Cerro Tres Kandú (842m) — World Country High Point — Paraguay
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.01 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,500 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,500 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,653 ft
- TrailRank
- 36
- Min elevation
- 882 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 2 hours 47 minutes
- Coordinates
- 450
- Uploaded
- December 30, 2023
- Recorded
- December 2023
near Potrero Ybate, Guairá (Paraguay)
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Cerro Tres Kandú (842 m) — World Country High Point — Paraguay
Summary
So this was a proper little mini-three-day adventure to Paraguay to hike Cerro Tres Kandu. At 842 metres, it's the country's high point for this very lovely country. It involved flying from BA to Asuncion, then a three-a.m. start the following day for a four-hour drive south to a pretty remote, rough trailhead. Then it was a five-hour up, explore, and back proper jungle trail hike with nasty snakes and other creepy crawlies. It was a good trail overall, but there were quite a few pretty steep and badly constructed ladder, cable, and rope sections. It was a fantastic wildlife outing, though, with snakes, large Tegu lizards, spiders, vibrant-coloured dragonflies, and very exotic-looking butterflies. A very hot (25–35 °C), sticky, steep 8km, 500m height gain day overall was done in an all-in time of 5 hours. Up time is actually about two hours, but I had a good time exploring up there to visit two viewpoints and have lunch. It is a great little hill to do and so much fun!
Note 1: Route: My Garmin GPS did not track very well on this route due to the jungle canopy, so this is an edited version of the original GPS, which gives a better and more accurate trail path. I have also added the route to the Open Street Map (OSM) and updated the routes to the two Miradors on there too. As stated, there are about 700 metres or so of cables, ropes, wooden handrails, and a variety of wooden ladders and steps. All of this is not well constructed at all, but it is fun.
Note 2: Hotel: I stayed at the super-good Hotel 5 & Residences in Asuncion. I paid $130 for a two-night stay in what is a 5-star Rochester chain hotel. Ingrid is the manager there and speaks great English. They are also keen to provide a driver facility to take people to Kandu and will be doing so in the future.
Hotel: Five Seasons & Residences Hotel
Hotel - https://maps.app.goo.gl/wTCgpMJTJjtHu7xq6
Note 3: Travel Agency: The last 10+ km of the drive is on a rough road, which is at the top end of the capability scale of a two-wheel-drive vehicle, so to keep things simple, I searched for a travel agency just to get a driver and a 4x4 vehicle to get me from Asuncion to the trailhead. I found DeJaVu Travel Agency, which is owned by Armando and Cristina. Lovely, lovely people. They don't speak English. Armando drove me down and back in a two-wheel-drive Toyota. I did ask for a 4x4, but in any case, I didn't get one, and on the drive, Armando lost the front sill of the Toyota. It is a rough road, and if there has been rain the week you do this trip, you will not get there in a two-wheel drive. The cost for the day on December 23 was $120. This included the $4 entry fee to the camping site at the trailhead, where you have to register.
Travel Agency: DeJaVu Agencia de Viajes
Travel Agency - https://maps.app.goo.gl/UXjViTXH12h7JFRv6
Summary
So this was a proper little mini-three-day adventure to Paraguay to hike Cerro Tres Kandu. At 842 metres, it's the country's high point for this very lovely country. It involved flying from BA to Asuncion, then a three-a.m. start the following day for a four-hour drive south to a pretty remote, rough trailhead. Then it was a five-hour up, explore, and back proper jungle trail hike with nasty snakes and other creepy crawlies. It was a good trail overall, but there were quite a few pretty steep and badly constructed ladder, cable, and rope sections. It was a fantastic wildlife outing, though, with snakes, large Tegu lizards, spiders, vibrant-coloured dragonflies, and very exotic-looking butterflies. A very hot (25–35 °C), sticky, steep 8km, 500m height gain day overall was done in an all-in time of 5 hours. Up time is actually about two hours, but I had a good time exploring up there to visit two viewpoints and have lunch. It is a great little hill to do and so much fun!
Note 1: Route: My Garmin GPS did not track very well on this route due to the jungle canopy, so this is an edited version of the original GPS, which gives a better and more accurate trail path. I have also added the route to the Open Street Map (OSM) and updated the routes to the two Miradors on there too. As stated, there are about 700 metres or so of cables, ropes, wooden handrails, and a variety of wooden ladders and steps. All of this is not well constructed at all, but it is fun.
Note 2: Hotel: I stayed at the super-good Hotel 5 & Residences in Asuncion. I paid $130 for a two-night stay in what is a 5-star Rochester chain hotel. Ingrid is the manager there and speaks great English. They are also keen to provide a driver facility to take people to Kandu and will be doing so in the future.
Hotel: Five Seasons & Residences Hotel
Hotel - https://maps.app.goo.gl/wTCgpMJTJjtHu7xq6
Note 3: Travel Agency: The last 10+ km of the drive is on a rough road, which is at the top end of the capability scale of a two-wheel-drive vehicle, so to keep things simple, I searched for a travel agency just to get a driver and a 4x4 vehicle to get me from Asuncion to the trailhead. I found DeJaVu Travel Agency, which is owned by Armando and Cristina. Lovely, lovely people. They don't speak English. Armando drove me down and back in a two-wheel-drive Toyota. I did ask for a 4x4, but in any case, I didn't get one, and on the drive, Armando lost the front sill of the Toyota. It is a rough road, and if there has been rain the week you do this trip, you will not get there in a two-wheel drive. The cost for the day on December 23 was $120. This included the $4 entry fee to the camping site at the trailhead, where you have to register.
Travel Agency: DeJaVu Agencia de Viajes
Travel Agency - https://maps.app.goo.gl/UXjViTXH12h7JFRv6
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