11 places across 6 areas
Lodges are built around fishing: they provide boats and guides, and they know what is biting each month. It is the simplest option if you are coming from abroad.
500 guides, the heart of fishing in Paraguay · Misiones · Paraná River · 3 places
Lodge on the banks of the Paraná in Ayolas, with over 20 years hosting anglers. Boats, experienced guides and full board, built for both anglers and families. Very popular with Brazilian guests: bookings on +55 44 99125-2424, they answer in Portuguese.
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In Coratei, Ayolas, on the Paraná: 31 rooms and bungalows on a 12-hectare property, with a pool over the river, a restaurant and an airliner mounted on the grounds that has become its trademark. Fishing trips with its own boats and local guides.
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Hotel and restaurant on the banks of the Paraná in Ayolas, with over twenty years hosting anglers. It has 22 rooms. They fish from their own boats with 40 HP outboards, and the fishing spots are close to the hotel. You fish for dorado, pacú, piapara and pintado. The fishing package covers a room for two with air conditioning, cable TV, wifi and a minibar, all three meals, the boat for two with a guide and a 40 HP outboard, the navigation permit, 30 litres of fuel, bait (four dozen worms and a bucket of corn per boat), a cool box with ice and drinks on board. Drinks at the hotel are included too, spirits aside, and back from fishing they serve a starter of fried fish with cassava. The package costs Gs. 1,200,000 per person per day, and bookings are made with a 30% deposit. The sizes they quote per species are 48 cm for pacú and piapara, 75 for dorado, 90 for pintado catfish and 85 for cachara. They also hire out a boat with a guide, separately from the package, at Gs. 700,000 a day, with fuel and bait charged on top. Open 24 hours, with service in Spanish, Portuguese, German and English. Their website is in Portuguese, because most of their guests are Brazilian anglers.
Get in touchWhite sands and islands on the Paraná · Ñeembucú · Paraná River · 3 places
Lodge on the Paraná in Cerrito (Ñeembucú). Guided fishing with boats, souvenir shop.
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Guesthouse in Barrio Sur, Cerrito (Ñeembucú), on the bank of the Paraná. Room for 18 guests, for groups, families and couples, with fishing days, river outings and stays with meals and drinks. Open all year. Senatur certified.
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A special place on the Paraná River in Cerrito (Ñeembucú). Open since 2021, La Rubí was born to offer rest, nature and good food in a unique setting. Nine en-suite rooms, six in the main building and three in the La Rubí Garden area, all with breakfast included. To enjoy the surroundings there is a wide deck overlooking the river, a main grill hut with a parrilla plus two outdoor grills, two pools and a heated jacuzzi. À la carte menu and a grill service, so you can eat well without leaving the hotel. For anglers, a jetty for boats and fishing from the bank, and they can help put together a fishing package to suit you.
Get in touchExpedition to the Paraguayan Pantanal · Alto Paraguay · Paraguay and Negro rivers · 2 places
Guyra Paraguay's biological station on the Negro River, 40 km from Bahía Negra: up to 10 guests, fishing, canoeing and photo safaris. Gs. 150,000 to 250,000 per night.
Get in touchAir-conditioned guesthouse for 14 on the Paraguay River, 20 km north of Carmelo Peralta, deep in the Pantanal. Pool, river-view deck and boat fishing trips.
☎ +595 981 170222The Tebicuary classic · Misiones · Tebicuary River · 1 place
Rural lodging on the Tebicuary, 8 km east of Villa Florida, with its own boat ramp. They promote sport fishing and do not allow set lines or nets. Two kilometres of white sand beach, cabins for 5 people each, and a campsite with hot showers, grills, power hook-ups and a small shop, but no restaurant. Open Thursday to Sunday and holidays, 6am to 10pm. Camping: Gs. 30,000 per adult, 10,000 for children aged 5 to 10 and a one-off 50,000 per tent; breakfast is 20,000. No pets. Running since 1960, they bill themselves as the country's first rural hotel, and Olimpia came back for pre-season more than once: the house keeps photographs from 1982 and 1988, and a piece in Leyendas magazine ties a Centu Cué pre-season to the year the club won its first Libertadores. Service in Spanish and Guaraní.
Get in touchA fishing escape south of Asunción · Central · Paraguay River · 1 place
Cabins on the Paraguay River at Ypeka'e, 65 km from Asunción: 5 houses (two alpine cabins for 8 and 10), fishing dock, covered boat storage, boat rental and guides.
Get in touchThe pearl of the north · Concepción · Paraguay, Apa, Ypané and Tagatiyá rivers · 1 place
River lodge in Puerto Ybapobó (San Pedro de Ycuamandyyú), some 55 km from Concepción. Dorado, boga, pacú, surubí and manguruyú, with a guide. They rent boats and you can fish from the bank. 45 beds in 8 cabins, plus a campsite with dry toilets. Dining room and bar, pool, WiFi, walking trails, kayaks, horseback riding and an airstrip. Open all year. Camping from Gs. 70,000, rooms 100,000 and cabins 140,000, per person per day.
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