Jaguar Adventure With Nigel Marven

This action-packed series follows Nigel Marven to the Pantanal in Brazil, the world’s biggest wetland and home to the planet’s largest population of jaguars – the least known of the big cats. In the final episode of the series, Nigel completes his adventure with a risky journey into the heart of the jungle for a face-to-face encounter with the king of the Pantanal.

Over the past four weeks, Nigel has enjoyed the vast array of wildlife on offer in the Pantanal. He has wrestled with caiman and anacondas, swum with capybara and giant otters, and realised his childhood dream of meeting jaguars in the wild. All of his jaguar encounters so far, however, have been from the relative safety of a boat. Now, he has set himself one final challenge – to get up close to a wild jaguar on foot, and learn the future of this wonderful animal. “Getting up close to a jaguar would be a really fitting finale to the month I’ve spent in the Pantanal,” says Nigel.

Nigel Marven travels to Brazil in pursuit of the
amazing jaguar in this action-packed six-part
series. Jaguar Adventure follows Nigel to the
Pantanal, the world’s biggest wetland and home
to the planet’s largest population of jaguars – the
least known of the big cats. In this episode, he
travels south to grasslands on the edge of the
swamp, meets a giant anteater and witnesses a
modern-day jaguar hunt.
Nigel Marven’s latest quest has brought him to the
swampland of the Pantanal in Brazil, home to a
stunning diversity of wildlife, including armadillos,
giant otters, iguanas and anteaters. In just four
weeks, Nigel hopes to get to know the vast array
of wildlife on offer and locate one beautiful but
hard-to-find mammal. Comparatively little is known about the jaguar because they are notoriously difficult to film. With their brilliantly effective camouflage, they blend into the foliage.

Nigel Marven travels to Brazil in pursuit of the
amazing jaguar in this action-packed six-part
series. Jaguar Adventure follows Nigel to the
Pantanal, the world’s biggest wetland and home
to the planet’s largest population of jaguars – the
least known of the big cats. In this episode, Nigel
heads deeper into the wetland in search of more
extraordinary creatures; and achieves his closest
encounter yet with the king of the Pantanal.
Nigel Marven’s latest quest has brought him to the
swampland of the Pantanal in Brazil. Standing
between the Amazon rainforest and the
grasslands of the savannah, the Pantanal is home
to a stunning diversity of wildlife, including
armadillos, giant otters, iguanas and anteaters.
In just four weeks, Nigel hopes to get to know
the vast array of wildlife on offer and locate one
beautiful but hard-to-find mammal. Comparatively
little is known about this member of the big cat

Nigel Marven travels to Brazil in pursuit of the
amazing jaguar in this action-packed six-part
series. Jaguar Adventure follows Nigel to the
Pantanal, the world’s biggest wetland and home to
the planet’s largest population of jaguars – the least
known of the big cats. In this episode, Nigel and the
team finally achieve the footage they have been
seeking, with three jaguar encounters in 24 hours.
Nigel Marven’s latest quest has brought him to the
swampland of the Pantanal in Brazil. Standing
between the Amazon rainforest and the
grasslands of the savannah, the Pantanal is home
to a stunning diversity of wildlife, including
armadillos, giant otters, iguanas and anteaters.
In just four weeks, Nigel hopes to get to know
the vast array of wildlife on offer and locate one
beautiful but hard-to-find mammal. Comparatively
little is known about this member of the big cat

Nigel Marven travels to Brazil in pursuit of the
amazing jaguar in this action-packed six-part
series. Jaguar Adventure follows Nigel to the
Pantanal, the world’s biggest wetland and home
to the planet’s largest population of jaguars – the
least known of the big cats. In this episode, Nigel
travels down the Cuiabá River as he continues to
search for the elusive jaguar. Along the way, he
gatecrashes a caiman dinner party, swims with
giant otters and encounters bulldog bats.
Nigel Marven’s latest quest has brought him to the
swampland of the Pantanal in Brazil. Standing
between the Amazon rainforest and the
grasslands of the savannah, the Pantanal is home
to a stunning diversity of wildlife, including
armadillos, giant otters, iguanas and anteaters.
In just four weeks, Nigel hopes to get to know
the vast array of wildlife on offer and locate one
beautiful but hard-to-find mammal. Comparatively
little is known about this member of the big cat

why did you focus on jaguars for this series?
“I’ve seen all of the other big cats. I’d never seen a
jaguar. And they’re always the mainstay of every
sort of South American adventure book that you
read when you’re a kid. I really wanted to see
jaguars in the wild. They’re the ultimate predators.
They’ve got a massive skull and really big canine
teeth – they’re the only big cat that pierces the
skull of their prey. And the beautiful fur – they’ve
got these rosettes of black with little black spots in
the middle. They’re just beautiful, beautiful
animals. Nothing can beat staring a wild big cat in
the eyes. The way those eyes bore into you!”
jaguars are notoriously hard to find in the wild –
how did you track them down?
“We worked with a place called the Jaguar
Research Centre. It’s the only place in the world
where – if you go for certain days – a sighting of a
jaguar is pretty much guaranteed. They’ve got a

Nigel Marven travels to Brazil in pursuit of the
amazing jaguar in this action-packed six-part
series. Jaguar Adventure follows Nigel to the
Pantanal, the world’s biggest wetland and home
to the planet’s largest population of jaguars – the
least known of the big cats. In the opening
episode, Nigel tussles with a caiman; endures a
painful encounter with a false water cobra;
glimpses an elusive tapir; and interrupts a pair of
mating anacondas.
Nigel Marven’s latest quest has brought him to the
swampland of the Pantanal in Brazil. Standing
between the Amazon rainforest and the
grasslands of the savannah, the Pantanal is home
to a stunning diversity of wildlife, including
armadillos, giant otters, iguanas and anteaters.
“This place is brilliant – every bit as exotic as the
Amazon,” Nigel says.
In just four weeks, Nigel hopes to get to know
the vast array of wildlife on offer and locate one
beautiful but hard-to-find mammal. “My main

Nigel Marven travels to Brazil in pursuit of the
amazing jaguar in this action-packed six-part
series. Jaguar Adventure follows Nigel to the
Pantanal, the world’s biggest wetland and home
to the planet’s largest population of jaguars – the
least known of the big cats. In the opening
episode, Nigel tussles with a caiman; endures a
painful encounter with a false water cobra;
glimpses an elusive tapir; and interrupts a pair of
mating anacondas.
Nigel Marven’s latest quest has brought him to the
swampland of the Pantanal in Brazil. Standing
between the Amazon rainforest and the
grasslands of the savannah, the Pantanal is home
to a stunning diversity of wildlife, including
armadillos, giant otters, iguanas and anteaters.
“This place is brilliant – every bit as exotic as the
Amazon,” Nigel says.
In just four weeks, Nigel hopes to get to know
the vast array of wildlife on offer and locate one
beautiful but hard-to-find mammal. “My main