Where to see
Panthera onca
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Jaguar during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Jaguar sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
El Impenetrable National Park and more
After Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the next-best odds of seeing a Jaguar are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 30%), Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 20%) and Tortuguero National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%). Outside South America, the best options are Tikal National Park in Central America (about 20%) and Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (over 90%), February in El Impenetrable National Park (about 60%) and August to December in Tikal National Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Jaguar on a given day. Each park's Jaguar page has the full month-by-month chart.
