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Paraguay,
Travel - International
Note: Crime in Paraguay is increasing so the need to be alert at all times is essential.
Air: Paraguay’s national airline is Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur (PZ).
Airlines operating direct flights to Asunción include American Airlines (from New York). There are currently no direct flights from London. Most major airlines (including Alitalia, British Airways, Canadian Airlines and Lufthansa) operate connecting flights via Brazil (São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro). There are also a number of scheduled flights to Asunción from other south American cities, notably Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz (Bolivia) and Santiago (Chile).
Approximate flight times: From Asunción to London is 15 to 19 hours, depending on the route taken.
International airports: Asunción (ASU) (Silvio Pettirossi) is 16km (10 miles) from the city (travel time – 20 minutes). A coach and taxi service runs to the city. Airport facilities include a bureau de change, duty free shopping, restaurants and car hire (Hertz).
Air passes: The Mercosur Airpass: Valid within Argentina, Brazil, Chile (except Easter Island), Paraguay and Uruguay. Participating airlines include Aerolíneas Argentinas (AR) (however, flights on this airline cannot be combined with any others, as it has no agreements and its tickets are not accepted by other airlines), Austral (AU), LAN-Chile (LA), LAPA (MJ), Pluna (PU), Transbrasil Airlines (TR) and VARIG (RG) with the subsidiary airlines of Nordeste (JH) and Rio Sul (SL). The pass can only be purchased by passengers who live outside South America, who have a return ticket. Only eight flight coupons are allowed with a maximum of four coupons for each country and is valid from seven to a maximum of 30 days. At least two countries must be visited (to a maximum of five) and the flight route cannot be changed. A maximum of two stopovers is allowed per country.
The Visit South America Pass: Must be bought outside South America in country of residence and allows unlimited travel to 36 cities in the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile (except Easter Island), Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Participating airlines include Aer Lingus (EI), American Airlines (AA), British Airways (BA), Cathay Pacific (CX), Finnair (AY), IBERIA (IB), LAN-Chile (LA) and Qantas (QF). A minimum of three flights must be booked, with no maximum; the maximum stay is 60 days, with no minimum, and prices depend on the amount of flight zones covered. Children under 12 years of age are entitled to a 33 per cent discount and infants (under two years old) only pay 10 per cent of the adult fare. For further details, contact one of the participating airlines.
Departure tax: US$18. Transit passengers and children under two years of age are exempt.
River: There are 2500km (1563 miles) of navigable rivers in Paraguay and there are ferry links with Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Travellers using the river to travel to Argentina should note that the Posadas (Argentina)–Encarnación (Paraguay) route is 321km (200 miles) shorter than the more traditional route to Buenos Aires. It traverses the Argentine provinces of Misiones and Corrientes and then proceeds across a bridge over the Paraná River to Resistencia. Those who prefer to continue along the left bank of the Paraná River will have to travel to Paraná, provincial capital of Entre Ríos, crossing under the Paraná River in the tunnel between the cities of Paraná and Santa Fé. It is also possible to reach Paraguay by river from Brazil, in boats which connect Asunción with the Brazilian city of Corumba.
Rail: There is no through service to Argentina, but a weekly train from Asunción serves Posadas in Argentina by means of a train-ferry, with connections to Concordia and Buenos Aires. The rail services are very slow.
Road: The roads from Río and São Paulo to Asunción (via the Iguazú Falls) are paved and generally good, as is the one from Buenos Aires. Another road link to Argentina is via the San Roque González de Santa Cruz bridge in Encarnación across the Paraná river. Bus: There are daily services from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Córdoba, Rosario and Santa Fé, and Montevideo (Uruguay).
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