It is a small farm covering 5 hectares that would be suitable for use as either a hobby farm or as part of a homesteading lifestyle. It contains enough land and infrastructure to be run as an almost self sufficient estate.

The location is just outside the town of Coronel Oviedo, approximatly 140km from Asuncion. The main east-west route across Paraguay (Ruta 2) runs through Coronel Oviedo and so access is straight forward. From Ruta 2 there are just a few more kilometres of paved road and then one kilometre along a good dirt road that passes the property’s front gate.

Gate and front fence are both metal and well maintained. The gate previously had an electric opening mechanism , but the motor for that needs replacing.

It is in a quite spot with very little passing traffic and yet still only a few minutes drive from the town.

The farm sits on a long rectangular plot. 62.5 metres by 800 metres. It is fully fenced with boundries clearly marked,

Immediately behind the gate are the house and gardens. This covers approximately the first 300 metres of the plot.

Here is to be found a lawn, the farm house, various outbuildings and numerous fruit trees.

The fruit trees form an orchard of established trees. Citrus, mango, avacardo, star fruit, grapes, passion fruit and many bananas amongst others.

There is a carport in front of the house next to a workshop and chicken coop with enclosed chicken run.

Behind the house there are two animal barns with pens for animals of differing sizes. From pigs to cows and horses. These are both connected to the water and electric supplies.

Electricity is mains electric and is single phase. The water comes from a deep well on the property and has a constant high pressure. A water tank high above the ground ensures that pressure is maintained.

Also in the garden is a small smoke house for hams and the like.

There are additionally a number of fenced in vegetable gardens which simply need replanting.

The farmhouse itself is well built and in a very good condition. It would be possible to move in without making and modifications. The house is 80 square metres in size.

It was built to German standards and as well as having double thickness walls (which is unusual in Paraguay) has fitted double glazed windows and a matching door. The windows also additionally have mosquito netting across them.

The interior of the rooftiles has been lined with wood to match the roof beams, and also to reduce the sound of rain during heavy downpours.

Entering the house brings you into the kithen/dinner. This has a fitted kitchen with all the cupboard space that would be required. Here there is also ample space for a dining table.

This section of the house is open plan. Behind the kitchen is the lounge area where is to be found a built in chimney. With the addition of a stove this would be a very cozy spot to sit on a cold winter night.

Being open plan it is easy to see the state of the walls and ceiling. Both are excellent condition with no sign of any of the rising damp that is some common in Paraguayan homes. This again goes back to the quality of the construction.

From the lounge a corridor leads to the remaining rooms.

First there is a large bathroom. Well kept like everything else. There is a boiler up on the wall providing hot water for the the shower.

After this there are two bedrooms. A principal bedroom and a well sized second bedroom. Both bedrooms have fitted wardrobes stretching along their walls.

The main bedroom is the only room that currently has air conditioning with fans being found elsewhere.

There is then one final room. An office or study that could also be used as a childs bedroom.

Back outside and behind the animal barns a fence runs across the property seperating the gardens from the farm.

There is a wooden gate to pass through from one to the other and a pathway to follow through the farm.

This area has in recent years been left dormant and so currently has no planted crops but is instead native woodland and pasture. Like the gardens this part of the land is approximately 300 metres deep.

First there is native woodland. This has been allowed to grown naturally but would not take too much work to clear out the undergrowth leaving leaving just trees behind.

Behind this and about the same depth as the woodland there is pasture. This could either be left as pasture or replaced in part by crops.

Then finally the remainder of the the land consist of a small eucalyptus plantation and then a little more pasture.

Beyond the bottom of the property is farmland. So the land will not be encroached upon from the rear by settlement for the foreseeable future.

The property has all it’s deeds in order and is priced at a very reasonable 80,000 Euros.

If you are interested in this or any other property please do get in touch either by leaving a message below or via the Contact page of the website.

