Check-Ins

Successful SOAT for three months! Came here with another gringa and we both were able to get insurance for our USA plated vehicles. We waited a long time, then realized just go up to window 5, 6, or 7 when they are open. Took about 5 or 7 minutes after we figured that out. We also were getting it for our spouses, so you can get insurance if you're not the main name on the vehicle. Buen viaje!

Pro tip: free coffee in the vending machine.

Spent a night, super convient since you can get a shower in the morning. Met a local who was curious but very friendly and mentioned some other spots near the water (they're all listed already).

Around midnight a few cars were racing around the lot, seemed like kids joyriding on the weekend. It was quiet for the rest of the night though.

Checked it out and it didn’t look quiste open yet, probably will look better in a month or so.

No signs that it’s a Hospedaje, look for the blue building next to the 2 story building - they rent out the rooms. Perfect place before crossing borders. Riders choose bottom rooms inside of secure court yard - you can park right next to room.
Simple clean rooms, friendly checkin lady, paid 50 soles.

Nice grassy aera to camp. Mina and her daughter are very nice. Toilets and showers are clean and there is 24h hot water. Walking to Pyramids is 2.1km.

Amazing place, we spent two days in total peace. Beautiful sunset, Beautiful sunrise just amazing. Amazing desert landscape feeling. Nice places to walk just mind the giant fire ants nest. Highly recommended. Enjoy it and take care of it

I called ahead and was told overnight parking was allowed. Navigating from the interstate to the parking lot was easy. The lot was well lit and there were no unexpected noises during the night. It’s always nice to start the day with a hearty breakfast from Cracker Barrel.

As described, it’s a big lot to park in but they no longer charge you to park. Still a 3 night max stay. Register your vehicle through security after getting a players card which matches your play for the first $10 and you only need $1 to start playing! The little restaurant inside offers a great breakfast special with the players card. Lots of large screen tvs inside to watch sports and sit at the bar. There is also a rec center across the street that is only $8/day pass to get nice and showered up. I’m super impressed with our stay here!

EDIT: It looks like the land to the right of Balsolmo Rd until you get to Kramer Road is actually private property. Left of the road, and past Kramer Rd is BLM land.

Nice flat pull out off the mining road big enough for a couple vans or a trailer. The mining road is smooth and easily drivable. If the spot is occupied, or you care to venture further, the roads into the desert are endless, especially if you head out towards and past the radar dome. Plenty of places to find solitude.

Had a strong Verizon signal. This spot was extremely windy with 40mph gusts the night I stopped, so fair warning. You might be able to venture in farther and find a more sheltered spot, but I got here at night.

take ave B straight toward water and you've arrived when you see the large concrete star sculpture. lots of art on the beach and in town. worth meandering about to find nooks and crannies of interesting stuff. lots of the art spots are on google maps. ski inn and american legion offer food and beverage (ski inn more predictably open). lots of room. i stayed 3 nights and only had 1 other van for company 1 of the nights. be very careful if you want to drive farther down onto the beach. i saw several vehicles get stuck and have to pay for recovery. can be windy and smell briny....but overall beautiful nature (even if horribly toxically polluted) and quirky art!

Stayed in the gravel lot across the street from the gas station. Nice, quiet place.

Got a shower here for $5. Decent facilities. Good hours.

We filled our truck camper with water here using a standard water hose fitting. Very convenient. It cost us 140 peso for around 50 gallons. Roads are wide in this area too.

This place was an ABSOLUTE rip off. $1,600 per person. Shower is an extra $200. Expensive food and beverages. No place to throw away trash (they told us to take it with us). There are hundreds of free camping sites all over the beautiful valley.

I tried to use this place but it was not open at 9 am on a weekday. However there was another good lavenderia by the water fill up spot on this road.

No issues driving through on a Saturday. No roadblocks. There were a couple spots where kids had ropes and would ask for money. But nothing intimidating and usually just trying to sell snacks

No blockades here today.. recommend checking out the group “bloqueos carreteros Chiapas” on Facebook and locals post where the road blocks are.

No blockades today.. recommend checking out the group “bloqueos carreteros Chiapas” on Facebook and locals post where the road blocks are.

Tourist toll is now 40 per person and then another 40 per person to enter agua azul.

Worth the cost IMO.

Really enjoyed the stay here. It’s very quiet and the falls were not too busy. It’s very nice waking up here and having the waterfalls to ourselves!

Ótimo posto para pernoite. Tem estacionamento e uma estrutura agradável para passar a noite.
Perto do fim do dia os motorhomes vão chegando e aumenta a sensação de segurança. Muito bom.

This place is utterly amazing!

We lost a wheel on the road and had to limp it to Chipata. We were recommended this place through a friend and we couldn’t be happier with the service! It was extremely affordable as well.

The owner took the time to talk me through everything that they were doing on our Land Cruiser. They are a Toyota Authorised Service Center and they do amazing work. Our Cruiser is a frankenstein of many different cruisers and he was able to identify all the parts and tell me from which model they were from. His team is highly professional and they do high quality work. They went above and beyond to inspect the rest of the truck and make sure we were totally ok to head to Nairobi.

If you ever need work done on your Toyota in Chipata I cannot recommend them enough!!

FYI- they don’t take credit cards so be prepared to pay with cash.

our first night in the Lut was very very windy, we feared for our roof top tents. So second night it was very important to find an even more sheltered place than first night. This place is sheltered from 3 sides by kaluts and small dune. Often wind from north. Here you are sheltered. Also shadow in afternoon and morning. Beautiful surroundings. Walking up the Sandy slopes nearby you can enjoy the sunset.

if you follow mapsme tracks in order to cross the plateau towards the drive into the Kalut Valley choose here the left track of the two tracks indicated on mapsme. Both left and right takes you to the valley but going left here it is much easier to follow and drive.

Great quiet and flat spot.
We moved from Walmart street because it was unsafe and we had a good night here.
30ft rv

Steps at the curve of the road lead up to. Locked metal shack. Doesn’t seem to be open to public. Nice view and can be a rest stop on half way mark to paso Mayer

This is the correct location. Not the steps off the curve 500 m earlier

Fill up any size water container for 25 cents a gallon. No hose connections. Delicious reverse osmosis filtered water. Several 24 hour dispensers outside the building. I was able to easily fill my two 5 gallon containers.

Now 150 pp plus 70 for parking. The small hot pool is nice. We got there right when they open at 9:00 a.m. on a Saturday and had the place to ourselves. Room temperature showers outdoors as well. They close daily at 7:00 p.m.

Nice place next to the bridge. Enough room for 2-3 campervans, was no one else now. Close to park entrance.