Ypoá National Park

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.

The park was designated as a Ramsar site in 1995, marking formal protection for Paraguay's largest aquatic ecosystem. This international recognition established it as a critical wetland worth safeguarding.

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 sits roughly 150 kilometers from Asunción and has multiple entry points for visitors to use. You can access it from different sides depending on which direction you are coming from.

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.