Paraguay guides
Practical tips, local recommendations and stories to help you experience Paraguay like a local.
City guidesDay trip to San Cosme y Damián: route tips San Cosme y Damián is about 330 km from Asunción. How to do it in a day from Encarnación or Ayolas, or as a weekend with a telescope night.
City guidesThings to do in Trinidad: Jesuit mission, night tour and Itá Cajón The mission by day and by night on one ticket, the Itá Cajón quarry park, and how to get from Trinidad to Jesús de Tavarangüé.
City guidesDay trip to Trinidad: route, timings and Jesuit mission stops A one-day plan from Encarnación: 45-minute bus, the mission early, Itá Cajón, Jesús at midday and back. From Asunción, stay a night in the south.
City guidesThings to do in Tobatí: crafts, hills and visit tips Tobatí, Paraguay's craft capital: what each community makes, where to buy it, which lookouts to climb and which festivals to plan for.
City guidesDay trip to Tobatí: route and best stops A one-day route to Tobatí: lookout and castle in the morning, crafts in town at midday, and a hill or the stream in the afternoon.
City guidesThings to do in San Cosme y Damián: mission, stars and river A Jesuit mission, day and night telescopes, the Mbya Pindó trail and a beach on the Paraná: what to do in San Cosme y Damián and when to go.
City guidesDay trip to Cerro Corá: the route from Pedro Juan and an hour-by-hour plan Cerro Corá is more than 450 km from Asunción, so the day trip starts in Pedro Juan Caballero. Route, opening hours and a plan from 8:00 to sunset.
City guidesThings to do at Mbatoví: zip lines, hanging bridges and getting there Mbatoví eco-reserve, about 72 km from Asunción, is visited by booking only: a roughly three-hour circuit of forest trail, hanging bridges, zip lines and rappel.
City guidesDay trip to Mbatoví: route and best stops Ziplines, suspension bridges and rappel 72 km from Asunción: how to book Mbatoví, what it costs and how to plan the rest of the day.
City guidesThings to do in Vallemí: caves, the river lookout and the Paraguay River People come to Vallemí for the limestone caves, always with a guide: Santa Caverna, Caverna 54, 14 de Julio and Kamba Hópo by boat. Plus the lookout and the river.
City guidesVallemí overnight: stage north, then one booked cave A three-day Vallemí plan: a night in Concepción, one guided cave booked at Tres Cerros and the river before heading home.
City guidesThings to do at Cerro Corá: Cerro Muralla, history trail and Aquidabán River At Cerro Corá National Park you climb to the Cerro Muralla lookout, walk the site where the Triple Alliance War ended and rest by the Aquidabán River.