Must-see
Presidente Franco · Alto Paraná
Saltos del Monday (Cataratas del Monday)
Three main drops of about 40 meters amid Atlantic Forest, just minutes from the bustle of Ciudad del Este.
340 kmHalf a day
Cverascuderi · CC BY-SA 4.0Cities · Alto Paraná · The East: water, energy and borderlands
Presidente Franco
388 km from Asunción · ≈ 6 h 15
What to see
Presidente Franco · Alto Paraná
Hito Tres Fronteras
Where the Iguazú pours into the Paraná and, in a single glance, you take in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina.
340 km2–3 hours
Presidente Franco · Alto Paraná
Monumento Científico Moisés Bertoni (Puerto Bertoni)
The forest where Swiss scientist Moisés Bertoni lived and worked, on the banks of the Paraná; now partially open.
355 kmHalf a day
Festivals
13May
Nuestra Señora de Fátima · Presidente Franco
Patron saintPresidente Franco, Alto ParanáJulReviro Festival
A reviro cook-off: the humble flour dish of the eastern yerba mate plantations, made by neighborhood committees.
FoodPresidente Franco, Alto ParanáOctOctober 1: Jopara against Karai Octubre and the Jopara Festival
A pot of jopara to ward off hard times: beans, corn and shared abundance on the first day of October.
FoodPresidente Franco (y todo el país), Alto Paraná