Check-Ins

CONAF office and entrance to the different trails. There are toilets and water. Entrance to the viewpoint and the sendero are free of charge. Viewpoint is short walk. Sendero is 4 h walk, you can enter between 8:30 and 13:00. Tours on the gletsjer also start here but must be arranged at Puerto Rio Tranquillo, with guide.

bom lugar para pernoitar em carro ou RV. tem o barulho da rodovia .

Stunning marshlands and mountain scenery, although it is now waterfowl hunting season so shots can be heard in the distance pretty much all day. It quiets down at night, then it's just you and the birds! I'm so glad i stayed here, I think it's worth the detour. The road to get here is mostly paved with a very short gravel section at the end. The parking area remains firm and not muddy, despite the recent rain. Suitable for all vehicles.

Still a good place to eat, try the soup for 7(Small),9(big ) +1 for tripes.
really good.

such a great spot to stay even more than one night. you have an outdoor kitchen with all its equipment, firepits, cool areas to hang around, a wonderful outdoor shower.... its 20$ per person. totally worth it!

praça com uma fonte termal, lugar turístico bastante movimentado. nós quiosques tem banheiro grátis

11/6/22- They shut-off the water for winter. Good luck.

Local tranquilo e seguro para acampamento selvagem. Passamos um fim de semana sem nenhum problema.
Na entrada da praia tem um chuveiro e uma torneira.

Stinking Spring or Old Indian Hot Springs is a free roadside hot spring. It consists of 3 cement pools filled with naturally heated spring water. Be warned that (as the name implies) the sulfur smell is very strong and the area around the springs is somewhat littered with trash. It's still worth a stop, even if just to soak your feet for a few minutes, as it is a unique place with beautiful mountain views.

I am the owner of Bellnghausen Brewery. We have a, small, craft brewery and tasting room with 4 rental cabins, 1 full hookup RV site, and room for several dry camping/vans.

Large parking lot north of the Walmart. relatively quiet. Water spigot in the Walmart parking lot. We have stayed multiple days with no issues

Excellent parking. 20TL per night for a van.
Much better than the adjacent parking at the Mall.
Quiet, a lot of space, clean, guarded. Extremely friendly guardians.

Yep - Walmart as usual. No signs. Great night.

camping is open. Others in Esquel were closed. electricity at the sites. tables and bbq. hot shower all day. price is now1500 per person and 1000 for campercar

Open reasonable wifi and great ice creams!

great huge flat place easily accessible for big rigs too. hidden from the road but you can heard it. seen Fox and mouses

some weird guys in uniform just before the curve! kind of pulled me over ,I was already wary ..he shake my hand and introduce himself showing the badge.I said nothing and left!!

This shower was amazing!! Super great water pressure, and it got very hot (too hot even, but you can mix it with the cold. I only bought 1 token, but it was enough. Water starts as soon as you put the token in! The woman at the coffee shop was very nice.

For the guys traveling on 2 wheels… the first section 20kms or so until the first bridge over the Rio grande is pretty good, lots of corrugarían but with some speed, lowered tire pressure and decent suspension you can glide right over that stuff. The surface is decent and plenty grippy with no surprises. After the bridge, the following 50kms have some nasty sections. It’s more or less all river rock (read marbles) and in some areas it’s quite deep, waiting to swallow your front end! The last 15kms would be the worst ( we met a guy months ago in Peru who got caught… broken collar bone and badly beat up bike. Be aware…

Very basic dusty and today windy campground with basic sanitaries however hot showers are available (if you plug in the boiler 15 minutes in advance ;-) We paid 1400 Pesos for two with a campervan. Hosts are friendly and willing to help.
Asado Grill available.

For the moto amigos… the first 15kms headed south have some very lose excessively deep river pebble sections, staying in the car tracks is ok but now and then you end up in deep stuff without too much warning… then it gets better but still rolling around on marbles with the occasional surprise deep patch until 50kms in. Once you cross the last bridge over the Rio grande things get corrugated but with good traction and you can pick up the pace without too many surprises and much better grip.

red water pump coming out of the ground. in front of the (currently) closed restrooms. next to a (currently) not working water faucet. all of the water faucets in this area are turned off for some reason. this is the only pump i found that works here at the visitor center (actually in the picnic area).

Beware of scammers trying to charge you for "tickets". theres a guy that comes here before sunset time on a motorbike and tries to charge lonely foreigners showing his bank terminal as a "legit" proof. he threatens with police and gets angry if you take picture of him.

Paved parking lot surrounded of a huge grasarea near the lake. At the waterfront is a playground, picknicktables, restrooms and a doggy park. I spent a quite night here.

As previously described. Free. Bathrooms and water are currently not working.

We don’t stay because the showers was closed. Only open 1h : 6-7pm .

very nice place by the river. tables and garbage cans. shade and little cell signal.

Free dump station. Potable water at campsites.

perfect view and pretty quiet later in the day. had a picnic and moved on. LTE reception is great.

Still open and a gorgeous spot. Help keep it open by cleaning up after yourself. We just drove our truck camper down. Easy access and lots of turnaround room.