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Spent a couple weeks here. Great place to camp for free. If you want more services you can pay in the LTVA area $80 for 2 weeks, but roadrunner is free. No services here though.

I confirm the scenic nature of the road but...
The Chinese are paving it. The first six kilometres from the junction with the main road are asphalt; the remaining part is divided between dirt road in good condition and disaster. Lots of mud despite being in the dry season.
I cannot say how long it will take to finish the work, but at the moment I do not recommend it.

As described. Flat area to camp and pitch a tent. Restaurant is expensive for the quality you get. Shower is cold and run down, but works.
There is a security guard at night, tipped him a 1$ to keep an eye for my Moto
Was quiet on Thursday night

Congo to Cabinda. Congo side very easy. Cabinda side, easy process too but a bit longer because they have to process the Evisa. They only asked us our printed Evisa, nothing else. They didnt even checked our yellow fever vaccins... dont know if we got lucky or what ? We could pay in euros, in 20s and 10s, no problem but at a bad rate (1$ / 1€ instead of 1.07 for that day) but we prefered to keep our dollars for the next countries.
We changed a few kwanza in the street to pay the TIP, about 6300.
Immigration is still asking for money to print copies of the Visa they just printed for 120 $... Ridiculous. One traveller we met at the border decided to pay for us without questionning so ... they got what they wanted. But i m sure there is a way to not pay the "fee".

I have been camping here since the mid 1980’s. Yes there are rangers and yes you need to pay or you might meet an unhappy Ranger in the evening. It does get dry in the summer but still an old school camping experience. The RV loop does get a bit wild on some weekends and people don’t seem to care about walking through your campsite which drives me nuts. If you enjoy panning for gold or rockhounding this place has it. The stars at night are clear as can be and you may get beat up by a Wild Turkey at some point but, I personally think it’s a safe and fun place to hang out. It’s old and maybe needs some improvements but it’s camping not city life.

Very beautiful campground, lots of space with very clean hot showers and bathrooms. Andres, the owners son, is super kind and will help you in any thing you need. Stayed 1 night due to our trip itinerary, but could have stayed longer. 1 minute walk to town central plaza. We payed 200 pesos for o e night in our Sprinter van.

Just as it says. Lovely little spot. They have hotel rooms as well. Cold fresh water showers in addition to the sulphur water ones by the pools. Four different pools with varying temperatures from cold to very hot. With camping price, you can use the pools later into the evening, they close for the day use customers after 6 pm.
Campground area is sparse and dusty, but there is a sink to wash dishes, bucket toilets, cold showers, and we were able to plug in to an outlet on the light pole. Not the best maintained, but we’re the only ones in the campground area, so it’s quiet and spacious.

24/24 distributeur d'eau purificada en libre accès. 15p 30litres

It is next to the River and you access it very easily from the camping.
The camping does not provide Electricity (I checked and neither of the campings around does). The bathrooms have light at night. The rest of the campings does not.

It has a grocery store inside camp, and outside of it you can get free wifi.

In Dec 2022 they charge 1000 Arg. Pesos per person per day (childs 600) and 1500 per our van (only once and if you leave before 12pm they give it back).

bathrooms are OK...  they were building extra space with a ship container, I guess it will help once finished.
It gets very crowded on weekends, locals go to spend the day and make some barbecues.

Town and "cajon del Durazno" nearby are great!

we are here now and the place is OPEN! other comments are wrong!

new Friday morning market location
very nice place to meet local producers

I offer free tools and support for motorcycle maintenance and can support them with parts if available...

The camp hosts have asked me to update this to request a phone call ahead of showing up. The number is 209-500-7352. Very clean bathrooms, hot free showers, water, power and a dump station. $30 requires cash. Nice stop for the night.

Narcotics checkpoint on the Guatemala City bound direction. Friendly, asked for drivers license and passport.

really nice place up away from the street on a hill set in the trees. great food and better beers.

