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Quiet neighborhood with residential parking. 8 min to rincon. Good camp spot for the night in a van. There’s an apartment complex near by - residents park their cars here and walk to apt complex. Safe a bit noisy from the traffic but better than the Main Street.

Packed campground. Don't go by the pictures here, at least in January this place was several rows of tightly packed long term setups, semi-permanent tents around RVs, etc. We found space to pitch a tent for a night at the edge, close to the main road, which is a literal 60 seconds walk to the beach.

Vibe was great. Tons of people with kite surfing equipment, seemingly making the best out of their time. Felt safe.

I noticed water hookups. The bathrooms were seriously spotless. I saw a person cleaning them in the evening, and then again cleaning them in the morning. Took a shower in the morning and it was hot.. not just warm, hot as in having to also open the cold side. Someone did ask me "is the water hot today" which may indicate available hot water may not always be the case.

LTE-wise (Google Fi for us, Telcel towers) it was ok, but not remote working quality. Probably enough to text and to get some picture through or do some light browsing. High ping in the 200s ms. Kept switching me back to 3G and H+, which indicates tower over subscription.

I did not deploy Starlink but saw many dishes on site. There are some tall palm trees close to the edge where the bathrooms are, which is what seems to have more space during the high season, so you may get some obstructions depending on where you camp.

Town seems great, safe, touristy, apparently going through explosive growth as per some of my conversations with locals. Expect to pay a bit more for everything, from beers to food, especially if coming from La Paz prices. Local craft beer available. Some good roadside food options on the way to the next town over (North).

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When we bypassed this place in 2018, it was just a dust bowl. Still dusty but much better now. Close to downtown to allow walking. Paid $300 for a full service site with hot showers included. No wifi but full bars of ATT. Nice place.

Good spot to pass one night. It's close to the road but hidden. It's a huge open space. Nobody came, quiet at night. You just heard some cars passing by.

nice place to relax.
the road from the highway is narrow, steep and covered with low brunches. our lance camper barely made it.

Entrance still free. Plan to be there before 5pm, when the gates of the park are closed. We arrived at 4:50pm and the attendant said the park was closing for the day.

Spent one night here. Car park is up front beat the highway, so lots of noise and the trucks drive through it all the time despite sign forbidding it.

Go all the way in and besides the child park in the truck parking area, there's a bare ground largish spot with a few trees, much less noise and much safer.

It's a hotel in the middle of Songea, they let us stay in the car (we have a campervan) for 10000 (4eur). We had access to WiFi and to a toilet (not very good, but OK.)

It's a lodge and they have rooms for 300 and 500 MZN, but they also let us camp there, but we paid for the cheapest room and used the toilet.
It was fairly price, very safe and quiet are and the Staff, Mr Amisse, was very friendly.
They have solar panels there, but since we didn't need it, we didn't ask for it!
The mozambican network signal (Movitel) is very weak, only 2g,but the cellphone also picked 3g and 4g from vodacom Tanzania

It's a formal premises where you can visit the place where the first gathering in the struggle for freedom took place!
Very special place, we loved it.
It costed 50 mzn pp and 20 mzn for the car. Its not mandatory, but you can visit the interpretation center, there's no established price you can leave whatever you want.
We left 200mz for everything.
Mr Afonso was our guide and the he was very kind!

We didn't need fuel but we were surprised to see this new fuel station.
Good to know if necessary.

It's a lodge in the tea plantations, the have room, but. They also allow camping. 10000 kwachas for 2 person one night.
The place is ver nice, you have some short hiking trails through the tea plantations.
There's also a restaurant, with very nice food.

All as described before-they have a large place directly on the river (we heard the dolphins in the night)and a few places under trees with more shadow. Very friendly staff, excellent dinner-sometimes buffet (for 450 Dalasi). Nice pool in the garden free also for campers.

Great free tour from 10.00 till 13.00! Very interesting, don't miss it. You have to book it on their website before you come and it is still only on saturdays.
https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/

to avoid driving After the ferry de stayed there. bathrooms. need to leave early in the morning to let conaf organize ferry queue

we loved staying inside the sanctuary overnight. if you are lucky you see the rhinos from your tent at night or at the morning. the staff also made a huge campfire for us and there would also be a restaurant. its 20 usd pppn + the entrance fee (20 usd pp once). you also support this awesome project with you stay there. we loved it.

Great spot. Beautiful sunset. Open field and wooded spot as previous post says. Quiet; 2 bars AT&T.

Large open park. Plenty of places to pull any size RV. No bathrooms. Bathrooms are closed. Each site has a box for electric but it’s not turned on. Pavilion and picnic tables. Verizon is weak signal of only 2 bars LTE. Saturday and only one other camper.

We pulled in here after dark. The road was a bit rough in the first 100m and then it was hard packed mud. Our 170 extended Sprinter was able to drive it fine. There was another RV parked near the Bach for the night so we felt safe to stay the night. We were able to hide our huge van in a parking spot in the mangroves to the right of the bay. The trucks on the main road were a bit loud in the evening but we woke up in the morning looking out into the mangroves straight from the back of our van. Really lovely. The bay is very shallow and apparently at low tide people go out to hunt for clams. Too shallow to snorkel but we did wade out into the water to look around. A few men showed up in the morning that looked like guards of some kind. They did not bother us.

nice Shop, get one Adapter for the free good water 25.801267, -111.32998 10km away (no connection anymore) for 87 pesos

Welcome123 LasBrisas sehr gut vom Parkplatz aus, hübsche Gegend, tolle Duschen und Toiletten, only Parking

Food court with lots of little street food like restaurnats. Lots of choices, it seems like this is where locals eat too.
Great food, good prices

We stayed here for 2 nights, very nice spot with super friendly family who welcome us. Send a WhatsApp before to be sure they have space (rooms or camping). Great shower with good pressure, very nice ambiance, many hammock and a wonderful pool. 2min walk from the beach with bars and restaurants. Just perfect to enjoy the beach, surf and take some diving class with Mark! Recommend at 100%

passamos uma noite, após as 00horas ficou silencioso e dormimos bem. Sem problemas.

Spent two nights here, nice little place
Clean bathroom and cold water showers. Think we paid 200 for van and one tenter.
Beach is great with point break loaded with surfers.
Fun to watch people come to this amazing beach and then just leave because YOU HAVE TO CROSS LAGOON to get to beach shore.
I’m 5’9” and chest/neck deep.

Passamos duas noites, foi bem tranquilo. Dormimos em frente ao coreto. Polícia passa direto.

We have just done a trek with v-hiking. Trek not super easy for us, 53 years old, but the main thing is to get to the top. Good organization. Elvin's family is adorable and very welcoming. We can sleep in front of Elvin's and leave the motorhome safely. The volcano was in the clouds but the view cleared at 3 a.m.: we were blown away to hear and see the explosions and the lava.

lindo camping, excelente la atención! en enero del 23 cobran $1500 por persona.

Nos custou 13.000 pesos chilenos (4 pessoas com uma barraca de teto, com anexo). Valeu cada centavo. Foi um dos melhores campings que ficamos ao longo de nossa expedição. A vista para as montanhas nevadas e o lago é inexplicável. Os banheiros são excelentes. Tem um espaço individual, em frente ao box, para você deixar suas roupas e, depois do banho, se vestir. Ducha ótima, higiene excelente. Não tive vontade de sair deste camping...

After reading all the reviews of this check point we hid our valuables and were ready for a thorough inspection, and then nothing. I'm Mexican so spoke to the guy and he only asked me where we were coming from and who my husband was. He then sent us on our merry way.