page_title: Alto Paraná Department
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Alto Paraná Department / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: Itaipu
context_page_description: Alto Paraná is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Ciudad del Este.
  The Alto Paraná department has experienced tremendous economic and population growth in the past 50 years. Most of this growth has been concentrated in the department capital of Ciudad del Este, and mainly occurred after the construction of the Puente de la Amistad bridge in 1961, which connects Paraguay and Brazil. This department is home to the Itaipu power plant, which supplies 95% of the energy consumed by Paraguay, and the Acaray Dam. Several ecological reserves, a zoo and the Taiwanese-Paraguayan Technology Park are situated in this department.
  The city of Presidente Franco was the first city founded in this department. Several important agricultural establishments are centered in the region of Minga Guazú which is home of the Guarani International Airport.
context_section_description: This department offers a very rich and attractive natural environment, specially represented by the Acaray and Paraná Rivers.
  The following places are recommended to visit:
  Tati Yupi Refuge
  Itabó Natural Reserve
  Limoy Natural Reserve
  Ñacunday National Park
  Pikyry Refuge
  Carapá Refuge
  The mouth of Itambey River
  Minga Guazú Ecology Park
  Mbaracayú Refuge
  Other touristic places are the modern engineering constructions that produce great admiration in the visitors, those are: the Amistad's Bridge, that communicates Paraguay and Brazil, the hydroelectric stations Itaipu Binacional and Acaray.
  In Ciudad del Este there are the Park and Lake of the Republic, an artificial lake formed by the waters of the Amambay stream, the park serves as lung for the city. This space was created with the collaboration of every city council of the country.
  Alto Paraná has several museums that exhibit artifacts of great scientific and cultural value, such as:
  The House of Culture in Ciudad del Este
  El Mensú Hydric Museum
  Museum of Natural History
  Itaipú Natural and Anthropology Museum
  The Museum Moisés Bertoni was declared Natural and Scientific Monument. This place is a port, where Moisés Bertoni accomplished to compile a great variety of plants from the entire world and who dedicated his life to the preservation of the nature.
caption: Itaipú Hydroelectric Dam
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