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Very nice and clean place! Trash, table and beautiful point of view. The only bad side : the noise of the road, very close.

Walmart gave me permission to spend the night. No slides, no barbecue, no setting up camp and be gone when they open.

Asked to use the water spigot and worker said it was fine! No charge

warm in the night, but near downtown. save place.

Nice soda with WiFi and nice meals. This is the place we sat at before we cross the border to do the panama health affidavit/download bank statements to show at the border.

The hotel next door has private rooms for $10

Stayed there for a night with our minivan. Three huge RVs and a couple of camper vans were there. Nice place, huge gravel/dirt area. Seems popular for quads but pretty calm in the night. Don't miss a bit hidden turn.

Stay only during winter months, summer may be crowded. Police did not say anything for staying overnight. Nice view, appeared safe to us. Passenger boats cruising. Night calm. good celular sign.

íbamos rumbo a santa Teresa, tan nombrada y famosa por todos pero la verdad un fiasco, no es una playa apta para la vanlifer, es un caos el tráfico, no hay bajadas públicas donde puedas llegar con el carro . conveniente ir durante el día y volver a dormir a malpais. en este punto estas solo. solo hay alguna casas de lugareños cerca y hoteles sobre la carretera. no hay facilidades pero nos resultó seguro. a pocos metros pasa un río de agua dulce para coger agua no apta para consumo pero si necesitas lavar algo o sacarte la sal del mar está bien

We were going to Santa Teresa, so named and famous for all but the truth a fiasco, it is not a beach suitable for the Vanlifer, it is a chaos traffic, there are no public downs where you can reach the car. Convenient to go during the day and back to sleep in Malpais. At this point you are only. There are only some locals home near and hotel on the road. There are no facilities but it was sure. A few meters passes a river of fresh water to catch water not suitable for consumption but if you need to wash something or get the sea salt well

Good mechanic, José Morales. He repair our van very quickly and did a good job. The place is next to the parts store, and is no problem to get all he need to change. Good relation price/quality. Is placed in San Francisco St and Coquimbo.
Buen mecánico, agradable, José Morales. El taller está ubicado cerca de la zona de venta de repuestos, por lo que no hubo problema para conseguir todo lo necesario. Buena relación calidad /precio. Estan ubicados en calle San Francisco y Coquimbo.

A two-car spot on the river bank. Only one spot is flat. Easy to access. There are no view and it is bushy. We came in late and just stayed to sleep. Lots of mosquitos. 10 mini tree s form Becker lodge

This is a great FREE spot but busy when we were there. Sites filled up pretty quick but there is a large parking area at the very front that has a fire pit if you are desperate. It is 2 miles past the official campground so if you try there first and have no luck you can keep going down the road. Folks drive a bit recklessly down the gravel/washboard road so be careful at night. There was a pit toilet but it was closed which was inconvenient, no picnic tables and no garbage cans. The river is awesome and there was a buck right next to our trailer when we woke up.

This is very close to the Walmart where you can only swap bottles but here you can actually get your own bottle filled. Saved us $10 over the exchange.

It would be a nice place if the visitors would take the waste at home and buried their excrements !! Not like currently arround the campplace full of paper and shit.

It was only us camping - whole henties was dead quiet. Paid 300 for two cars and two people.

Great shower! Good pressure and nice & hot. We’ve been lucky with eastwind so it was nice and warm.

Looks like a desert camp. But that’s henties :-))

After many nights of bushcamping and guesthouse rooms, it was a pleasure to stay at a "real" campsite again, at a reasonable price (150 kw ppn) and even with bar and restaurant. We left twice and came back twice after getting supplies and spare parts in Chipata, and stayed for 3 nights in total. Friendly senior owners, staff and dogs, and good cooking (everything cooked fresh when ordered). Also a place to meet other travelers, even in these times...

Such a gem of a spot. This section of coast seems to be the last of free and beautiful roadside parking. We saw a bunch of people parked along the coast here, just be careful not to park in any of the official park viewpoints. Don’t be scared to pick any of the spots along the highway though, they are all great!

Great place! You definitely need a 4WD to get there. I dunno how anybody would go down so close to the water and back up. It's steep, and when I was there the sand very loose. Just walking down the trail I was going up to my ankles. Plenty seals, especially past the arch, walk the hill and go back down a bit, they love hanging out on the flat rocks. You'll hear them.

Basic and cheap lodge opposite the main shore of Mpulungu.
150 Kwacha/per night.
Cold shower, western toilet (w/o toilet seat).
Good for one night!

The road down is narrow and brushy, dodgy for large vehicles, too steep for trailers or large rigs. Camping is on a trail that is for non-motorized use and locals get angry about campers due to people using the bushes for a toilet-- come with a portapotty or wag bags. Seems like tenting is okay. Driving on the trail in either direction is not cool. There's talk about closing this place down so treat this beauty spot with respect or we'll lose it.

Great secluded spot to crash for the night. Kept my dog close to vehicle or leashed up to be safe. Pit toilets fully stocked with plenty of toilet paper.

Clean and quiet in the park. A lot of day users at the river.

Two big lots. A little slope on the first one. Basically what others have said before me.

Loved my spot though. Tucked my minivan up next to the trees and the closest picnic table. Stayed two nights.

Pretty quiet at night. Hikers start pouring in at around 9am. There are some beautiful/more secluded walk in tent sites just below the pit toilets, next to a lovely stream, easy to miss if you don’t know they’re there.

Lots of gorgeous hikes!
I’ve included a picture of the lake that’s about a 2 hr hike up the mountain.
Aspen, pine, bluebells, yarrow, gooseberry in bloom, lots of wild blossoms this time of year.

Nice relaxed Beach resort with restaurant and bar. Run by an old French lady and her husband. A lot of local fishermen on the beach in front of the bar and local pub/restaurant close by next to it, so not like the usual tourist areas of Dar and Zanzibar.

Paid 30 000tsh for a banda, double bed and 50 000tsh for an ensuite room. No hot water but western toilets. Breakfast included in price.

Bar is cheap but you must give warning if you want supper our the owner can organise a bodaboda to collect local food.

Rooms were a bit dusty but okay for none night. Would recommend calling ahead so she can make sure the rooms are clean. Ask for overland discount.

Large gravel pull off of East Lake Boulevard. Relatively flat and big rig friendly. Stayed one night here. It’s right near Washoe Lake State Park. Zero Amenities, At&t cell service was fine.

Drive south from Glendive on Marsh Road about 8 miles. You will see the parking lot on the west side of the road. There are toilets here. We parked our car and set up our tents on a flat spot to the north of the parking lot. There were a few RV’s parked there for the night as well. Watch out for dirt bikers!

shower is on the right side next to the public washrooms. still no water though, no idea why

Decent sized parking lot at a trailhead. Trail seems to go pretty far if you want to explore. I stayed here overnight in my van, no issues. No service on Verizon.

very pricey. showers take a long time to warm up.

Small quiet Lake with space for one or two cars and a tent. Access road very steep.

Perfect place - quiet - we have a 30’ class A - and there was plenty space.