Our partner: Jaguarundi Travel

Jaguarundi Travel is a Colombia-based natural history tour operator specialising in expertly guided journeys focused on biodiversity, science, and meaningful cultural exchange.

Founded by ecologist and naturalist René Montero, the company offers in-depth travel experiences for curious, well-informed travellers who seek more than a standard itinerary.

With a strong emphasis on birds, mammals, orchids, herpetofauna, and ecosystems, Jaguarundi Travel designs both scheduled departures and fully customised journeys across Colombia’s most biologically rich regions, including the Andes, Amazon, Chocó, Llanos, and Caribbean slopes.

Each itinerary is carefully crafted with attention to seasonality, habitat integrity, and carrying capacity, ensuring small groups, unrushed exploration, and high standards of guiding and logistics. Jaguarundi Travel works closely with local communities, researchers, and conservation initiatives, integrating citizen science, education, and regenerative tourism principles into its operations.

Many of its trips actively support ongoing scientific and conservation projects, allowing travellers to contribute directly to the understanding and protection of Colombia’s natural heritage.

Known for its personalised approach, professional standards, and deep local expertise, Jaguarundi Travel caters to travellers who value quality, authenticity, and responsible travel, and who have the means to invest in thoughtfully designed, high-end nature experiences as well as natural history tours.

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What is special about travelling with Jaguarundi Travel?

Travelling with Jaguarundi Travel is defined by depth, intention, and expertise rather than speed or volume. Each journey is thoughtfully designed to prioritise meaningful encounters with Colombia’s biodiversity, allowing travellers the time and space to truly understand the ecosystems they are exploring.

What sets Jaguarundi Travel apart is its strong foundation in science and conservation. Itineraries are built on ecological knowledge, local research input, and a clear respect for carrying capacity, ensuring small-group, low-impact travel and access to rarely visited places through conventional tourism. Travellers benefit from highly experienced guides, many with scientific backgrounds, who interpret wildlife, landscapes, and cultural contexts with accuracy and nuance.

Moreover, Jaguarundi Travel also places exceptional value on relationships. The company works closely with local communities, landowners, and conservation partners to create experiences that directly support local livelihoods and ongoing research initiatives. This collaborative approach results in authentic access, deeper cultural exchange, and tangible conservation outcomes.

Finally, Jaguarundi Travel offers a highly personalised service. From custom-designed itineraries to careful logistical planning and attentive on-the-ground support, the experience is tailored to travellers who value quality, comfort, and purpose. It is travel for those who seek understanding, contribute, and build lasting connections with Colombia’s natural world.

What is the philosophy behind Jaguarundi Travel?

The philosophy behind Jaguarundi Travel is rooted in the belief that travel should create understanding, not just movement. The company was founded on the idea that exploring nature carries responsibility to ecosystems, local communities, and the knowledge systems that help protect them.

Jaguarundi Travel approaches tourism as a tool for conservation and education. Its journeys are designed as scientific natural history experiences, guided by ecological insight, field expertise, and respect for seasonality and carrying capacity. By travelling in small groups and spending meaningful time in each place, guests are encouraged to observe, learn, and engage rather than consume destinations superficially.

A strong commitment to conscious travel underpins every itinerary. Jaguarundi Travel works closely with key stakeholders to ensure tourism contributes positively to ongoing scientific and conservation initiatives. This alignment with responsible and values-driven travel is reflected in the company’s participation in networks which share a common vision of ethical, low-impact, and regenerative tourism.

Ultimately, Jaguarundi Travel’s philosophy is about depth, integrity, and reciprocity, creating journeys that benefit travellers while actively respecting and supporting the natural and cultural landscapes that make Colombia extraordinary.

What journeys does Jaguarundi Travel offer?

Jaguarundi Travel offers a curated collection of journeys that invite travellers to explore Colombia’s extraordinary natural heritage through the lenses of science, biodiversity, and cultural connection. Designed specifically for the Conscious Explorer community, each journey reflects a commitment to low-impact, values-driven travel and meaningful engagement with nature.

All tours are operated directly by Jaguarundi Travel, ensuring full control over quality, guiding standards, safety, and responsible practices in the field. The company specialises in itineraries of seven days or longer, allowing sufficient time for immersive exploration, careful observation, and genuine understanding of the ecosystems visited.

Jaguarundi Travel offers both group departures and tailor-made journeys. Group departures are thoughtfully scheduled, budget-friendly, small-group experiences focused on natural history themes such as birding, wildlife observation, orchids, ecosystems and intangible heritage. Tailor-made journeys are custom-designed in close collaboration with each traveller or group who seeks greater comfort and customisation, typically 2 weeks or longer, aligning specific interests such as conservation, photography, or scientific learning, with Colombia’s diverse bioregions.

Many journeys are developed in partnership with local communities, researchers, and conservation initiatives, integrating elements of scientific natural history, citizen science, and responsible tourism. Through this approach, Jaguarundi Travel creates experiences that benefit both travellers and the landscapes they explore, offering a conscious, informed, and deeply respectful way to travel in Colombia.

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