A thirsty female Puma. In Chile’s Patagonian near Torres del Paine, we spotted this female Puma (known as Petaca) walking down a hillside. She appeared to be heading for a small stream and we hoped she would drink right in front of us. She did! Such a great sight to...
Female Puma walks down a hillside. In Chile’s Patagonian near Torres del Paine, we spotted this female Puma (known as Petaca) on the brow of a hill with mountains as a backdrop. She made her way down the hillside through the bushes. This was a particularly satisfying...
A female puma explores below a rocky outcrop. We found this female Puma (known as Escarcha) exploring below a nice rocky outcrop in Chile’s Patagonia. In August 2025, it had mostly been cold and windy for our visit. Today was no exception but the rocky outcrop gave us...
Puma through the long grass. It was a cold a windy day in Chile’s Patagonia. Torres del Paine is a hot spot for spotting Pumas. We had been tracking this female (known as Escarcha) for quite some time and it had been a challenge keeping up with her. On this occasion...
Puma on the run. As was typical when we visited Chile’s Patagonia in July 2025, it was cold and very windy. In the distance, we spied a female puma (known as Escarcha) walking along a hillside. Suddenly, she began to run and bound along. The scene was partly backlit...
Puma on a snowy hillside in Patagonia. It was a cold day in Chile’s Patagonia with light snow being blown by a stiff breeze when we found this Puma on a hillside. After a grooming session, a stretch and yawn this lovely big cat set off walking amidst the Mata Negra or...
Guanacos in Chile's Patagonia. During our visit to Chile’s Patagonia and Torres del Paine we often encountered large herds of Guanacos in beautiful locations. This was great to see but also very encouraging for us as the main target of this visit was to see Pumas....
This female Puma had recently killed a newly-born Guanaco to feed herself and her three, one-year old cubs. After feasting themselves, the cubs played with each other before one of them headed directly towards me - thankfully just to drink. The mother (named...
We has anticipated a long hike down to the shores of Lago Sarmiento to find this family of Pumas. To our relief the family has relocated to a shady bush just 100m from the road. We had seen this family on several occasions before but it was always a delight to find...
Earlier in the day we had watched this family devour a newly-born Guanaco. Eventually they moved off to their favoured resting pace for the day - the shore of Lago Sarmiento. We caught up with the family early in the evening after a decent hike down to the hills over...
It was a nice hike to find this Puma family - mother and her three, one-year old cubs - resting on a rocky out crop. Close by was the remains of a newly-born Guanaco. The family were clearly satiated since the untouched body of another newly-born Guanaco lay at the...
Torres del Paine in Patagonia is a great place to track Pumas. It can involve some serious hiking. To get to this beautiful male we had to hike a considerable distance up a steep hill to his resting place. When we arrived the light was gorgeous and the setting ideal....
It was a short hike from our vehicle to the spot where this female Puma had killed a new-born Guanaco. The unfortunate mother looked on and was alarm calling to warn other Guanaco of the danger. We were fortunate that our time in Torres del Paine coincided with the...
This was my first attempt to film the sunrise over Torres del Paine. The conditions were perfect with mostly clear skies and little wind. So the reflections in the lake were stunning. It is rare to get such favourable conditions in this part of the world.
It was up very early to witness the sunrise over Torres del Paine from Lago Grey. With mostly clear skies and minimal wind, the reflections were lovely and the moon visible. Watch carefully and you can see two small avalanches on the Massif to the left.