National Parks in the Paraguayan Chaco

[1] It is the largest bioregion in Paraguay, and can be divided into the northwest Dry Chaco, covered by xenomorphic forests adapted to irregular rainfall, and the Human Chaco, a mosaic of dry forests, palm savannahs, and seasonally flooded wetlands.

[1] 50% of the forest covered is projected to be lost as a result of cattle ranching and soy production by 2030, according to the World Land Trust.

Its beauty is unique and difficult to value, for its bushes as well as for the high forest where you can find the endangered trebol (Amburana cearensis).

Animals include yurumí u oso hormiguero, el Kaguaré, and other species of felines and armadillos.

The park covers a vast plain, and the vegetation includes white quebracho, palo santo, samuù, low forests, thorn bushes, and various species of cactus.

It is an excellent area for large mammals such as the cats jaguar, puma, tirika (Geoffroy's cat), and jaguarundi, various species of armadillos, Ka'i mirikina (monkey), ka'i pyhare (Azara's night monkey), tagua (Chacoan peccary), and mboreví (South American tapir).

There is a great quantity of wild mammals such as felines (yaguarte and others), the three peccaries (the tagua is the symbol of the area).

It occupies a sector which remains flooded in times of high waters of the Pilcomayo River and it has large natural plantation of grass.

There are many shrubs adapted to the floods, and animals such as the ñandy, wild ducks, storks, chaja, aguara guazu, giant anteater, carpincho, and yacares.

The way to get there is through the Transchaco road, 180 km, then Pozo Colorado, a detour to the west, to Fortín General Diaz.