Wildlife Photography Hides in Paraguay

Gran Chaco / Atlantic Forest – Asunción & multiple Chaco sites

Paraguay Birding and Nature — a local specialist operator run by guide Oscar with co-guide Marcos, based in Asunción — offers the most comprehensive range of Paraguay-specific wildlife and birding tours available from a single local operator, with 14+ itineraries covering the Gran Chaco, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Pantanal border and Mesopotamian Grasslands. The Gran Chaco tours specifically target the "Big 15 Endemic Chaco Birds" alongside Chacoan Peccary, Giant Anteater and other large mammals in the Dry and Humid Chaco's private reserves and national parks. As a locally-based operator, Paraguay Birding and Nature provides the most in-depth access to specific sites within Paraguay — private ranches, lesser-known reserves and community-managed areas — unavailable through international operators. Tours are custom-designed to group requirements and interests, with pricing by individual quote. The operator also runs tours into adjacent regions of Argentina and Brazil for multi-country itineraries. Contact via the website for current availability and pricing.

Gran Chaco – Paraguay

Wild Expedition offers a 12-day Great Chaco Paraguay Wildlife tour — subtitled "The Undiscovered Pantanal" — priced from $2,500 USD per person (group of 4+) into the Gran Chaco, the world's second-largest dry forest after the Amazon, covering 60% of Paraguay's territory. The Paraguayan Chaco is one of South America's least-visited wildlife regions and one of its most biodiverse: it holds the Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri), a large, pig-like mammal widely believed extinct until its rediscovery in 1975, found only in the dry thorn scrub of the Paraguayan and Argentine Chaco. Jaguar, Giant Anteater, Lowland Tapir, Maned Wolf, Puma and Geoffroy's Cat all inhabit the Chaco's forest and grassland mosaic, with the low visitor numbers ensuring wildlife encounters of exceptional quality and minimal photographic competition. Wild Expedition is a specialist wildlife tour operator running small-group expeditions to remote destinations across South America. The tour is graded moderate walking difficulty.

Gran Chaco / Mbaracayú – Multiple sites including Teniente Enciso NP & Fortin Toledo

Birding Ecotours offers a 12-day Paraguay Birding and Wildlife Adventure covering the country's most important wildlife sites, from Asunción through the Humid Chaco (Laguna Capitán, Loma de Plata) to the Dry Chaco (Iparoma Ranch, Teniente Enciso National Park, Fortin Toledo Reserve) and east to the Mbaracayú Atlantic Forest Reserve. Mammal targets include the Chacoan Peccary — one of the world's most recently-discovered large mammals, found only in the Paraguayan and Argentine dry Chaco — alongside Jaguar, Giant Anteater, Puma and Lowland Tapir. The tour's bird list is exceptional: Black-legged Seriema, Crested Gallito, White-winged Nightjar and Strange-tailed Tyrant are all Chaco endemics or near-endemics targeted at specific known sites by Birding Ecotours' specialist local guides. The Mbaracayú Reserve visit adds Helmeted Woodpecker and Atlantic Forest species. Pricing is available on request. Birding Ecotours is an internationally recognised wildlife and birding tour operator with tours across six continents.