Vallemí y San Lázaro

Fishing in Vallemí y San Lázaro

Concepción, on the Paraguay y Apa river

8 places 🐟 Golden dorado🐋 Surubí catfish🥭 Pacú

At the confluence of the Paraguay and Apa rivers: 50+ caves, river beaches and fishing for surubí, dorado and pacú. New guesthouses and emerging tourism.

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Accommodation

Posada Turística Isabel

★ 4.2 (276)

30 beds, part of Vallemí's recent tourism push.

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Posada Doña Preta

20 beds in rooms with minibar. Tel: (0982) 930779.

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Hotel V
Accommodation

Hotel V

Hotel in Vallemí (San Lázaro), with air-conditioned rooms in several categories, internet, an air-conditioned gym free for guests, a jacuzzi, laundry service and 24-hour reception. Breakfast is included in some room categories and inside parking depends on availability. Accommodation only: boats with a skipper, fishing trips and cave guides are booked separately with local operators. The economy room is Gs. 165,000 without breakfast and the suite Gs. 430,000 with breakfast and jacuzzi.

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Posada Karakara
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Posada Karakara

★ 4.7 (192)

Tourist guesthouse in San Lázaro (Vallemí), a base for the caves and fishing on the Paraguay and Apa rivers.

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Trips (2)

Circuito Cavernas de Vallemí
Trip

Circuito Cavernas de Vallemí

Guided tours of the limestone caves of Vallemí and Kamba Hopo rock, combinable with fishing on the Apa. Three circuits: Santa Caverna (200,000 Gs per person), Caverna 54 (120,000 Gs per person) and the Kamba Hopo river trip (250,000 Gs per trip, up to five people). Operator: Arvatur.

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Ruta del Gua'a (Vallemí)

Macaw watching ecotourism with the Guaná community of the Apa river, 7 km from Vallemí. Two circuits: Mbokaja, with six interpretive stops in San Lázaro, and Jacarandá, which adds the river Paraguay run to the mouth of the Apa. Bookings: 0983 282199.

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Fishing guides (2)

Fishing guide

Guillermo Martínez - Guía

Local Vallemí guide for the caves and fishing trips on the Apa river. Adventure and nature tourism.

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Fishing guide

Bania Cuevas - Guía

Vallemí tourism guide: caves, river beaches and fishing.

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What you catch here

🐟 Golden dorado · Year round outside the closed season; best from March to May and from August to October
🐋 Surubí catfish · Year round (outside the closed season); from June to September it holds in the deep pools
🥭 Pacú · On the Paraná, summer (December to March); on the Pantanal and the upper Paraguay, low water from July to October

Other fishing areas

Ayolas y Corredor ParanáAsunción y Chaco'iPilarEncarnación y San CosmeCerritoConcepciónPaso de PatriaVilla Florida

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