Jaguar Safari in Cocksbomb Reserve

Prints in the sand hint at what lays beyond. Jaguars. Deeper you walk, on the trail of these rare creatures.

Rustling alerts you to something. Ah, a small herd of deer. Suddenly a peccary scampers past. Pumas, ocelots and coatimundi are among the other animals that share this space.

Your ultimate aim is a jaguar, a specialist in seeing rather than being seen. Eyeing one of these stealthy predators is certainly not guaranteed, but you learn so much just by following their trails.

And simply to walk in this land of mahogany and cedar, then up on the mountain ranges, is one of the great highlights of travel in Belize.