Pumas of Patagonia Photo Tour

On the morning of Day Four, we make our way to Hotel Estancia el Ovejero, situated near a vast private farm that shares three borders with Torres del Paine National Park. Much like private concessions in Botswana, this privately managed land offers greater flexibility and freedom, allowing us enhanced opportunities to capture exceptional wildlife photographs – particularly of pumas.

Our Pumas of Patagonia Photo Tour has been thoroughly thought through and designed by Guts and Janine with the guidance of Naun to make this a photo tour designed by photographers for photographers.

Each day you will head out in two 4x4s into the farm in search of the pumas that have been spotted and tracked by our dedicated specialist field guide and tracker. When a puma is spotted we can leave the vehicle and approach on foot. The vehicles can’t leave the road, so if the conditions allow we will approach the pumas on foot away from the vehicles. The pumas are very habituated and ignore the presence of photographers allowing you plenty of time to get the shots you crave. 

We can do two activities daily (morning and afternoon) for 3 hours each as per the rules and this will be plenty of time to locate and photograph the pumas and the other wildlife on the farm.

During the day we will head back for a lunch and some time to download the images from the morning. The days are relatively short at this time of year, so there will be around an hour after lunch to relax and have a look through your images before heading out for the afternoon session.

It should be noted that although most of the ground is covered in vehicles there is a fair amount of walking involved on uneven ground. We would strongly suggest that if you are considering joining this Patagonia Photo Tour you have a reasonable level of fitness and mobility to make the most of it.

In the evenings there will be time to relax and enjoy a hearty dinner with your fellow adventurers before retiring to bed.

We have included five full days of Puma tracking in the photo tour itinerary which will give you more than enough opportunities to see and photograph plenty of pumas and their behaviour.

We have chosen end February for this Patagonia Photography Workshop so as to increase the chances of seeing and photographing young pumas. It is also not a very busy time of year so there are less crowds. Of course, this is very much down to luck but if we do come across a mother and cubs then they will be at their most endearing stage of their young lives.