I’m sending my travelers to the Caiman Ecological Refuge in the Southern Pantanal to see and photograph jaguars. This spectacular freshwater wetland is the habitat of the largest population of wildlife in the Americas. The floodplane is a birdwatcher’s paradise, home to some 650 species; it’s also inhabited by thousands of varieties of butterflies and more than 250 species of fish. The Caiman Lodge’s Oncafari Jaguar Project allows you to see majestic creatures in the wild—a recent client of mine was able to observe and photograph three jaguars on his first day there—and is accessible by a five-hour drive from Campo Grande or a half-hour private flight. – Jill Siegel, South American Escapes