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Free potable water beside the dump station

Bel endroit pour vider les réservoirs et faire le plein d’eau potable. Wifi disponible

Don’t stay here or anywhere near here unless you want to be part of the «Balloon Launching Circus» from as early as 4:30 a.m.
50 Ballons going up on this side of Göreme require a lot of space and you may find yourself hemmed in between launch sites. Then there are all the photo shooting teams for wedding and posing pictures, vintage cars, etc.
To actually see the Balloons in the air, camp at an elevated spot or ridge with the sun in your back or left or right of you.

This was a really cool experience, if fairly tough physically! Around an 8km hike each way from the village to the canyon, with lots of topography, after a 3km drive along the track (which takes you through an unnerving river crossing!). Towards the end of the hike is a steepish ascent and then a long, steep descent of 40 mins or so - ropes available to help with the steeper sections. Ideally you'd hike in on one day, camp overnight and then hike out again the following day. There's a camping option maybe two thirds of the way in (before the steep section), with a tin-roofed shelter, or in the dry season you can camp at the base of the canyon next to the river, which would be a pretty cool experience. Camping equipment I believe can be hired in the village.

Once at the canyon, if water levels aren't too high, you can rappel down to the river below - in our case that meant directly into the river! - and explore the canyon floor/get some great photos of the arch; to get back up you use a kind of foot pulley system - I'm sure it has a technical name! - which involves ratcheting yourself up a rope with your weight on one foot, then straightening your leg until you're upright, using your hand to lift the rope further up, and repeating till you reach the top, some 30-odd metres I think - about the most tiring thing I've ever done, though probably because I never really seemed to master the technique!

A guide (I'd hesitate to go without one, partly to be sure of finding the way, partly for the remoteness of the region - no phone signal, and we found a coral snake almost as soon as we started hiking; lots of fer-de-lances/nauyacas around too apparently) costs $250 for the group, rappelling an extra $600 per person, and there's a $54pp entry fee on top. I think they said camping would be an extra $250, I can't remember if that was pp or per tent. I'm not sure I'd bother doing it without the rappel honestly, your view of the arch is a bit limited till you're down at the bottom. For reference the tours from San Cris started at $3000pp.

If water levels are too high they won't let you rappel down, and I imagine the path becomes super muddy too; we visited in the first week of the rainy season and it was already a little touch and go. The guide said they tend not to allow people in at all July through September, but it's weather-dependent. Recommend decent footwear - I opted for hiking boots rather than trainers and was glad I did, it was muddy - and rain/sun protection, adequate food and water for the distance - and something suitable to wear for the rappel; I did it in a bikini as we were going straight into water and a) felt pretty exposed, and b) the harness bit into my groin something horrible on the tortuous way back up, still sore weeks later! Footwear you can wear both for the rappel and once at the bottom, that you don't mind getting wet, would be good too; barefoot wasn't ideal.

They had no problems with us overnighting in the village the night before and after, there was a flattish spot big enough for a medium sized rjg - probably just the one though. There are pretty cabañas available too, and I suspect they'd be fine with you sticking a tent up. Toilets available by the cabañas and a tiny shop selling snacks; no showers that I saw (we really needed one by the end too!). No phone service till you're back down on the main road but you can buy WiFi from the shop fairly cheaply.

We are the ‚other overlanding truck‘ that nickianddave are mentioning (see below) … and we fully and wholeheartedly support their comments!
Goody Villas was our first and by far the best camp (out of six) we have been to in MOZ! We stayed for six nights … and with hindsight, we should have stayed even longer!
Highly recommended!
We paid Mt 1000 for two adults/night … which we find is very attractive.

Stayed one night memorial day weekend, quite busy. Drove all the way to the end of the road and had to turn around which was not easy, private land after that. Ended up just pulling off and pitching near a turn off. Lots of groups, mostly younger folks.
4x4 high clearance strongly recommend, passed two drivers (outback and another sedan) who wanted to turn around because they didn't want to try some of the tougher spots.

One of four permitted campsites in High Rock Canyon, this is the northernmost one. This is also the site of the High Rock Garage, which can provide some shelter in a storm. Possible to hike west along Yellow Rock Canyon following a closed off road.

Garage was a nice respite from a late afternoon thunderstorm. The road is pretty rough both ways into this spot.

Parked in the normal parking lot, and didn't have anyone bother me. Was pretty busy until the place closed, so it wasn't the quietest spot. Casino restrooms were great.

Very clean restrooms and plenty of Picnic tables.Plenty of parking spots available.We spent the night here without any issues.Well led at night.A bit noisy from the highway behind.Great T-mobile lte reception and internet.

Excellent site 12 km off to east of hwy, dirt road but totally fine for any vehicle. 12 sites plus tent, lake gorgeous. A little buggy but calmed down once settled. Two nights here 1st one other there second just us. Highly recommend but get there early in season as heard sites fill up rapidly.

No longer provides propane filling. only have exchange tanks. Drove around Squamish for 1.5 hours to find no propane filing stations in weekend.

Our front yard is suitable for big rigs or even 3 normal rv's.
We are overlanders our selves, so overlanders are welcome for a stopover

$8 a night, paying in cash in an envelope. in the open air so can get very windy, but with a nice mountain and lake view. Potable water, picnic tables, and toilets available. lots of big RVs but we with our tent weren't the only ones. hard to get the hearings in the soil though. stayed here one night driving from Yosemite to Death Valley, would recommend.

Lugar súper tranquilo, seguro y plano para la casa rodante. Frente al edificio DIAN
Place sure, silent, In front of DIAN

Historic downtown Breakfast joint with ample free 2 hour parking behind the building or paid parking visibly across the street. Large menu of omelettes and seriously good coffee. Very busy by 10am.

Spent two nights here. End of a dead end street. Lots of space and very quiet.

it's a really nice resting place near the rocks with shadow during the day.

Very big area. Very Quiet. But nothing else.

Parking lot that has interesting history of native Americans and quick access to the ocean. Has a shower for after swimming, but no bathrooms or lifeguards.

Highly underrated! A more untouched beach with cute sand crabs about. Although I came here early in the morning to see the sunrise over the ocean, during that time someone sliped a card into my car door like they were trying to open it or at least try to scare me away.

The place is quiet but it is too close to peoples backyard… we left the place because I was worried the water pump would make noise to them

We had a quiet night here. Perfect stop on this road to stay.

Great gravel pull off by the road. Can definitely fit multiple vehicles. Even though it's right next to the road the lights and sounds weren't too bad. Right by the water with beautiful views.

Excellent setup : dump (6$ if you are a Sam/Flying J member), water to rinse and gaz all in one location

Convenience store, Denny’s, restroom, laundry, showers and overnight parking

As a bonus gaz is 5-10 cents cheaper

there is free WIFI_COTES_GADCH on the main square. could not find the "source" but good signal at indicated coordinates

we had a quiet Saturday night after having a really hot private bath (30Bs) for one hour.

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free all day parking like it says. ..............

I called and they said I could park for the night. Some spots near a wooded area, quiet and peaceful.

Springville Walmart. I called and asked if I could park overnight - they said yes, to park towards the bank. Relatively quiet night.