Paraguay, wedged between Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia, along with the last mentioned, is one of only two South American nations without a shoreline. Isolated from the sea, and with a fraction of the population of its neighbors, Paraguay offers a stupendous cross-section of intact, special habitats. Here stand some of the last remaining large tracts of pristine Atlantic Lowland Forest, as well as cerrado savannas, grasslands and perhaps best of all, the seemingly endless thorny Chaco.