Great company if you want to see wildlife in Paraguay.
Excellent service from the beginning to the end.
Alberto answer quick and good in every question you have before... read more your trip and it´s a pleasure to "work" with him.

I visited Central Chaco area for a special tour in finding Geoffroy´s cat and other mammals. Which I did. 12 species of mammals including Geoffroy´s cat.
Alberto gave me another guide; Andrea, which was very good and we had alot of fun for my 3 days tour.

I am an experienced mammalwatcher and can truly recommend this company and Alberto´s service if you are into wildlife in Paraguay.

  I truly cannot recommend Wildlife Paraguay enough.
My boyfriend and I went on a 12-day tour with Wildlife Paraguay through the Chaco and Pantanal in July 2021. We were... read more so happy with the quality of our tour, the brilliance of our guides, the level of service provided by Alberto to tailor the tour to what we were interested in, and the above-and-beyond help to monitor COVID travel protocols before, during and after our trip. The stops on our tour were Laguna Capitan, Chaco Lodge, Bahia Negra, Tres Gigantes, Chavoreca, Defensores del Chaco, Teniente Enciso and Filadelfia, each of which provided unique ecological characteristics and many animal sightings. Wildlife Paraguay also provided a fantastic bike tour of Asuncion, which was a great way to start our visit to Paraguay (more info on this at the end of the review).

The staff of Wildlife Paraguay are scientists who have years of experience researching the ecology and wildlife of Paraguay and therefore have expansive knowledge of the species, ecosystems and ongoing studies in the regions where they provide tours. It was fantastic to have a guide (Nico) who was able to provide a breadth of information about the places we were traveling and the animals around us. While we were interested seeing the large mammals associated with northern Paraguay, we were also very interested in the birds. Luckily for us, Nico could identify nearly every bird species by sight/ call and showed us how to locate and interpret animal tracks. While we didn’t see a jaguar, we did spot jaguar tracks and saw many other animals, such as ocelots, giant river otters, rheas, capybara, caiman, foxes, howler monkeys and koati.

Each of the locations we stayed in had distinct characteristics and we felt that every new stop was unique and interesting. To maximize our opportunities to see wildlife, we went on three walks nearly every day – one at sunrise, one in the afternoon and one at night. Each of these was a great adventure and we saw unique birds and mammals in each location.

In the Pantanal, there were three trails through the forest (designed by one of the Wildlife Paraguay guides!) and lookout towers, which provided many opportunities to see the diverse wildlife of the Pantanal. We also were able to go kayaking in the river to get another perspective on this amazing ecosystem. When it was hot, we hooked up our hammocks and took a nap under the palms.

We did a mixture of camping and staying in lodges/ hotels on our trip, which we thought was a good balance. Wildlife Paraguay provided a high-quality tent, air mattress and blankets for the camping nights and there were plenty of supplies for cooking by campfire. The food was very good, and they will tailor the meals to your preferences.

The COVID travel restrictions changed frequently before and during our trip to Paraguay, and Alberto was incredibly helpful in monitoring and fulfilling the requirements. Even after our tour was over, he kept us informed on everything we needed to know to travel to Brazil and back to Paraguay and helped us fill out the required forms. We were amazed by how helpful and kind he was throughout the trip.

To be honest, our tour with Wildlife Paraguay almost inspired me to change careers and become a biologist. Nico is such a passionate scientist who inspired us to carefully study the environment around us throughout the tour and ask questions about why things are the way they are. Alberto and Rebeca are equally brilliant. They are the ideal group to provide tours of Paraguay. Above all else, they are really great people who will remain friends long after our tour!
One last thing - Alberto created a biking tour of Asuncion, led by Nico (our guide), which was a great way to travel through the city to explore different landmarks and neighborhoods. Nico provided a fantastic overview of the history, politics, culture, and ecology of the city and took us to a local market to get our first taste of Paraguayan food. I highly recommend this tour for anyone seeking to get a better understanding of Asuncion, greater history of Paraguay, and a good workout!

I was so impressed by our experience with Wildlife Paraguay and would recommend it 10000x over because of the level of organization, quality of the tour locations and accommodations, amount of wildlife and overall excellence of the guides.

  My wife and I had a very wonderful 3-day birding/touring experience, arranged by Alberto Esquivel of Wildlife Paraguay, as we had Pocho Cabral as our guide and "Leo" Leonardo... read more Wolf as our driver. Both of these gentlemen reside in Argentina and both are excellent professionals, who gave us efficient, personable service. Pocho is really a top-notch birding guide, who knows the birds very well, identifying them by both sound and sight. He took us to some excellent bird-watching sites, and he clearly has a rich network of “connections”, as he warmly greeted, by name, many other guides and rangers at Iguazu Falls and at other regional parks/reserves. Both Pocho and Leo were well acquainted with the procedures of moving us efficiently through the border crossings and through the entries and exits at Iguazu Falls and the other Argentinian National Parks and nature reserves. Pocho's personal connections with park rangers and other officials seemed to provide us some special entry privileges, not usually available to the general public. Everything happened very smoothly! Thanks to Pocho’s expertise and patience, we managed to identify just over 100 bird species during our 3 days of touring with him. I would definitely like to have these two guys as my guides again, if I return here someday! I give them my highest recommendation as the kind of guides who really do treat you in a very personal and accommodating manner. By the end of our tour, we felt like close friends!