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
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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