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City in Amambay, Paraguay
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Pedro Juan Caballero is a border town of 116,000 (2016) in Northern Paraneña region of Paraguay. It is across the road from Ponta Porã in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Within the town the border is open, but for travelers heading farther into either country, it's a relatively inconvenient place to cross the border.
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Light trekking (8-13 km), caves with petroglyphs, beautiful landscape and viewpoints in the midst of hills popping out in the lush green nature, and the occasional jaguar. Also, there an impressive and depressing war monument, for which most people come here. However, checkout the trails and camp sites on OpenStreetMap.
There're no local buses in Pedro Juan Caballero, only taxis. Whether the distances to important border-crossing points and bus terminals (see below) are "walkable" depends on how serious of a walker you are.
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ItinerariesThe Paraguay River (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese) is a major river in south central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.
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Travel tipsHitchhiking is one of the cheapest ways of traveling. By tradition, hitchhiking is defined as soliciting a ride by standing at the edge of a road, facing traffic, with one's thumb extended/upwards.
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