Terrifying moment tour group including a Brit is attacked by raging JAGUAR in Peruvian jungle

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

Fernando Tapia Vera was leading the group through the thick undergrowth of the jungle, near Puerto Maldonado, Peru, before being brought to a standstill.

His footage shows trees and shrubbery 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 while tension begins to rise.

Fernando Tapia Vera was guiding a tour group through a Peruvian jungle when he spotted a predator lurking behind some bushes 

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

Despite trying to scare it away the wild animal pounced on Fernando, leaving him with scratches on his legs from the leopard's claws

The shadow appears to be shifting and moving closer towards the group until out of nowhere a jaguar darts out from behind the leaves.

The wild cat lunges directly at the legs of the tour guide as he frantically runs backwards trying to escape.

The group can be heard making loud, animal-like grunts in a bid to scare the beast away. But it's not enough to stop the jaguar from pouncing onto Fernando.

Luckily, the attack is fleeting and the tour guide only gets a few scratches to his legs from its claws.

He grabs a machete and begins hacking away at the greenery to frighten the feline off.

As it finally 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 heart-racing encounter, Fernando said: 'I always wanted to see one, but not like this'.

He recalled feeling like he 'was not alone' as he headed deeper and deeper into the jungle and luckily, the shadow caught his eye just in the nick of time.

Eventually, the group managed to scare the jaguar back into the jungle and no one was injured

Fernando admitted he is now 'more alert than ever' when exploring the forest

'It was the mighty jaguar, I stared into his eyes, waiting for his movement,' he said.

'I thought he would go away but no, he stayed for a couple more minutes.

'It seemed like hours until he got bored and turned around and we never saw him again.'

Fernando continued: 'It was a unique and memorable encounter.

'In the end it was just a good memory, the jaguar left and we too went on our way'.

He admitted he is now more alert than ever when trekking though the jungle, and revealed that miraculously, no one was hurt.

Biologist Gustavo Figueiroa told Latin American media that after spotting the big cat, the group should have moved away silently.

He said: 'It's a bluff attack, as it jumps and moves forward just to intimidate.

'And that's the most common thing with jaguars, they give a warning signal to stay away when they feel cornered, but since they stayed there, it went after them.'

However, after the jaguar charged towards them, he says, the group did the right thing.

Figueiroa said: 'They stepped back, raised their hands, made noise.

'In short, they scared it off and showed they outnumbered it.'