Hot Springs Camp beside Laguna Chalviri | Tourist Attraction
Bolivia
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- 2 months ago
- GPS:
- -22.53588, -67.64933
- Altitude:
- 4300.0 masl
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Excellent spot next to hot springs. The geography gives you a bit of a break from the wind. The hot springs are crowded during breakfast and lunch time but wait an hour and you will have them to enjoy in solitude. Hot springs cost 6bol. ticket in the building in front of the pool.
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piscinas quentes com um visual incrível, flamingos e vicunas ao redor. 6 bolivianos
Report Check-InAMAZING spot, we absolutely loved it! We showed up at 3:30pm one day and had the entire place to ourselves for 4 hours before the hostel guests started showing up. There are two very clean pools, the lower one more shallow & hotter and the upper one deeper & warm but not super hot. The next morning I got up for sunrise, the ticket from the night before worked, and again I had the place to myself to wake up with the birds. Around 8/9am it starts getting busy again, and then doesn't stop until 2pm. It was not nearly as relaxing at this time, for obvious reasons, but the ticket lasts all day so we just got in & out as the crowds ebbed and flowed. You can see flamingos, Peruvian boobies, and vicunas from the pools as well, which was so fun to watch!
Report Check-InSome comments mentioned it already but camping next to the hot springs is not possible because of the protected area for flamingos.. Oscar the guy which was selling the hot spring tickets offered us a campground next to the restaurant (yellow building). Oscar is overall a really nice guy and even let us into the hot springs for free.
Report Check-Instill 6 bolivianos and you can you the termas for the whole day. The sunrise is the best, amazing!!!
Report Check-Incyclists: the owner of the restaurant that also sells the tickets for the thermas and baños was very friendly. you can pitch your tent next to the restaurant. the house left of the restaurant is used by streetworkers. as they were not there this night, we were allowed to stay inside for free and could use the mattrasses. we got hot and cold drinkingwater from the restaurant and could use the toilet. we wanted to pay something for staying there, but they wouldn't let us. in the end we gave a donation/present.
the thermas are warm and refreshing. if you ask, they'll allow you to was your cloth (without soap! but hot water!!) where the water runs out of the pool.
absolutely stunning place. i would recommend staying here overnight to have swim during sunset and then in the morning around 5..5:30 to see the change from dark night and stars to sunrise...with one entrace ticket you can enter twice. price is still 6 bolivianos
Report Check-InA ranger told us not to park here because it was to close to the protected area were the flamingos are. We were asked to move close to the hotels on the other side of the road.
Loud generator for a few hours in the evening. But the thermals and the surroundings are so beautiful! We paid 6 Bol pp for the baths in the evening and were allowed to use the same tickets in the morning again.
You can camp for free near the thermal pools, but you absolutely cannot park in the flat concrete section that looks like a parking lot. They don’t let anyone park there and will get you to move.
Report Check-InVery relaxed place to stay! As there’s a hotel here, people seemed to go in and out of the thermals all night - some not so quiet! We stayed parallel to the concrete barrier just to the side of the main road. Perhaps it’s better to move a little away from the thermals in the case it’s a late night for the hotel guests! There are compost toilets available at the thermals ticket office. 3bol for just the restroom & 6bol for restroom and thermal access.
Report Check-InA guard tell us that we are allowed to sleep here, and not at thermas free, a little bit far from here.
Good night, but little windy.
Great overnight spot as you can have a warm bath before bed. I went for a swim at 6pm or so and it was very quiet. It got busier later and as very busy in the morning.
Report Check-InNice spot with hot and warm water pools, flamingos - 6 Bol for the pool and 3 extra for the toilets. Good to talk with other tourist. We recommend the free one 1 km in direction of Bolivia.
Report Check-InWe slept just in front of the laguna and beside the management office. We asked and they said ok. The sunset here is absolutely amazing! Quiet. Just be aware that is 4.400m high, so headaches are expected.
Report Check-InNice pool, beautifull view, 6bob including hotpool, Banos. Free camp in our van on the parking lot.
very windy
we were alone in the pool for the sunset.
there few tour arriving for the night, and between 7am to 10am and after 11:30 am to 14:00
Report Check-InWe enjoyed the hot pools before the sun went down and camped beside the concrete wall for the night. Pools now cost 6Bob per person. camping free
Report Check-InWe arrived at 1pm and at 6:45pm some park officials came and told us to move 200 meters to the 'parking area'. I guess we are not allowed to park here anymore... just park in the parking lot to be safe.
Report Check-InTried to camp in the big flat area across the road from the hotel, but they told us that parking there was not allowed, we had to camp up between the hotels/restaurants, which was fine, I guess.
Report Check-InThe termes are very crowded at morning till about 10 and at lunch time 12-14. Most beautiful scenery is short before sunset. If you prefer a quiet night and wake up choose a spot some hundred meters away from the termes like at the old road as there are tons of power generators at evening and tons of tourists at morning.
Report Check-InComing from San Pedro towards Uyuni, our first rough camp is here, in front of the Chalviri Laguna. There are a few constructions near us and two other one going building. Other overlanders with bikes and 4W are close of us. It's windy. Wakng up in the morning this place was crowded...
Report Check-InWe pitch the tent between the restaurant and the hotel. But ask before if it's OK!!! -12° this night, but no problem if you have a good sleeping bag and thermals. A little bit of wind in the late afternoon.
Report Check-InHot spring at least 37degrees C. We counted 30 land cruiser tours here when we arrived at 1pm.
Report Check-InHot springs were great in the afternoon. No wind and 20C in the morning. The locals clean quite a few things in the water, including toilets, but it's away from the hot springs and down stream. The thermal pool looked clean and we really enjoyed it. Lots of tourists very early in the morning. Parking area was fairly level. Free. Pool+bathroom 6bol.
Report Check-InNice place to stay. A rush of people first thing in the morning but a little later, there were very few there. 3 BOB for use of the toilets and 3 BOB for a swim. Lovely and hot, with some great views.
Report Check-InWe asked to pitch our tent next to the hotspring, but were offered a place to sleep inside on the floor in the the restaurant. The friendly man moved a table and some chairs to make space for our air mats. We could use their kitchen for cooking. Nice and warm inside. We had to move out at 06:30am, just before the big crowd arrived. We paid 10 B/person to sleep and 3 B/person for the hotspring and toilets. Water was 37 degrees celcius and really nice. In the afternoon we had the hotspring to ourselves. In the morning over 20 landcruisers with tourists arrived. Very crowded! Toilet is a longdrop (smells bad but was clean until the crowd arrived)
Report Check-InBusy... As in 2 dozen land cruiser tour groups BEFORE 7:30 am!!! Ugh. 3B/person gets you the hot spring and a very stinky bathroom. Nice place when it's not crowded.
Report Check-InThis is a dusty parking spot near the hot springs. Slightly protected from the wind and you have good views of the lake. There are bathrooms within walking distance and a little shack that sells food. Camp site was free but we were charged 3B/person for the hot springs. Busy with Land Cruisers in the AM. Better spots down the road a few miles in Dali desert.
Report Check-In4393m. Excellent spot next to 29C hot springs. The geography gives you a bit of a break from the wind. The hot springs are crowded during breakfast and lunch time but wait an hour and you will have them to enjoy in solitude. Hot springs are free to use, bathrooms cost B/3, there are trash cans and snacks for sale across the road.
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