Ypoá National Park, Protected wetland area in central Paraguay.

Ypoá National Park is a large protected wetland in central Paraguay featuring shallow lakes with floating vegetation mats and forested islands. The park covers roughly 100,000 hectares and includes savannahs and rock formations mixed throughout.

Ypoá National Park was created by Executive Decree No. 43,681 on 29 May 1992 to protect the wetlands of Ñeembucú and their ecosystems. On 7 June 1995 it was designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. Its eastern shore holds shell middens of Ampullaria and Diplodon molluscs and campfire remains left by earlier inhabitants.

The eastern shores hold evidence of early settlements and shell layers from people who lived here long ago. This shows how communities have been tied to this water landscape for generations.

The park lies 150 km from Asunción, spanning the districts of Caapucú, Villa Oliva, San Roque González de Santa Cruz and Quiíndy across Paraguarí, Central and Ñeembucú departments. Access is by road toward the lake shore; a local guide is advised for orientation and safety.

The wetland provides habitat for rare bird species including strange-tailed tyrants, ochre-breasted pipits, and chestnut seedeaters found nowhere else easily. It also supports several plant species facing extinction threats elsewhere.