Next to the tennis court and gulf cards parking location. No issues at night… to enter Puerto Aventuras you need a reservation for restaura, hotel, or the dolphin experience. We called one of the restaurants to get a reservation and they sent us a QR code which needs to be shown at the gate in order to enter.

we confirm ... road under construction but very large road... some potholes but no problem for our non 4x4 long vehicle (7m20)

This place is definitely meant for people who live in the area. In order to use the machines you have to preload a card that the machines recognize. Any left overs are useless unless you’re coming back.

street parking. quiet and dark at night but somebody stole 3/6 of our kid bike so be careful

This is a hike to a giant rock which has been split in two. There is a dodge hanging bridge that goes across the rock has great veiws from other side. Says $3 but there is no one there to take money. 30min return from campground

Mirador which is on the Honduras/ El Salvador boarder. Come up from El Salvador great veiws. There is a Comms tower up here. There are two dogs behind fence the will bark alot at you just walk past them to get to the highest point. Can camp up here as well

just next to the shell you can find a great bar, with the best sandwiches in the area. Ask for Sebastian in Almacen y Bar El Alegre. If you go, send him regards from Aly y Sergio de VerDeVerdad, through ones on board of a green "Rastrojero".

just stopped in on a day trip and it was not crowded at all. nice and quiet place for a quick lunch!

Location is on Sheep hole Valley BLM. A hard packed road you drive in on which is a little wash-board in some places but in good shape. We drove in further towards the rock formations and camped right by the fence where the fire ring is. We are the only ones here right now. A bit windy but quiet and very pretty spot.

These are basically dirt parking lots. The first lot is for seasonal passes only. The second lost (just past it) is marked for 7 day camping. The spots are numbered on posts, 1-24 IIRC.

I was the only person in either lot in late February. Very quiet with usable Tmo. I imagine it would be chaotic during hunting/birding seasons.

There is a single-hitter pit toilet on the far side of the seasonal lot. There's one closer to the free lot but it appears to be locked off-season.

Posto de gasolina, bandeira Ipiranga.
Entre Arapongas e Maringá.

O posto é pequeno, tem apenas um quiosque, mas permitem o pernoite.
O posto fecha às 21h, mas o banheiro fica aberto toda noite.
Tem ducha apenas no banheiro masculino, mas mulheres podem usar. É necessário pedir a chave ao atendente.
Não encontramos tomada na parte externa, mas o atendente puxou uma extensão nossa para uma tomada dentro da loja. (Usamos pouca energia, apenas para carregar equipamentos, não sei se fornecem energia para um consumo maior).

Os atendentes foram muito simpáticos, o banheiros estavam super limpos, chuveiro excelente, wifi funcionando muito bem.

Fornecem água potável e possuem um tanque para lavar roupas ou pratos.

Ao lado tem uma indústria com segurança 24h e o posto tem câmeras ao redor.
Vimos alguns caminhões dormirem aqui também. Mas bstante tranquilo e sem ruídos durante a noite.

Very beautiful and friendly place 😊
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Very nice café with outlets and the best wifi I've been to find in Antigua. 40mbps download and 16mps up. Perfect place to work

Awesome hike! 27K entry, but totally worth it. It funds the reserve to restore the jungle and keep it clean. Didn’t see any rubbish at all! Gradual incline on the way in, not easy but not difficult either. Well marked with guides/security along the way, so it’s super safe with your things. Many areas to swim, jump off the first waterfall, and includes a harnessed look off the edge of the 80m waterfall! We went on a Friday and we only passed a few others. ~3 hours round-trip hiking. Pack a picnic/book and spend the day there, it’s delightful! Enjoy!

We really enjoyed this campground! We checked all the options on this road and this was the best. Diego is the new owner and has revamped it in the last few months. Lots of space, shade, picnic tables overlooking the river. Sebastian the 13 yr old that helps out showed us how to get to the beautiful, clear river sandy beach (where the bridge is 1 minute down the road). Big bathrooms & cold showers. The top is a little further back from the road, so it’s not too noisy. 30,000 per vehicle.