A couple weeks back, there were a string of remarkable sightings, recorded by guests in a series of photos and then listed on the board by the Chan Chich Lodge reception area. That was a good preview for what happened yesterday, when guests arriving to the Lodge encountered a mature jaguar crossing the road.

Within half an hour, two separate afternoon excursions from the Lodge, one to Laguna Verde and the other to the Escarpment, both encountered the same cat hunting–a troupe of peccaries have been wandering close to the Lodge recently, as seen in this photo below by a guest from last week, and they may be the cat’s motivation. This morning we will find out who, if anyone, captured a photo of the cat during the afternoon outings, or during the night safari.