Area de Recreación Nacional El Boliche | Established Campground

November 5th, 2023 by emma.banks

Turned away. Can’t stay here not even in the car park. For the paid camping you have to reserve and then stay 2 nights.

September 17th, 2023 by naturwunderer_&photografnix

We stayed here one night after Cotopaxi hiking. Every kind of rig fits at the parking lot in front of the Area. This is a grassy spot and protected from the wind. It is also possible to stay inside the area on a parking lot but this is not leveled.
They have bathrooms, a small playground and barbecue areas. You can also hike in a pine forest.
The rangers are friendly and they say the place is safe.

July 29th, 2023 by famille.pierron

As described. We arrived at 5pm. The Park closes at 4pm and you normally need to Book in advance but as we are strangers they let us camp (with a tent).

October 11th, 2022 by joannayoda

Great little spot to camp!!
Rangers are friendly- alpaca and llama came by in the morning.
Water available but not potable.
It gets COLD in the nighttime! Found out a bit hard to sleep due to altitude (3600) but we acclimated soon enough.
We also arrived a bit past 4pm on bikes- not a problem at all.

September 4th, 2022 by pauloejuli

Chegamos no local às 6:30pm e estava fechado. Havia um bilhete informativo dizendo que o horário de funcionamento era das 8am às 4am, de segunda a domingo.
Ficamos tristes porque o lugar é realmente lindo e não estávamos com outra opção para aquela noite.

August 12th, 2022 by sierranautas

Un lugar de pura naturaleza, muy tranquilo y silencioso los días de semana, los fines de semana es muy visitado y te cobran el baño. tiene senderos para caminar, zona de asados, electricidad. las noches son bastante frías.

August 2nd, 2022 by oldies-auf-achse.de

As stated before, we can share all the postive comments! Doesn't look like South America, though, could be anywhere in the European Alps, f.ex. 😄

November 8th, 2020 by augustin.filiber

very nice place
perfect place for a barbecue, with very nice facilities.
very peaceful, but cold at night.
lots of people on sunday, less on Saturday, and empty during week days.
flat parking, but not leveled.
Lama, alpaga and a sheep taken care by the officers.
if you are lucky you can see wolfs and deers in the forest.
note that this forest is not natural : pine trees coming from USA for timber in 1928. but nice trails for any kind of walkers (from 1km to 25km)
as already said by others the entrance of the road that goes there is directly on the highway and not that easy to see, so be ready and drive slowly not to miss it.
you can have some views on the volcano if you walk around.

November 6th, 2020 by augustin.filiber

very nice place for tent and any size of vehicle.
good facilities for free!! :
- beautiful barbecue open houses with tables in the woods!!!
- toilets
- water

there is a sheep, a lama, and some alpagas taken care of by the officers.
wolves and deers can be seen with luck on the trekking paths I guess.

things to know :
- don't miss the beginning of this unmaintained road, that begins directly from the highway.
- nights are very cold there! freezing wind
- the parking when you check in is not leveled (but you can arrange it easily)

March 5th, 2020 by Juergen

Very nice and quiet place in front of the national park. Free. Water and toiletts inside the park.

close at 4 p.m.

Tricky the route to the park. Only from the Panam highway. Don't miss the sign for El Boliche national park.
Paved road and 1.1 km good offroad.
For all kind of motorhomes possible.

November 21st, 2019 by Alberto

Hermoso lugar para acampar, baños, agua, juegos para niños, hay 2 museos (preguntar a guardaparques), varias hermosas caminatas ( cortas, media y larga- hasta parque Cotopaxi-).
3 opciones para quedarse:
*En tu vehículo en el estacionamiento (espacio amplio y nivelado con buenas vistas)
*Carpa (debes dejar el carro en el estacionamiento) hay 2 opciones disponibles: Norte (es un Pinar, mucho espacio para poner la carpa, baños, agua y hay 4 quinchos con asador, electricidad, mesa y bancos, -muy útil en esta época de lluvia-) o Sur ( espacio más abierto, sin techo)
*Cabañas: son gratis! se deben reservar unos días antes por email a [email protected] (escribir de lunes a jueves en horario laboral para obtener respuesta rápida).
Entre semana estamos solos, tal vez los fines de semana haya más gente. Hace frío, traer abrigo!
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Beautiful camping spot! There are bathrooms, water, playground, 2 museums (ask to guards to Open it), different hikes (shorts, medium and parte - to Cotopaxi Ntnl Park).
3 options to stay:
*In your Rv in the parking Lot ( Open beautiful space)
*By tent (if You have car, You have to Park it in parking lot), there are 2 spaces: North (it's a pine forest, bathrooms,water and plenty of space to put the tent. There are 4 roof with electricity, barbecue, table and chairs -special for this rainy season) and South (Open space without roof).
*Free cabins! You have to reserve some days before coming by email to [email protected] (try to write in worktime from monday to thursday for a quickly answer).
During week we are alone, may be more people on weekends. It' s cold here, bring warm clothing!

June 28th, 2019 by kdgreene58

Nice park, quiet overnight and nice hiking trails. Parking in the lot outside the park gates. Only one road in - maps.me has it wrong. Entrance is a paved road off the highway at km 311

May 9th, 2019 by creciendoenlakombi.com

Es una Reserva Natural muy bonita, ideal para compartir en familia, se pueden observar alpacas, yamas, ovejas, liebres, venados, lobos de páramo y diferentes aves; es un lugar tranquilo para pernoctar, pero eso sí les recomendamos llevar una buena cobija. Los guardabosques son personas muy amables y atentos con los viajeros. Parqueo sin costo.