2 July 2024

Chile – April/May 2024

23 days and 26 species of mammals including Andean mountain cat, Garlepps´pampas cat, Kodkod, Puma and Darwin´s fox.

Locations visited: Chiloe island, Torres del Paine, Altiplano, Santiago.

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Chile – April May 2024

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Andreas Jonsson
  • Mammalwatcher from Sweden.
  • Searching for all the cats in the world.
  • 35 succesfully seen, 7 to go.
  • Number of mammals seen: 553
  • Countries visited: 74
 
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6 Comments

  • 7 July 2024
    samuelmarlin

    Oh my god, what a magical observation of the Andean cat! Wonderful job on the photos. I’m so jealous of this sighting as we miss it during our own trip to Chile.

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    • 8 July 2024
      Antee

      Thanx alot for your kind comment Samuel!
      Yes, it was truly magical and I am so happy for it. It´s a needle in a haystack really you definitely need alot of luck.
      Of course, searching at the hot spot places increase your luck but still… a needle in the haystack.

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  • 8 July 2024
    Jon Hall

    Bloody hell. All your Christmases came at once! Congratulations – what a trip.

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  • 29 September 2024
    Superjeanmarc

    Thanks for this amazing and useful report! That said, Lauca NP is like 5000km away from Torres del Paine… I assume you had to fly there… And also you mentioned a “one day trip” to Arica, which seems also very far for a one day trip… Can you maybe specify what your exact itinerary was and means of transportation ? Thanks again!

    • 30 September 2024
      Andreas Jonsson

      Hi and thank you!
      Yes, of course I took alot of flights in Chile. After all it´s the worlds longest nation 🙂

      This are the flights I took:

      Santiago – Castro (Chiloe island)
      Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales
      Puerto Natales – Santiago – Arica
      Arica – Santiago

      My daytrip was not to Arica but in Arica 🙂
      I took a daytour to look for Marine otter which is outside Arica and then onto Putre in the Andes.

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