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Filadelfia, Paraguay: travel guide

Largest town of the Paraguayan Chaco and seat of the Fernheim Mennonite Cooperative, founded by German-speaking Mennonites in 1930 ~460 km NW of Asunción. A frontier colony town with pioneer museums and a base for Chaco wildlife and Chaco War battlefields.

Country
Paraguay
Currency
PYG
Time zone
America/Asuncion

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Top places to visit in Filadelfia

  • Museo Jakob Unger

    Museum · 4.8 rating · about 1 h · entry PYG 15,000

    Natural-history museum (est. 1980) of Chaco birds and mammals plus Mennonite-pioneer and indigenous artifacts, on Av. Hindenburg.

  • Fortín Boquerón

    Fort · about 1.5 h

    Best-known Chaco War battlefield (Battle of Boquerón, 1932) with preserved trenches, a mass grave and a museum, ~80 km SE of Filadelfia.

  • Fortín Toledo y Proyecto Taguá

    Wildlife · about 2 h

    Chaco War site paired with a conservation centre breeding the endangered Chacoan peccary (taguá); good for Chaco wildlife.

  • Museo Industrial y Knelsen-Haus

    Museum · about 0.8 h

    Fernheim heritage museums: original 1957 peanut-processing machinery and a 1948 pioneer home telling the Mennonite cooperative story.

Things to do

  • Chaco Wildlife 4x4 Safari Nature · 4 h · from PYG 350,000 per person
  • Chaco War Battlefield Tour Cultural · 5 h · from PYG 300,000 per person

Day trips and tours

  • Chaco War & Wildlife Day Tour 8 h · from PYG 400,000

Where to stay in Filadelfia

Hotels

  • Hotel Florida Chaco 3-star · PYG 300,000 to PYG 700,000 per night
  • Hotel Touring Club Filadelfia 2-star · PYG 180,000 to PYG 350,000 per night

Where to eat

  • Restaurant Girasol Paraguayan, German, Grill · about PYG 70,000 per person
  • Parrilla Hindenburg Grill, Paraguayan · about PYG 45,000 per person

Getting around

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  • Walking main way to get around

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