Ilosuna · CC BY 1.0Cities · Boquerón · The Chaco and the Pantanal
Filadelfia is a surprise: in the middle of the Chaco scrubland, an orderly town of broad avenues and gardens appears, where you'll hear German and Plautdietsch (the Mennonites' Low German dialect) as often as Guaraní and Spanish. It's the headquarters of the Fernheim Cooperative, the driving force behind the area's dairy, beef and peanut industries. Its museum circuit (Jakob Unger, Knelsenhaus, the Colony House, the Industrial Museum and the Menno Simons Hof complex with its Museum of Intercultural Encounter) tells the epic story of refugees who arrived with nothing and of their life alongside the Indigenous peoples. It has the best services in the Central Chaco.
Filadelfia (desvío a Filadelfia) · Boquerón
The best introduction to the Chaco: history, wildlife and Indigenous peoples in a bioclimatic building ringed by samu'u trees, with SENATUR tourist information.
Filadelfia
Plant-fiber bags woven by Indigenous women of the Chaco, and plates and spoons of fragrant palo santo wood.
Hotel
A hotel owned by the Fernheim Mennonite cooperative in downtown Filadelfia, with a pool, restaurant and cool, shady verandas.
Hotel
A central hotel in Filadelfia with a restaurant and 24-hour reception; it organizes nature outings into the Central Chaco.
Ranch stay
A rural tourism estancia 20 km north of Filadelfia: Chaco ranch life, dry thorn forest and wide-open skies.
Restaurant
A classic of the Mennonite capital: Paraguayan and international cooking for hotel guests and Chaco travelers.
Grill
A family business of more than 40 years: grilled Chaco beef with traditional sides.