Laguna Boondocking | Wild Camping

March 22nd, 2024 by lessard502

the main road is in construction so follow the sign to rake the "small road" closer to the lake. nobody ask us money for the night but one man try to rent us life jacket for swimming in the lake because it was "mandatory"..... a local women give him a truckload of s*** and told us to enjoy the lake!!

April 20th, 2023 by chasing.vida

Spent my third night at the lakes at this spot. Around sunset ‘el presidente’ came by to tell another van close to me that they needed to pay $100. He then proceeded to simply tell me I couldn’t camp there (didn’t ask for money).

Apparently he eventually told there other guys they were fine to stay. Then another man by the name of Maurilio came by and introduced himself as one of the owners of the restaurants/property/kayak rental. He said it was absolutely fine to stay. It’s slow season so 1,2,3 days, all good. Extremely kind, we got talking for a while.

I did see El Presidente working on the property too the next morning. But Maurilio said I could ignore what he said 😂

So a bit of tension but worked out just fine to stay for free. Nice little spot, but I preferred up the lake a bit and also the Wild Camp at the smaller lake.

April 19th, 2023 by Nomad N Rad

We had a quiet three nights here and used it as a base for exploring the area a bit, hiking around the lakes and walking the path into Guatemala- no passport required.
On our last night a well dressed fellow with a walkie-talkie talkie came by asking for $100 pesos per night to stay here. Says he was the president of tourism. We played a bit ignorant and just told him we were leaving in the morning. We didn’t see or hear from him again.
Shortly after he left a l other guy came by, super friendly and said he owns a few of the businesses close by. He welcomed us ( and another van lifer) and said it was totally fine to stay a few days.
Enjoy the lake-

April 3rd, 2023 by vermonsterrv

This is a tour bus parking lot. They bring the buses here to visit the gift shops, the lake and the Guatemala border park. After sunset it quiets down. Ok for a night but not special in our opinion.

March 5th, 2023 by freetgoesworld

Can’t believe this place wasn’t on iOverlander yet. Big, flat grassy field at the end of the road. Suitable for any vehicle, right at the laguna front.

Stayed one peaceful night and only paid the entrance of 30p/p at the beginning of the road as usual. Banos publicos available. We used them, no one bothered. Small tienda and vendors. 100m from Lago international and the border to Guatemala. Beautyful swimming, no trash. Only a generator is running sometimes. No streetdogs.

Good cellservice

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February 24th, 2023 by Roadtraventures

A beautiful spot next to Tziscao lake on walking distance to the Guatemalan border. It starts to get quiet around 9pm until 6.30am when some workers arrived. You have to pay 30 pesos per person to visit the lakes but no one asked money for staying here overnight.
Ps: There's some yellow Cabanas and next to it you can use the toilet when the public toilet is closed. There's only cell service from Guatemala so you can't use Telcel celular service.