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This has become a tourist attraction. There were four tour buses there on a Thursday. Not sure about camping. New fences and parking area defined. Brand new whisky bar and souvenir shop. Large dining room restaurant with great price on all you can eat lamb or trout. Sled dog thing around back, but not open at the moment.
There’s a lot going on here. Watch for changes and post what you find.

This is currently blocked off (at the other pin) and under construction. Closed.

This would be difficult to use. Most of this parking area has been closed off. Barricaded and under construction. Maybe a very small rig could fit, but you would never be alone.

shop that sells alcohol 96%. it is not sold by supermarkets or farmaciad.

they do not allow sleeping in the camper anymore.

Nice quiet place with shelter from the wind. Camped here with car and rooftoptent and two friends with there motorcycle and tents.

very nice café with good coffee and breakfast as well as other food for dinner and lunch available. you have a fantastic view and wifi there.

Very beautiful and windy. Almost nobody here, we spent 2 nights. The police drove by multiple time both nights and were very friendly but also annoyingly shining their bright light in our van. Woke us up a couple of times. Otherwise felt very safe.

Nice spot front of the lake. Lots of tabanos (normal in January..). Few family came and leave. Few dogs during the night. Some comings and goings during of car during the night that were going to the camping I guess. But anyway I was at peace most of the time. Recommend if you want Wildcamp (possible easily with van also).

Former football field with place for more then 50 campers. They are making a nice camperplace. Free water and dump. Electra too (we came too late in so think somebody is coming for opening the electra system) small café in town for drink and lunch

went here to do the permit but they sent me back to the border. direct at the border there is another police building with flags in front. the policeman explained to me that the paper is mandatory and I could either get a permit for the area of Santa Cruz for 50 or for all Bolivia for 100. seems to be more of a regional thing that they want to see it at the control points so probably the one for Santa Cruz would be enough but I got the one for whole Bolivia and the next check point was super fast and easy. didn't get any further yet but I prefer this over arguing even with the doubt of that paper being legit.

here we were able to fill our built-in gas tank, but had to wait 1 day for the tanker truck to arrive

We have 2 Baskets and Pax 1200 pesos, very friendly woman

Good place on the side of town. Easy to walk to town and close to the beach. We stayed here with a lot of other campervans.

No place for tents!

Little cafeterias, with all you want (tea, coffee, cold drinks…). I slept in the first cafeteria (going to the south, right side) run by Agar, a lovely Ethiopian woman (and her 4yo son). Beds available. Toilets.

Nice camping site. Plenty of space. No facilities

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n front of the restaurant Beira Rio, and along the river. Shaddow, quiet and safe place. we paid by eating at the restaurant (excellent !). The owner are nice and generous and told us we can add their place on Over Lander

Real deal. Exit is right at marker km84. Google maps from iOverlander puts you too far south. After descending the hill head all the way left to the last spot with a pile of pink scallop shells at the back. Killer view. Worth the mesquite scratches? That’s up to you. Probably 10 or more spots. Was one other van there when we were there.

Local seguro, bom restaurante e Lanchonete BRmania 24 horas, Internet, banho quente.

Posto muito bem estruturado para pernoitar, perfeito para estacionar seu motorhome. Os funcionários são super solicitos e gentis.
Tem uma conveniência que fecha às 22h e os banheiros são ótimos! Limpinhos, com chuveiros com água quente e super arrumadinhos. Tem uma lanchonete no canto esquerdo do posto com sanduiches deliciosos e com preço justo. Foi super tranquilo e nos sentimos muito seguros.

Great gas station to sleep in! Super equiped, perfect to park with your motorhome. The staff is super friendly and generous. They have a convenience store that’s open until 10 pm and the bathrooms are great. Super clean and near, with hot showers and very tidy. There’s a small place on the left where they make very good sandwiches that don’t cost much. It was a calm night and we felt super secure.

almost everything north of Spence hot springs is buried under a few feet of snow. you can chance it and camp in “day-use only” spots like picnic areas and trailheads but that’s up to you.

between Santa Fe and the hot springs there’s basically nowhere dry to camp for free. i had to head up to Cuba for a good spot with service.

very tricky to camp near the hot springs in winter!

a good place to fill water and get rid of the sewer, for water is 5$ and for the dump station is 10$.

A beautiful place, parking is 5$ US,
Palapa (shade) is 10$ US. A nice spot to see whales.

Die Mitarbeiterin sprach nur Spanish, holte sich aber Hilfe, so dass wir dann gemeinsam zurecht kamen.
Name des Fahrers, Nummernschild, Rückruftelefonnummer, Datum der Abfahrt wird im Excelsheet notiert.
Die Fähre nach Mazatlán fährt um 17 Uhr Mo, Mi, Fr, empfohlen wird 4h vor der Abfahrt am Hafen zu sein, durch den Zoll und TIP vorzeigen, im TMC Büro die Fähre bezahlen (17.400 Pesos - 15.800 Fahrer und Motorhome +1.600 Erwachsener) und dann soll das Boarding klappen.

Posto de combustivel com loja de conveniência, restaurante, hotel e amplo estacionamento. 24horas.
Permite o pernoite e fornece água, energia e wi-fi de cortesia ao abastecer

Met a couple who had to pay 1.5 Mio for not having a license. They chased me down as soon as they saw me passing by further North. Showed them a copy of my international license. They brought me to the police station and showed me a lot of paperwork about driving safely - - as if we would be the ones who drive like maniacs. Showed them the original license and they let me go.

I guess they especially go for bikers with bags as there were many foreigners on local bikes without bags.

This place is magical! Definitely a must see in Angola. You can easily spent some days. We saw only one car during our 3 days. Just be careful on scorpions we saw one, and if it's raining better to not sleep in the middle but on the top of a hills. It's sandy but not too much. Easily doable with a 4x4.
Very nice place to do some pictures. Enjoy!

Place for gas, water, grocery restaurant and open area for camping dessert and mountain water available in every farm. You will find it in towers and waterline underneath it free and you can’t ask for help from anybody.

Sadly it is abandoned, no running water for sinks, toilets and showers. The place is looking dirty with rubbish. Location is correct. white little house next to a park and water front.

Whole camp reportedly fully booked for the year by someone but they said at Twee Rivieren reception that I could pay for the “overflow” site and if any of the campsites were unoccupied at gate close then I could take that. I did that and managed to stay at campsite 2. Lovely and quiet with great sunset. Friendly jackal came to visit. Nice outdoor shower with ok pressure. Heard a lion “contact calling” early evening. Sounds of spotted eagle owl and barn owl. Besides the booking uncertainties I will visit again.