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As outside urban centres the the service is provided via phone masts allowances must be made for the large country areas which are still on the whole mostly uninhabited. In those places the setting up of the required masts to provide a service would be impractical and would detract from the vast green vistas the countryside offers.

Elsewhere you should with the right service provider be able to connect with the internet and navigate the web with ease.

Much of the network has now been upgraded to 4G but there are places where only 2G or 3G connections are avalible. As of time of writing there is no 5G internet in Paraguay.

There are three local service providers to choose from. Claro, Personal and Tigo. Each has it’s pros and cons depending upon where you are located and what you require from the connection.

SIM cards are readily avalible across the country and can either be pre-paid, pay as you go or post-paid, contract SIM cards. Again depending upon requirements.

In Paraguay SIMs are called Chips.

A pre-paid SIM card is easily obtainable from either the offices of one of the phone companies or from any one of the multitude of convenience stores found along every street in Paraguay.

Stores display posters advertising phone companies and so are easy to spot. Some of the smaller ones will only have facilities to load credit onto SIM cards, but the owner will direct you to the neaest store selling SIM cards.

These cards can be purchased quickly with just a passport as ID.

Any store displaying an poster for an internet provider will be able to load up addtional credit onto a pre paid SIM card.

If arriving by air you will probably be unable to purchase a SIM card in the airport. Instead you will have to use WIFI connection until you are in the city and able to get to a local store.

I have heard that WIFI can be at best patchy in the airport. Therefore if you do need to connect to for example book a taxi from Bolt or Uber have a coffee in the airport cafe and use their free WIFI.

The alternative to a pre-paid SIM is a post-paid one. These are cheaper in the long run but more complicated to purchase and will lock you in with a provider for an extended period of time.

Purchasing a post-paid SIM is best done with a Paraguayan ID card but can be done with a passport. The application will however take longer and be more complicated.

The principal reason for this is that post-paid SIMs are sold on contracts of a year or more. So some sort of proof of address is going to be required.

Additionally once taken out a contract can be very hard to cancel without sizeable fees.

After deciding which type of SIM is best the next choice to make is which provider.

Personal very much focus on the urban centres of the towns and cities. There is often little or no connection out in the countryside.

For pre-paid SIMs they do work out most expensive. However being city focused they do offer fibre optic cables in urban areas.

Outside the towns Claro and Tigo are both viable options. In many places their areas of coverage overlap, but not everywhere. So if you are going to be based in the countryside check first which offers the best connection locally.

In areas where either would be useable it is generally considered that Claro has the most stable connection and Tigo the widest area of coverage.

For further research these are the links to each of their websites.

Personal-

https://www.personal.com.py

Claro-

https://www.claro.com.py/personas

Tigo-

https://www.tigo.com.py

Below is a comparison of the various packages each offers.

The figures are correct as of Jan 2025 and costs converted at a rate of $1 to Gs8,000.

All post-paid rates are for monthly contracts

Personal

Pre paid

1G for Gs6,000 ($0.75) valid for 1 day to 2.5G for Gs15,000 ($1.90) for 3 days

Post paid

6G for Gs60,000 ($7.50), 18G for Gs120,000 ($15), 60G for Gs200,000 ($25)

Fibre optic

200mbs Gs140,000 ($17.50), 400mbs Gs250,000 ($31.25)

Claro

Pre paid

1G for Gs10,000 ($1.25) valid for 2 days to 4G for Gs50,000 ($6.25) for 15 days

Post paid

7G for Gs60,000 ($7.50), 25G Gs120,000 ($15), 100G Gs300,000 ($37.50)

Tigo

Pre paid

2G for Gs6,000 ($0.75) valid for 1 day to 5G for Gs26,000 ($3.25) for 8 days

Post paid

20G for Gs100,000 ($12.50), 50G Gs 150,000 ($18.75), 150G Gs250,000 ($31.25)

Once you have your local SIM purchased and activated you should be able to navigate the internet with ease across Paraguay.

This with the constraints of being a blog post is in places fairly general so please to contact me directly using the connection below for any more detailed infomation

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