being reasonably close to her as she relaxed in a tree. There was just our small group and her.