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This was a beautiful spot but we had to pack it up and leave at 9:30 pm to stay at Walmart in town because there was a guy screaming and banging on his camper for hours and just didn’t feel safe.
All of that aside there was strong Verizon service and mountain views from every direction. I would just be sure to thoroughly check your surroundings before you settle in for the night.

Had my propane filled here. If you are not capable of walking far then you will need to go somewhere else. You can't pay at the station, you have to walk a good way back to the checkout.

Ótimo lugar para passar algumas noites, tranquilo, com segurança. Não tem energia, mas tem chuveirão e torneira para abastecer o tanque na parte superior onde ficam os restaurantes. O restaurante raizes do sertão tem uma comida ótima por 20 reais, e os donos são extremamente afetuosos e solícitos.

a small street place when you can eat spaghettis and omelette for less than 20k gnf with a coffe. Really basic but good budget option in Khaloum.

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un petit restaurant dans la rue où l'on peut manger des spaghettis avec une omelette ou un sandwich pour moins de 20k gnf avec un café. Loin d'être le grand luxe mais ca permet de manger à pas cher dans ce quartier !

toilets only open and available on request to the guards (day time). always people walking around but safe place. recycling place for plastic bottles and trash bins. playground for children.

Brand new place, very clean, run by a very nice couple. Terrasse with a great view on the surroundings. Good and typical Peruvian food. We recommend !

Corrected the sign from no dogs allowed to dogs are welcome!

Nice place to visited the world highest Tide.

Police guys sitting as the side of the road whistled at us to stop. He wanted to check our TIP paper and the drivers passport which he took pictures of and had a quick glance in our van, he returned our TIP and we could continue. Little did we know, that was the start of the terrible road, if they had told us we would have turned back and gone to the other border

Absolute rubbish, the road to get here from Toulepleu is awful, a mud track intented only for motorbikes and maybe confident 4x4 drivers, it took us hours. We came with our 2wd LWB Sprinter and had to have locals dig us out the mud twice & there was a very bad bridge that I had to rearrange the planks of wood and had genuine fear that it was going to collapse when we crossed. Made it to the border and it was quiet, easy enough, they take pictures of everything, all documents, us and the car and they let us exit Ivory coast.

Guiglo to Blolequin road is in poor condition.

I wouldn't recommend this route as the road continues to be nonexistent and muddy into Liberia - see my post on Liberia border

This is the last real fuel station before heading south on the poor dirt road to Tai village. Fill here with reliable petrol or diesel, many places on the way have only poor quality fuel for Motos

Ora bank atm to get cash. they don't charge a fee for usage

We parked just after the bridge and walked to the immigration. Easy process, just slow as they don't have many foreigners passing, they write down every possible piece of information. Another guy came and took away our passports to stamp, then we got sent to another guy who again writes down all the details into a different book then we could continue to customs.

Entering Liberia with our right hand drive car, Richard the chief, who was drinking beer and playing American 80's love songs, tried to make it a problem for us, saying it's illegal to enter Liberia with a right hand drive car and we need to go back. I said we drove from England, that's how it came out of the factory and it's safe. We argued for a bit and then I said I want to talk with his boss, he called him and the boss told him to give us the temporary import paper, he was nice after that. They had no interest in checking our car, we didn't have any CDP or lassier passer. The TIP was free and valid for 30 days.

The road to Toe town in late April is not possible with 2wd, huge pools of water and mounds of mud. We did try on our own but decided to turn back and ask in a local village for help. Turns out they have two heavy duty diggers as they run the local logging business. We came to an agreement for them to drag us through the mud with a digger all the way to Toe town. It was late so we slept in their village and continued in the morning. We paid a lot, but it was the only option to pass the road, initially they asked for 150 dollar & we settled on 100 euros. Expensive but that's what we have our emergency money for

As of April 2024 the information in the previous entry is correct and pretty much up to date. The front door guard is still annoying but the staff inside are extra helpful and you still have to go to get your vehicle and papers I directed across town.

