Pantanal Day 3

Today was all about jaguars, and I was not disappointed.
Departure at 4:30am for a 2 1/4 hour drive to the end of the Transpantaneira highway.

Sunrise over the Pantanal


















Porto Joffre at the end of the road, and transfer to a small boat on the River Cuiaba


















8am - the first jaguar!

Then several others (I lost count)

The yawn
















Jaguar dragging a caiman out of the river
















I didn't totally neglect the birds.
Anhingas

















Black vultures
















Buff-necked ibis
















Also saw some river otters near their den, and one waiting for us on the landing stage in Porto Joffre