Best of Paraguay: Asuncion, Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus UNESCO, Chaco Wetlands, Encarnacion Carnival, Iguazu Side & South America's Undiscovered Country - A 2026 First-Person Guide
Browse more guides: Paraguay travel | Americas destinations Best of Paraguay: Asuncion, Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus UNESCO, Chaco Wetlands, Encarnacion Carnival, Iguazu Side & South America's Undiscovered Country - A 2026 First-Person Guide I planned my first Paraguay trip with a specific assumption that turned out to be wrong. I assumed that because the country sits between Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia, it would feel like a quieter copy of its neighbors. After three weeks on the ground in 2026, I think Paraguay is the most distinct country I have visited in South America. It speaks Guaraní as much as Spanish. It drinks ice-cold tereré in 38 degree heat instead of hot mate. It runs a Mennonite Chaco where you order kase brot in a German bakery and pay in guaraníes. And it preserves the single most haunting set of Jesuit Reduction ruins on the continent, at Trinidad and Jesús de Tavarangue, both inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1993. This is my long-...