Friendly and patient staff.

Insurance for 2 months Landcruiser 80 series “category 2” was 38500 cfa. For the Cameroon tax number they take the visa number. No vignette required.

Don’t expect to much, but the sheets are clean, running water to shower and there is a ventilator. Secure parking for your car or bike. Payed 5000 CFA for a small double bedroom.

Friendly staff.

Closed they put jerseys in the road. No mire possibilités

Left the mainroad to a sideroad and drove for a bit. After some time the trees had an opening, where we entered. Saw one car in the morning.

Crossing from Zimbabwe to Zambia

Zimbabwe side was really easy, just stamp in the passport and on the Carnet.

On the Zambia there were many fixers storming the car, but you don’t need one.
At immigration you just get an entry stamp and at customs you have to fill out some document for the road tax. The fixers insist that you buy the expensive insurance there, but the customs officer sided with us and said we can get it in town and just write „to be purchased in town“ in the insurance reference field. He knew what to do with the Carnet.
To pay for the Road and Carbon Tax you don’t have to go to the counter next to the customs, but leave the building and go to the left of the restrooms. There go in the right corridor to go to the pay desk there. Currently it’s not possible to pay by card, so we had to pay 20$ and 314 Kwacha in cash. There’s an exchange beareau, but it’s on the departure side.

Still had no fee with our Visa card. On the building there’s a big Access bank sign, but the ATM is still from Atlas Mara. Limit was still 6000 Kwacha.

Very helpful, we wrote on WhatsApp and she mentioned that she can send an agent to the Victoria Falls border to get the insurance there directly. We didn’t have internet over the weekend so it didn’t work out, but we managed to leave the border without insurance and came here directly afterwards. We got local Zambian insurance and a Comesa yellow card for 1208 Kwacha valid for a month.

From Estancia Cerro Guido, stay on Road 9. You'll have an alternative trail crossing río las Chinas on your right (just for you to get water). Keep going on the 9 until the entrance of the previous spot and cross the "cattle bridge". You'll have to go up on a steep hill. When it seems to be flat again, before crossing a water evacuation, turn on you right on a grassy flat trail and keep going to stay between the piles of rocks.
Flat, clean (keep it this way) and good view on the sierra, el Cerro de la Virgen and the valley.
I guess you can find wind shelter between the piles of rocks and the bushes. We didn't need it in the evening but it was windier the next day. We had 2 cars passing on the (invisible) road around 7PM and then we were absolutely alone until 10AM (2 more cars). It is a bit rocky so we don't know if it would be confy enough for tents.

Nice place, friendly volunteers to walk you around, and a great opportunity to see puma and jaguars from close by.

Roof tent camping in the shade over looking the lagoon. Very friendly hosts and staff. Outdoor loo and shower and very clean. 20 min walk to the ocean . Very quiet and peaceful. 500 Mets ppn.

Mechanic specialized in diesel car/truck , injectors, diesel pump, turbo… their core business is mainly injectors and diesel motor but they can help with other stuff as well. If you have a sensitive issue with your diesel engine that’s the place.

South side - faded sign which we missed initially.

A quiet place at the end of the village nearby cemetery. 4G/H+ mobile network. No facilities. Place for 1-2 campers or one big rig. Use this place if you have WC on board only! The entry to the Quebrada de Las Señoritas is in approx 800m distance, very nice.

A campsite by the road. Has a shelter you can sleep in, fireplace, benches and some firewood. There is a dry toilet in the back.

Great place for the night. Amazing view at sunrise and sunset. It costs us 200 pesos (12$) to stay for the night and we got our own area and papala. We car camped and it was awesome. Everyone was very sweet and the restaurant had great food. Would highly recommend! Bring lots of sunscreen and bug spray.

Parked overnight with a couple other cars that were gathered in a darker section of the parking lot. Slept all night without issue.