Check-Ins

Palenque is a small town with an interesting history. Take a tourguide to get to know more about it. They will aproach you when you step on the main square of the village. Be aware, you have to negotiate about almost everything in this village and the tourguides can be a bit pushy.
Also the villagers love loud music all day and evening long, it is literally everywhere, so bring earplugs if you want to sleep.

A tourguide brought us to a hotel with small, semi-airconditioned rooms for a negotiated price of 50.000. High entry restriction, so only cars can go inside the hotel gate. It is a white building with a green gate just before the main square.

Once again we picked this location but stayed in a different spot. Very quiet, not a lot of bugs out this time. A little busier this time too. The rock hills were fun to play on. We found a site big enough for three vehicles and three tents. The closer you can find camping to Gunnison the better your service is. 5G and two bars of signal at this site. Just be prepared for some wind because you are out in the open. Still one of our favorite camp spots because of service and convenience to Gunnison for gas and groceries. Very quiet spot once the sun started to set.

Stone fire ring already at this site. It’s off of Imogene Pass/Camp Bird. Nice quiet spot, big enough for four rigs and four tents. Not a lot of wind. No cell service, but a nice place to stop and continue Imogene Pass the next day. Lots of trees, no bugs, pretty chilly, but you get to see some deer. Overall, a very nice spot.

As others, great park/camp and entry fee is min $10 plus $10 Camp - a steal! Not that busy, I’m arriving late afternoon of Sat on Labor Day weekend and still spots. Wildlife great plus birding along causeway looks awesome. Great place to bike and hike w stunning views even through smoke haze (moderate AQ).

Just of the main gravel road. A small forested area with a clean river running through. Ample space to park. You can cross (4x4) the river and have an even nicer spot.

We filled our van takes 45 liters was 30 pesos. They have a hose with no attachment on end so be sure you are prepared.

200 peso for off beach. Clean bathrooms and showers. Wifi at the restaurant is decent. We were able to upload a YouTube video no problems, and the food was good. We parked close to the restaurant so we could use the Wifi but they turn it off at night. Just park and they will come around the next morning to gather fees. I asked the man who came around oboist their Wifi and he told me it was only at the restaurant. The water front sites are a higher fee. Would stay here again.

Nice place on the riverside. Little noice from the highway.

Très belle découverte! Nous y avons couché 2 nuits car nous allions pêcher dans la réserve située qu’à quelques kilomètres! Très tranquille, toilettes chimiques hyper propres.
Effectivement, la seule interdiction 🚫 nous permettant d’utiliser ce super spot est de ne pas faire de feu! Facile à comprendre et à appliquer!

Pourtant, nos voisins d’un soir ont fait tout le contraire! Tellement fâchant que je les ai pris en photo! Je présume que ces personnes ont trouvé ce merveilleux endroit grâce à Overlander! C’est grâce à des personnes comme celles-ci que de beaux endroits nous sont maintenant interdits! Trop fâchant! Si vous voyez ce Westfalia, dites vous que ces personnes ne sont pas respectueuses des règles et de la nature!

Not a bad place for a peaceful night stop, easy access off the TCH. Quite a few trees stop you getting a great view of the lake, but you can get through if you want access to the water.

Men and women hair cut here. All female staff, the owner is Elizabeth, Panamanian, speaks a little English

Nice place by the river for 30$ a night. Hot shower, toilet. Small bar near.

Well maintained gravel road leading up to the site. Think this secret is out, though. Went over Labor Day weekend and there were giant trailers and vans galore. Because it's Forest Service land, it's also multi-use, so expect dirt bikes and other mechanized noise makers.

If you can come here when visitation is low, you'll find an amazing place. Come here during prime time camping, well, don't expect it to be any less noisy than anywhere else reachable by car.

Trail to come in is as described in earlier comment. With a lower SUV, less of an issue. Lot is good for 2 SUV and a few more on the track coming in. Noise and smell from a mill on the USA side of the river.

very quiet. good for dogs since there is non potable water. decent toilets. 1 bar Verizon 4g. I might post up and watch the birds at the water troughs at dusk already an amazing variety. large sites for any sized vehicle.

Walmart parking lot. No signs for overnight parking. A bit noisy at night with racing cars. Quieted down around midnight. 5 or 6 other vans parked overnight.

Average tasting bread, cost $10 a loaf. Was very disappointed.

As you are traveling south bound on A3 just south of a small village “Lakone” a narrow road on your right will lead and end at a abandoned quarry. Not advisable to try to go into quarry. Just before the hill leading into the quarry, there is a bush track on the right which is relatively level and stable. Entrance road and track suitable for two and four wheel drive vehicles. You will hear vehicles on the A3 but will not be seen. Had no visitors of two or four legged variety. Good for overnight.

We stayed for 2 nights in our motorhome (7m long, 3m high) at the end of their parking lot. The entrance has a sign above which we touched slightly with our car top (see foto). If you are higher, you might use the exit lane to the left. They offered us a shower in one of their hotel rooms. 15$/night/car, including electricity.

Great spot with a lot of disperse sites. You can ride your bike around the crater and also down into it if you wish.

We parked at the far end. Very bright for all the lights but otherwise very quiet.

After heavy rains a few days back, the Hartney road is closed. before the gate however are plenty of spots for different size rigs and ground dried up sufficiently. nice place before or after Capital Reef NP. we parked our 25ft class C no problem.

Awesome small campground $6/night first come first come basis along a small river. Campsite 10 is near the end. Boulder hop upstream 200 yards and come to a sweet little spot to take a skinny dip. Pit toilets. Well-maintained. Quiet. Stayed two nights.

Awesome free water pump at the ready! Works as promised.

Beautiful mountains and pine trees. Lots of fire pits. Great cell reception.

The view is not so amazing now as bushes growed up, but if somebody has truck camping car like Unimog, you will still have verh nice view ;)
the rest is actual :)

Très bonne Kalapurka, la soupe à la pierre chaude. Mais aussi tout une gamme de sandwich avec des frites très copieux pour 25 bols (charcle, poulet milanese, porc...) . Plusieurs cocktails dont plusieurs à base de liqueurs naturelles.
Le propriétaire est très sympa, il a aménagé la maison de son père en un sympathique restaurant avec des objets du temps passé. Nous y sommes retournés le lendemain.

Indeed very good caldo de gallina and some other good dishes. Probably the best place in this small town.

2.50 washer
1.75 dryer
clean, has coin machines, and also apple pay and google pay. Vending machines and a couple arcade games. right next door is an awesome brewery with pizza!
They also have full service laundry facilities.

Lovely spot on the Namekagan River.
3 established tent sites 1 is more secluded than the others. Pit toilets. A little road noise from nearby highway.