Terrifying moment a tour group, including a Brit, is attacked by an angry JAGUAR in the Peruvian jungle

This is the moment a tour group, including a British man, was attacked by a rampaging jaguar while exploring the Peruvian jungle.

Fernando Tapia Vera led the group through the dense jungle thickets near Puerto Maldonado, Peru, before being brought to a halt.

His images show trees and shrubs surrounding the group from all angles, with a small clearing in front of him.

Everything seems to be going smoothly until a moving shadow appears behind a curtain of leaves.

As the seconds pass, Fernando continues filming as the tension begins to rise.

Terrifying footage captured the moment the leopard leaped from behind the trees towards the group, which included a British man

Despite trying to chase it away, the wild animal pounced on Fernando, leaving scratches on his legs from the leopard’s claws.

The shadow seems to shift and get closer to the group, until out of nowhere a jaguar darts out from behind the leaves.

The wild cat lunges straight for the guide’s legs as he frantically runs backwards in an attempt to escape.

You hear the group making loud, animalistic growls in an attempt to scare the beast away. But it’s not enough to stop the jaguar from attacking Fernando.

Fortunately, the attack is transient and the guide only suffers a few scratches on his legs from his claws.

He grabs a machete and starts chopping the greenery to scare the cat.

As the group eventually retreats into the jungle, a shocked Brit can be heard saying “F***ing hell” in relief at the group’s narrow escape.

Speaking about the heartbreaking encounter, Fernando said: “I’ve always wanted to see one, but not like this.”

He remembered feeling like he “wasn’t alone” as he moved deeper and deeper into the jungle, and luckily the shadow caught his attention just in time.

Ultimately, the group managed to chase the jaguar back into the jungle and no one was injured

Fernando admitted that he is now “more alert than ever” when exploring the forest

“It was the mighty jaguar, I stared into its eyes, waiting for it to move,” he said.

‘I thought he was going to leave, but no, he stayed for a few more minutes.

“It seemed like hours before he got bored and turned away and we never saw him again.”

Fernando continued: “It was a unique and memorable meeting.

“In the end it was just a nice memory, the jaguar left and we moved on too.”

He admitted he is now more alert than ever while trekking through the jungle, and revealed that miraculously no one was injured.

Biologist Gustavo Figueiroa told Latin American media that the group should have left quietly after spotting the big cat.

He said: ‘It’s a bluff attack because he jumps and moves forward just to intimidate.

“And that’s the most common thing with jaguars: they give a warning signal to stay away if they feel cornered, but since they stayed there, he went after them.”

But after the jaguar charged at them, he says the group did the right thing.

Figueiroa said, “They stepped back, raised their hands and made noise.

“Basically, they’ve scared it off and shown that they’re outnumbered.”