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Centro Chaqueño para la Conservación e Investigación

Chaco Research and Conservation Center

A research center dedicated to the conservation of the peccary (known locally as taguá). You can see three different species of peccary up close. There is a guest house with dorm rooms and kitchen for visitors who want to stay for two or more days (booking is required). The center's location is ideal for nature enthusiasts and those who want to venture into the Chaco. You need to bring all your supplies with you as the nearest store is in Filadelfia. Just to the left of the center is Fortín Toledo, a historic site from the Chaco War, which is worth visiting.

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Address: 30km west of Filadelfia, next to Fortín Toledo
Getting there: from the Second Monument at the junction of Avenida Hindenburg and Avenida Trébol turn left and go west, pass the Transchaco highway, continue west for 9 km until you reach the entrance
Website: cccipy.org (opens in a new tab)

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Fortín Toledo

A historic site from the Chaco War (1932-35) where one of the major battles of the conflict took place between 26 February and 10 March 1933. Two cemeteries, one Paraguayan and one Bolivian, honor the over 1000 soldiers from both sides who died in combat during the battle.

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Parque Urundey

City park with lots of urundey trees.

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Parque Eirene

Located around the Eirene clinic which is also a psychiatric unit and it can be visited too.

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Museo Escolar

school museum

The old school building which opened its doors in 1936. One part of the exhibit is about the elementary school depicting how life was in the first school to open its doors in the Chaco wilderness. Furniture from that time, books and other school materials, including blackboards and markers, are shown. Also pictures of the different schools in the nearby settlements, teachers list, and school statistics are available. Another exhibit presents technological development in the school throughout the years such as writing and typing machines, projectors, and a copy machine.