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Traveling in Ciudad del Este

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Quindy The town of Quindy, between Carapegua and Villa Florida, is best known for soccer ball production. As you enter the town you will see many vendors selling soccer balls along the side of the road. Departamento Misiones The defining characteristic of modern-day Misiones is not its Jesuit past but the cattle ranching that occurs on the province’s rolling hills. Historically Misiones was always a popular area for ranching the Jesuit missions engaged in cattle raising and after the Triple Alliance War the provisional government had various settlers from the ranching areas of Uruguay and Argentina move to Misiones along

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Travel to Ciudad del Este

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Lodging Camping is the only option for those wishing to stay in the park itself. The town of Ybycui has some simple lodging options and there are one or two options along the road to the park as well. Hotel employees can help arrange for drivers to take you to the park. Hospedaje Esperanza Your best bet for lodging within the town of Ybycui itself. Very clean with a kitchen and laundry service as well as a pool in the summer time. The owner Na Epifania offers meals as well for a very low price. Tel: 0534 226 320, Bernardino

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Ciudad del Este Travel Destinations

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Salto Cristal Hidden amongst the dense vegetation through a maze of sugarcane fields, the large Salto Cristal waterfall is difficult to access but definitely worth the challenge. Salto Cristal’s waterfall is over a forty-two-meter high terraced stone cliff into a pool over thirty meters in diameter and ten meters deep. Running the perimeter of the pool is a rock ledge – usually submerged just deep enough to create a natural wading pool. The vegetation opens up around the pool’s edge where one can sit or sunbathe. Daredevils can swim across the pool and dive off the terraced walls. Swimming at

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Ciudad del Este Travel

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La Rosada The historic La Rosada iron foundry is located at the entrance to the park just past the end of the paved road. The foundry was the first of its kind in Latin America, created during the rule of Carlos Antonio Lopez when Paraguay was a prosperous and progressive nation. Wood charcoal for the foundry came from the surrounding forest and power was also provided by damning up the Salto Mina. The foundry was destroyed by Brazilian troops during the Triple Alliance war but has been partly reconstructed. The grounds include a nicely curated museum with war artifacts and

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