On the River – Day 3 continued – Allison's Trips and Travels

In the afternoon, we cruised to where we had watched the otter family play and from each other the day before. This time, there was a jaguar above the den, and a single otter watching from the river. The jaguar went into the hole, but didn’t come out with anything.

Our guide said he probably got something there, and was looking for more.

There was a crew from Netflix filming a documentary – they also were allowed to use drones.

Back to our first lagoon, but not much going on.

Heard of another jaguar sighting, but by the time we got there, it was gone. We continued up the river, and around a corner saw a tapir swimming – fairly rare. They are endangered and nocturnal. Also, weird looking.

We continued up the river, but (besides lots of birds) didn’t see much.

As an alternative to staying in Porto Jofre, we could have stayed on the river in a “flotel”, although it seemed a little confining.

We headed back, zipping along. Then we noticed some fishermen pointing back at the river bank. We stared and stared, and suddenly saw the jaguar – right in front of us. Very good camouflage.

First jaguar that seemed irritated by our presence – he disappeared quickly after we arrived.

Back to the lodge to pack – tomorrow we head for South Pantanal and the SouthWild lodge.