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Cops asked us to leave at midnight. No overnight parking allowed

Chill site to scrub up and do some laundry. No dryer, tho. All as described. An on-site kiddo lives here, so….she’s a playmate for the kindergarten crowd. Shower is legit hot thanks to fossil fuels vs just “normal temperature” that you’d find from a straight solar tank. Perfect to keep you FRESH.

A good place for both propane and water fills as they have a spigot and hose out front. Good people!

Great spot for a night. Free and safe. We pulled in around 6 to watch the sunset (a must) and left around 11am the next morning after enjoying the views. No one bothered us at all. Had 2 other campers pull in after dark.

Sign says 24 hour parking. Has public restrooms.

We spent the night with David and his mother. To find them, just before the purple house you have a farm gate. You enter the field and walk a little to another gate then you will see the house on the left. They are extremely kind and even offered us fruit. We were able to park in front of their house for the night in complete safety. It's free but we left some money for David and told him he could ask for some money. He thinks about putting in the future toilet and shower. Don't hesitate to call or ask the neighbors if you can't find the house

Certified pure & clean, just off the highway near a Dollar Tree & Gas Station. Massive water tank bottle.
$3.25/10g w/credit

Top spot for breaking up long journey. Great penny’s diner up the road. Not great signal on phones. Thanks for water!

Shower are $14,90 a huge increase since last year

$7 showers. The womens shower was cold! I had about 5 minutes of hot before it turned cold.
Not interested in coming back to pay for a cold/lukewarm shower, and they wouldn’t issue me a refund.

No big vans allowed 10am to 2pm.
Was told to turn around.

Thanks for sharing! Great tacos and great prices.

Nice place. No energy!
120 Pesos/Person dry Camping.
160 with palapa. But all palapas were reservation :-(
Swimming while low tide not possible, high tide yes.
A lot of flies.
very quiet place. Big Riggs possible.
Very nice Cafe Restaurant with very good food, not expensive, except beer 40$, that's expensive.
Fast Wifi at the reception and another one from the house behind dry camping spot.
2 showers, 2 toilets for men and also for women. Credit Card payment possible. The Reception is in the Cafe.

There are two red spigots available, one is near the semi diesel fill up station and the other is over by the concrete barriers, both our city water with good pressure.

I spoke with both of the gas station attendants and the water is there for free for anyone in need, no need to ask

As described. Now 15$ for dorm, had room to myself both times I came, once heading south, once north.

No noise from dogs while I was here

As described. $20 for a room. All you need, unless you need wifi haha. Cell reception works. I use Movistar from Costa Rica which I think runs off Tigo here

Not sure if the entrance was changed since OP, but you can easily fit 3 or maybe 4 big motos in the entryway

Nice rest area with clean bathrooms & water spigot. If you have dogs, just be careful because there are signs everywhere for poisonous snakes & insects.

Once you pass the lake, the road gets pretty bad from about here for the next 100km (heading towards Yaviza) with lots of potholes.

Worst bit is at about 145km from Yaviza. I hit a huge pothole in the center of the road, breaking part of my windscreen and denting my front rim of my moto in 2 places, along with a couple other minor damages

At about 100km from Yaviza, the road becomes good again for the remainder of the distance

Dormimos varias noches en el parque. Hay un poco de ruido porque pasan autos y hay gente hasta tarde en el parque pero bien para dormir.

Beautiful red desert past some cool dinosaur tracks. Stayed here one night and saw an amazing sunset, stars, and a gorgeous sunrise in the morning. TONS of room for pets to run around and grab some cool pictures of them climbing on some of the larger rocks. Very, very, quiet.

beautiful quiet beach. stars and host lights on the water are amazing. made mistake of having door open with lights in van on…there are bugs. can’t wait for morning to see more of where we are

Great place specializing in rim repair and welding. Fixed 2 dents on my front moto rim after hitting a pothole on my way to Yaviza.

Charged 90US, took just over an hour

They'll take your wheel off your car, but I had to take my wheel off myself, being a moto (they can take the tire off the rim themselves). Or you can bring your bike to a mechanic to take your wheel off and bring it here

This spot was great. There’s a little path to the top of the hill with amazing sunset views. There are quite a few rigs down the road but not much traffic. I don’t suggest bringing a big rig all the way up here because of the steep dips in the road, but the grade of it isn’t bad at all. Fluctuating 1-3 bars of Verizon LTE.

As described, easy flat dirt spot to get to right off 15 with great views and beautiful sunsets. There are a few spots you could pull off at leading up to this one, and the road keeps going in a few different directions with what I can assume would be more pull offs. There isn't very much in terms of amenities around but it's great for a one night stop over. 5G Verizon signal as well.

El Totumo is an active mud volcano. You have to take a bath in the mud, we had a blast! We paid 4'500 COP per Person.

Very easy crossing ZAM-ZIM.
Took about an hour (max) altogether. Out from Zambia side in 15
minutes. Stamp out your passport and TIP. Paid 25 kwacha for the TIP cancellation fee (we had weeks left in our TIP). Drive across the Victoria Falls bridge (with beautiful views!) straight to Zim side of the border. All in the same, small building at the right hand side. We showed our vaccination certificates at the ”Covid-19 checkpoint tent” (but they didn’t specifically asked for them). Then, first get your visa at the Visa counter ($30 single entry for 30 days, VoA. Cash only). And ask for a gate pass for your car from the visa counter. Kaza visa available here, too ($50). Then do your car’s TIP at the counter nr. 3. Road fees and taxes $20 altogether, was possible to pay with VISA. We had Comesa, so we didn’t need insurance. They asked for a Police clearance for our Namibian registered car, but a) Namibia doesn’t issue those anymore b) we only had the one we got from NAM in 2019 (the last time since we have been in Nam) and they first said that they don’t accept it. However, after saying the same things again, all was ok. ;) Very friendly staff altogether. One of the smoothest border crossings we’ve had.

They are only 2 spots to camp before the day use area where overnight stay is not allowed. Beautiful, but slim chance to get the 2.

Entrance to Cape Nature Anysberg Nature Reserve from Montagu side.

Very beautiful unspoiled community-run site on the Ruaha river. Caretaker Moses is very friendly and ready to help you start a fire and provide security. You can reach him at 0768881992.

Nice pullout at the end of a county dirt road. One other car pulled up on me around 10p at night, probably looking for a spot to camp too. They continued on once they saw my van. Otherwise a quiet night.
This place is a good fit for any van size. Road is narrow for larger rigs.
3-4 bars ATT!
Unfortunately lots of trash and an abandoned overturned vehicle nearby.