The Paraguayan Chaco is a region covering the western half of Paraguay. It is the Paraguayan portion of the Chaco, a South American region that includes parts of Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil. It attracts travelers who are drawn by the region’s wilderness scenery that offers the possibility of seeing many wild animals, untamed nature, indigenous culture, and several prosperous Mennonite colonies. It stretches from the river Paraguay across from Asunción to the northwestern border with Bolivia, including the departments of:
- Alto Paraguay
- Boquerón, the westernmost of the three departments of the Chaco is in some sense a unique region in Paraguay that merges clearly identifiable elements of indigenous culture, the culture of cattle ranching, ands the culture of German Mennonite immigrants who have developed an extraordinary high standard of living in their colonies established during the first half of the 20th century
- Presidente Hayes
The Transchaco Highway traverses the entire length of the Chaco passing through its two ecoregions – the humid Chaco, to the south, and the dry Chaco, to the north.
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