A Young Puma Discovers The World

• Photographer
  Wim Uyttenbroeck
• Technical Info
  Sony alfa 1, 200-600 mm: f/6.3, 1/640, ISO-400
• Photo Date
  16/04/2025

The region of the Torres Del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chili has the highest density of pumas in the world. It is by far the best place to photograph pumas in the wild. Nevertheless tracking pumas is not an easy task. My guide and I were looking for pumas during three full days before we finally found this young female walking up a hill in the late afternoon. My guide and I had to run up the hill, attempting to reach the top before the puma. With succes...

I am a passionate traveller, explorer and wildlife photographer from Belgium.