- info@naturebylennart.com
At the end of March 2026, I suddenly found myself in the Colombian Andes. For more than two years, a Northern Oncilla had been visiting a lodge in the Andes—Mirador El Roble—with some regularity. Because the cat could also disappear for days or even weeks at a time, planning a trip around it was difficult. But when I learned that the cat had been showing up almost every day during the early months of 2026, I started looking for an opening in my schedule in the near future. In three weeks I happened to have a week without any appointments yet. And before I knew it, I was on a plane to Colombia!
In 2021, I traveled to Ecuador for a few weeks. It was a fairly last-minute trip, and I hadn’t prepared very thoroughly. My main goal then was to see a Spectacled Bear, but I also wanted to try for the Northern Oncilla. At the time, this small wild cat was being seen relatively regularly at a few locations. In the end, I succeeded with the bear, but unfortunately the cat remained elusive.
